There is a ton of on-line information for carry permit holders. Vlogs/Blogs, social media groups, podcasts, forums, manufacturer and retailer websites, YouTube channels, you name it. All covering anything from how to pick that carry firearm to the next big deal in tacticool underpants. I won’t go into that last bit but I’ve thrown a […]
Andrew Branca, attorney, author of The Law of Self Defense and contributor at Legal Insurrection has posted a great article about how Stand Your Ground does not apply in the “Popcorn Shooting” hearings. If you’re not familiar with this incident, it involves an altercation between two men in a theater that resulted in one of them being shot and […]
When it comes to dealing with Law Enforcement as a carry permit holder, there are some things you need to understand from the law enforcement side of the incident. The responding officers have limited information on what really happened. The only information they get is from dispatch and what the RP (caller) explained to […]
I want a permit to carry…How do I go about doing that??? “I want to get my permit to carry… what do I have to do now? Where do I apply? What training do I need, do I need to get training? I saw a “Ban Guns” sign at a store, what should I do […]
When you first start to carry a pistol you have an important decision to make whether you will open carry or conceal carry. The MCPPA (Minnesota Citizen Personal Protection Act) allows you to carry open or concealed. You have to think about the pros and cons of both open carrying and conceal carrying when making your […]
In my Carry Permit Classes, I often push the need for further training to our students. Most students are hesitant to spend additional time training and I can only assume this is because all the students already know how to shoot a handgun. However, when it comes to self-defense shooting, there are many more skills […]
I ran across this article on Guns.com pertaining a study of charges filed in self-defense shooting situations. While the article is a year old, I think it has some decent information and was worth sharing. Here’s a snippet from the article: Of the 146 cases which we were able to determine whether charges had been filed, only […]
In almost every Carry Permit class, I constantly get asked “What gun should I buy?” At first glance, it seems like such a simple concept. I’m the expert, and I should just be able to say “go buy a Glock”, or “I like the Smith and Wesson M&P Shield”. While I do like Glocks and […]
Probably the most common question I get as an instructor is ‘how often do you carry?’ For a while I used to cite crime stats or use some analogy to show why carrying as often as possible makes the most sense. It’s one of the more difficult viewpoints to get across to students; especially those […]
