training

Dry Fire And Exercise, Why It’s Important

By Matthew Maruster / March 11, 2019

Is Physical Fitness Important for Concealed Carriers? You carry a handgun to protect yourself and others from death or serious bodily injury. But you may not be saving yourself from…

Guardian Nation Live With Dave Spaulding

By Brian McLaughlin / February 27, 2019

The next Guardian Nation Live Broadcast brings you Dave Spaulding of Handgun Combatives. Spaulding draws on 36 years of experience working as a police officer in multiple areas of law…

Apartment Home Security: Ambush Locations

By Brian McLaughlin / February 25, 2019

When it comes to home defense, renters, and especially those who live in an apartment, face difficulties homeowners may not need to consider. Here are some things to think about…

How To Up Your Skills as a Shooter

By Joshua Gillem / February 22, 2019

How often should you be training? How about every day? While going to the range and doing some good old fashioned live fire training is always a good idea, there…

The Reason Why We Created The Door Ambush

By Joshua Gillem / February 5, 2019

We recently put together a training video called Door Ambush. We created it because there is a huge hole in the industry as far as preparing your home and training…

Episode 290: Tactical and Competitive Shooting Tips With Chad Enos and Pat Kelley

By Riley Bowman / February 3, 2019

Today Riley releases the interview from SHOT Show 2019 he had the pleasure of doing at the Kel-Tec booth together with Chad Enos and Patrick Kelley. These are two solid dudes in the industry, Chad the Marketing Director for Kel-Tec and a talented competitive shooter, and Patrick a mainstay in the shooting world, one of the best all-around shooters in the industry. We get into shooting fundamentals, tactics, competitive shooting, gear, and training with holsters. Plus we take a look at the two new product offerings from Kel-Tec, the CP33 and the KS-7 shotgun. Leave us your thoughts about this fun interview!

Episode 288: Why I’m Leaving the NRA – Maj Toure

By Riley Bowman / January 17, 2019

Today Riley and Matthew interview the founder of Black Guns Matter, Maj Toure. He’s the man that’s on a mission to educate people about guns, violence and gun safety. His messaging and training is focused on the urban population hubs where crime is often its highest, communities that often have a dearth of gun range and training opportunities. Much of his fundraising is to support his ability to offer these courses at no cost to their participants. Maj also details why he will not be renewing his NRA membership this year after many years of supporting the organization.

Guardian Nation Live With Chris Cerino

By Joshua Gillem / December 18, 2018

Here we go again with another Guardian Nation Live Broadcast, this time around with Chris Cerino. I recently had the chance to take a combat pistol class from Cerino and…

SIRT Training Pistol

By Brian McLaughlin / December 17, 2018

Our 12 Days of Giveaways is nearing its finish (12/9/18 – 12/20/18), but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still enter to win the remaining prizes that we have left. There…

Newbold Targets

By Joshua Gillem / December 15, 2018

The 12 Days of Giveaways is currently in full swing (12/9/18 – 12/20/18), and there are still several chances for you to win one of a handful of products from…

MantisX Training Tool

By Joshua Gillem / December 14, 2018

Our 12 Days of Giveaways is about half over at this point in the game (12/9/2018) – 12/20/2018), but there are still several chances to win excellent products for doing…

Grim Reaper Tactical, Ammo for the Fight Ahead

By Brian McLaughlin / December 13, 2018

Our 12 Days of Giveaways is just about halfway through (12/9/18 – 12/20/18), but there is still plenty of time to enter to win one of the remaining, awesome prizes.…

Cerino’s Combat Pistol Review

By Joshua Gillem / December 4, 2018

So I recently had the pleasure of taking Chris Cerino’s Combat Pistol Course down here in sunny North Carolina. I say sunny as a pun, because it rained the entire…

Episode 278: Making Everyday Carry…LIFE!

By Riley Bowman / December 1, 2018

Today Riley talks with Buel Collins of Fiocchi Ammunition USA about important considerations and suggestions as it relates to making everyday carry of a firearm and other defensive tools truly a part of your life. We get deep into mindset, tactics, skills and gear. And we lay it out there and tell some of the more embarrassing parts of our early days of packing heat!

Handgun Lasers: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

By Eve Flanigan / November 29, 2018

Laser attachments are often a selling point for a new gun, as well as a pricey add-on that many people choose. Is a laser really superior to traditional sights including…