USA Carry » Open Carry http://www.usacarry.com Concealed Carry, Reciprocity Maps, Concealed Weapons Permit Sat, 18 May 2013 15:26:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 If You Ain’t Imagining, You Ain’t Practicing http://www.usacarry.com/aint-imagining-aint-practicing/ http://www.usacarry.com/aint-imagining-aint-practicing/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:03:53 +0000 Johnathan Celso http://www.usacarry.com/?p=5395 Last month this column discussed the best mode of carry for personal protection. It was argued that for all possible scenarios one could come upon, only concealment puts the carrier in the best position. That article received a lot of negative feedback as a result from open carriers who took offense after incorrectly believing the [...]

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]]> http://www.usacarry.com/guide-to-dry-practice/feed/ 4 Why I No Longer Hate Starbucks http://www.usacarry.com/why-i-no-longer-hate-starbucks/ http://www.usacarry.com/why-i-no-longer-hate-starbucks/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:33 +0000 Jason Hanson http://www.usacarry.com/?p=3575 I am not a trendy person. I hate anything that’s trendy and that used to include Starbucks. I’ve probably been their less than five times in my life and that was when my wife or a friend would drag me there. First, I don’t drink coffee. Second, I could never figure out why it was [...]

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]]> http://www.usacarry.com/why-i-no-longer-hate-starbucks/feed/ 45 The Right to Bear Arms – Openly http://www.usacarry.com/the-right-to-bear-arms-openly/ http://www.usacarry.com/the-right-to-bear-arms-openly/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:50:35 +0000 Daryl Dempsey http://www.usacarry.com/?p=3107 In California, a bill that will ban the open-carry of an unloaded firearm awaits the Governor’s signature. Assembly Bill 144 (AB 144) had previously been defeated but came back around after the shooting in Arizona, where congressional representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by Jared Lee Loughner. Notice that I did not use [...]

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]]> http://www.usacarry.com/running-full-capacity/feed/ 3 What Mood Will Your Attacker Be In? http://www.usacarry.com/what-mood-will-your-attacker-be-in/ http://www.usacarry.com/what-mood-will-your-attacker-be-in/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:09:07 +0000 Shepard Humphries http://www.usacarry.com/?p=2717 “Just do what they say and you are less likely to be hurt.” For many years this advice was given to airline pilots, bank tellers and citizens. A few highjackings later, pilots are no longer trained in the same way. Bank tellers are. What is the difference? Moods. In any violent situation, psychological analysis of [...]

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]]> http://www.usacarry.com/what-mood-will-your-attacker-be-in/feed/ 25 One More Example Why You Should Always Use a Holster http://www.usacarry.com/one-more-example-why-you-should-always-use-a-holster/ http://www.usacarry.com/one-more-example-why-you-should-always-use-a-holster/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:17:39 +0000 Luke McCoy http://www.usacarry.com/?p=2643 We hear about these incidents every so often. Guy has gun. Guy has no holster. Guy puts gun into pants. Guy shoots himself. Just this week a man in Phoenix, AZ was walking to a store with his girlfriend and decided to “secure” her pink handgun in the front of his pants. He had a negligent discharge [...]

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]]> http://www.usacarry.com/instinctive-shooting/feed/ 8 CCRKBA: ‘President Can’t Tell Gun ‘Safety’ Advocated From Prohibitionists’ http://www.usacarry.com/ccrkba-president-cant-tell-gun-safety-advocated-from-prohibitionists/ http://www.usacarry.com/ccrkba-president-cant-tell-gun-safety-advocated-from-prohibitionists/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:49:11 +0000 Luke McCoy http://www.usacarry.com/?p=1224 BELLEVUE, WA – President Obama’s well-intentioned Sunday essay on gun rights in a Tucson newspaper demonstrates that he – and probably his entire administration – remains confused about firearms safety and gun control, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.  “The president evidently can’t tell the difference between genuine [...]

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]]> http://www.usacarry.com/ccrkba-president-cant-tell-gun-safety-advocated-from-prohibitionists/feed/ 0 Dealing With PTSD After Defending Yourself With A Firearm http://www.usacarry.com/dealing-with-ptsd-after-defending-yourself-with-a-firearm/ http://www.usacarry.com/dealing-with-ptsd-after-defending-yourself-with-a-firearm/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:37:07 +0000 William Nosek http://www.usacarry.com/?p=996 There is no such thing as a one size fits all solution to the mental aspect of having to defend yourself. No matter how prepared your mind may be before it happens, everyone feels the same immediate after effects. But it is the long term after effects that can cause the real stress. The lasting [...]

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]]> http://www.usacarry.com/dealing-with-ptsd-after-defending-yourself-with-a-firearm/feed/ 1 Indiana “Carry” Bill creates interesting supporter and detractor headlines! http://www.usacarry.com/indiana-carry-bill-creates-interesting-supporter-and-detractor-headlines/ http://www.usacarry.com/indiana-carry-bill-creates-interesting-supporter-and-detractor-headlines/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:34:50 +0000 Van Phillips http://www.usacarry.com/?p=952 In an attempt to counter the type of localized restrictions on firearms and an individual’s right to carry a firearm like those passed in Chicago, both before and after the US Subprime Court decision in 2010, Indiana Senate Bill 292 was introduced for consideration in the 2011 Indiana Legislative session. Introduced by State Senator Jim [...]

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