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Col Ben's best-selling book "Concealed Carry & Handgun Essentials for Personal Protection" is a comprehensive guide for those desiring to carry a handgun for personal protection...

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Handgun testing is important when deciding to buy a new concealed carry gun or to field test one you already own for reliability & accuracy...

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Law-abiding, rational armed citizens can try to save themselves from violent crime encounters and also save other would-be victims by understanding the criminal mindset...

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Where do you focus in a self-defense situation? What is the Flash Sight Picture Shooting Technique and the Point Shooting Technique?

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Even for trained shooters it is difficult to reload your gun in high stress situations. Here are 4 reloading techniques that could save your life...

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Overall after my range experience, the Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P 9 Shield impressed me as a quality, very accurate, and very reliable carry gun...

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Knowing how to rack a pistol slide is a very important, mandatory function for operating a semi-automatic pistol & can be done by anyone that follows a few simple techniques...

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A nagging problem with the .22LR pistols is their time-consuming takedown. So I am anxious to disassemble and reassemble the Smith & Wesson SW22 Victory Pistol...

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A hard look at Walther's New for 2016- PPS M2 Sub-Compact 9mm pistol as a Concealed Carry Weapon .

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For 2016, Springfield introduced the Springfield Armory 1911 EMP 4 Lightweight Champion in 9mm...

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Often we take a seat-of-the-pants haphazard, unplanned approach when buying a handgun & we end up with seven or eight guns that sit in our gun safe...

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What follows are my 12 key guidelines and prerequisites to help you to achieve concealed carry success...

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