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What State Permits Does Texas Honor? All of Them

By Jacob Paulsen / September 1, 2025

Texas SB 706 takes effect today, and Texas now honors all valid concealed carry permits from every U.S. state—simplifying reciprocity and opening the door to permit holders from DC, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Oregon.

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Minnesota Expands Reciprocity: 14 New States Honored

By Jacob Paulsen / May 6, 2025

Minnesota just expanded its concealed carry reciprocity list, now honoring permits from 14 more states. Learn what changed, how a major court ruling played a role, and what it means for traveling gun owners.

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Four Injured in Wilmer-Hutchins High School Shooting; Suspect in Custody

By Jacob Paulsen / April 19, 2025

A student opened fire at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, injuring four. A gun malfunction may have spared a life. The incident highlights the urgent need for armed defenders in schools.

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S11E5: Mom Defends Against Multiple Intruders…WITH BABY IN HER ARMS!

By Riley Bowman / February 26, 2025

In this episode of the Concealed Carry Podcast, we discuss a series of justified self-defense stories in our “Justified Saves” segment. We delve into critical self-defense incidents, including a mom defending her children in their home against armed intruders and a road rage situation.

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S10E20: End of Another Year, Many Changes in Laws

By Riley Bowman / December 26, 2024

Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen sit down to reflect on the past year and take the opportunity to share with you a summary of many concealed carry and firearm law changes that are relevant. We track this stuff pretty closely, and take our responsibility seriously to keep our followers informed about the laws

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The Great Merchant Code 2A Gun Control War

By Jacob Paulsen / March 11, 2024

The new gun control war is over credit card Merchant Codes or MCCs. In the last year good and bad legislation has been proposed or passed in 19 states.

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S8E13 – News & Legislation Updates – “Major Federal Ruling on 18-20 Year Olds and Gun Purchases

By Riley Bowman / June 2, 2023

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest industry news and legislative updates. Another state joins the constitutional carry bandwagon, the Feds were found liable for a major failure in the NICS background check system, and a federal case has made a ruling with regards to 18-20 year-olds and their right to purchase a handgun.

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S8E11: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Man Killed by Own Gun Taken From His Hip

By Riley Bowman / May 3, 2023

Riley and Matthew share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES including the successes and the failures. Today we have plenty to discuss as we break down multiple events including carjackings, attempted robberies, home invasions, and more. Plus we discuss the Dekalb County, Georgia incident where a man had his gun taken from his hip and used against him.

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S7E17: JUSTIFIED SAVES – A Young Child Saved by Good Samaritan With a Gun

By Riley Bowman / December 2, 2022

Today we have plenty to discuss as we break down multiple events including carjackings, attempted robberies, home invasions, and more. Plus we discuss the Georgia incident where a young child was taken by force and about to be murdered when a bystander stepped in with the save through the defensive use of a firearm.

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Woman Defends Family in Texas Home Invasion

By Matthew Maruster / October 31, 2022

When a man unlawfully entered the home of an Edinburg, Texas woman last week, he got something he didn’t expect. The homeowner protected her children and herself from the unwelcomed…

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S7E11: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Sometimes Things Are Not as They Appear

By Riley Bowman / October 20, 2022

Riley and Matthew share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES including the successes and the failures. Today we have plenty to discuss as we break down multiple events including carjackings, attempted robberies, home invasions, and more. Plus we discuss the Ohio incident where a man was lured under romantically pretenses to a deadly set up.

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Texas now Honors Wisconsin Concealed Carry Permits

By Matthew Maruster / September 2, 2022

As we advise our readers, concealed carry license reciprocity agreements between states sometimes change. It is always best practice to check and see if the state you’re traveling to or…

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S6E9: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Man Shot the Wrong Shoplifter

By Riley Bowman / May 17, 2022

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES (Defensive Gun Uses) including the successes and the failures. Today we have plenty to discuss as we break down multiple events including carjackings, attempted robberies, home invasions, and more. Plus we discuss the case out of Washington State where one man, attempting to do the “right thing” was mistaken about a situation and ended up arrested for trying to stop the wrong man and shooting him!

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JM4 Tactical Releases Line of Locally Sourced Coffee

By Matthew Maruster / February 14, 2022

JM4 Tactical, the Texas-based handgun holster company, just announced they are breaking into the caffeine industry with a locally sourced line of coffee. According to the website E-Imports, “Coffee Statistics…

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S4E16: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Texas Custody and Florida Road Rage Shootings

By Riley Bowman / December 10, 2021

Riley and Matthew share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES including the successes and the failures. We also discuss the recent Chad Read/Kyle Carruth shooting in Texas as well as the Florida Road Rage incident where a pregnant woman was killed.

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