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South Carolina Honors 4 New State’s Concealed Carry Permits
South Carolina recognizes 4 new states’ concealed carry permits. The changes took effect on September 12th, 2021. Change to SC Concealed Carry Reciprocity: Folks from Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, and Maryland…
Read MoreOpen Carry Now In SC, Important Restrictions You Need to Know
Yesterday South Carolina’s Open Carry law went into effect. First, however, you need to know some essential restrictions in the law before heading out with your handgun. Governor Henry McMaster…
Read MoreNevada Ends Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity With 6 States : OH, FL, MS, SC, SD, VA
June 28, 2021 UPDATE: Reciprocity with Ohio has been reinstated after the state’s removal was found to be in error. For more information on Ohio’s reciprocity with Nevada click here.…
Read MoreS2E3: JUSTIFIED SAVES – When Trying to Be a Good Samaritan Fails
Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVE stories from around the country, especially ones where we feel there are good lessons to be learned. This is one of our most popular podcast series, so don’t miss it! Tune in!
Read MoreEpisode 363: Alarming Pattern of Cops Shooting Homeowners
3 recent incidents around the country paint a picture of a concerning pattern. Essentially situations in which Law Enforcement officers responding to a private residence end up shooting the armed homeowner. Brian and Jacob break down these incidents and discuss things we can do to minimize the odds of this kind of tragedy in our own homes.
Read MoreEpisode 356: Dallas Man Arrested After Shooting Burglar
After Jacob gets off his soap box he and Matthew review recent news stories in which gun owners defended themselves. Some really awesome and few examples of what not to do. Join in and listen!
Read MoreEpisode 215: Enforcing New Knife Control Policies
London has some lessons to teach us about the Slippery Slope, a city in Illinois will fine you $1000 a day for the possession of an AR-15, and someone thinks the 2nd amendment doesn’t cover ammo!
Read MoreEpisode 169: Good Guy With a Gun Stops Child Abduction
The former NPR Chief “comes out of the closet” on gun rights. The anti-gunners are dealt a blow in Illinois when a bumpfire stock and trigger modification bill failed to pass the House. Even a few anti-gun Democrats wouldn’t vote for it. Meanwhile Mayor Bloomberg’s Everytown is pouring millions into Virginia State elections. His efforts will likely fail as they have elsewhere. Plus DO NOT miss the story of a Las Vegas man that stopped the kidnapping of a 6-year-old boy because he made it a habit to always carry his gun on his person. It also was not hte first time he had to defend himself either. Riley and Jacob discuss at length, check it out!
Read MoreEpisode 167: Mass Shootings Not Rising Study Says
A recent study from the University of Illinois shows that even with Las Vegas and Orlando fresh in our minds, mass shootings are not in fact increasing in terms of frequency. We found this study to be quite interesting as well as today’s other fascinating news out of Australia as we look at the results of a national amnesty gun confiscation program that yielded far less than we’re sure they hoped for. Also FIVE great JUSTIFIED stories from which we can all learn from.
Read MoreEpisode 143: Study Claims “Good Guy With a Gun” Is Bogus
Riley and Jacob cover the latest stories in the concealed carry and firearms industry world including some important legal updates out of a DC Circuit Court on the issue of the right of publicly carrying a firearm. Will this ruling make it to the Supreme Court paving the way for a more definitive constitutional interpretation? We’ll see. Speaking of the Supreme Court…several state attorneys general are asking the nation’s high court to reverse the decision allowing law enforcement to infringe on citizens’ 4th Amendment protections against unreasonable search simply because they have a firearm. Does having a firearm automatically mean a person is to be deemed “dangerous?” Finally, don’t miss the incredible JUSTIFIED stories in today’s episode as well as the Vice.com story reporting on the study that they claim debunks the theory that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
Read MoreEpisode 139: Wins and Losses in Self-Defense Shootings
Riley and Jacob cover a TON of stories in our most loaded news episode yet! More than half-a-dozen legislative updates and general interest stories, plus five–yes, FIVE–justified stories today! Don’t miss it!
Read MoreJUSTIFIED: South Carolina Robbers Waltz Into the Wrong House
Berkeley County, South Carolina Police are reporting on a fatal shooting which occurred last week in the small town of Moncks Corner, 32 miles north of Charleston. Police say that what occurred was a justifiable homicide after a man was forced to protect his family from a home invasion.
Read MoreEpisode 99: Woman Stops Carjacker With Her Gun
Today’s news stories include some reciprocity changes, another state that is added to the Constitutional Carry movement, a federal court ruling that hurts the Second Amendment in terms of modern sporting rifles, and a whole slew of JUSTIFIED stories that you won’t wanna miss!!
Read MoreSouth Carolina Will Now Honor Enhanced Permits From Mississippi
South Carolina has decided that the Enhanced permits from Mississippi meet their requirements and thus these permit holders will now be recognized and able to carry concealed in South Carolina.
This is a welcome change for Mississippi permit holders and increases the value and incentive of taking the necessary class to get the enhanced state permit!
Read MoreSouth Carolina and Georgia Now Have Permit Reciprocity
On Friday something very unusual happened. South Carolina passed a law that was signed in by Gov. Nikki Haley and went into effect on Friday June 3rd. The law granted reciprocity to Georgia in South Carolina. South Carolina’s policy has been to only honor permits from states that have similar or higher training standards which did not include Georgia because Georgia does not require any training to obtain a permit.
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