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New enhanced concealed carry permits became available in early 2018 in Arkansas, allowing permit holders to carry on university campuses, churches, bars, and the state Capital building. What is especially unique about the permit process is it makes Arkansas the first state to require active shooter training as part of the process. Requirements for the […]

If you’re a resident of the state of Wisconsin or will be traveling to or through there with your firearm under a reciprocity agreement, you need to be aware of a recent controversial Wisconsin State Supreme Court ruling. Gun rights advocates used the 2014 arrest of Brian Grandberry to draw attention to potentially conflicting wording […]

If there was ever a need for a textbook example of how to help an officer in danger, Derek Meyer has given us one. While driving in Springville, Utah on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018, Meyer witnessed an incident in progress that made him turn his car around. A Utah police officer confronted a man whom […]

Last Wednesday marks the first day that Arkansas instructors could take the new state test required for teaching the class needed to obtain a concealed carry license. Passing this new test will qualify these instructors to teach the enhanced permit classes, needed to carry weapons previously restricted, such as college campuses, churches, and other public […]

Public Safety officers at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis shot a man on the morning of Thursday, January 11th, after the man pushed his way out of a hospital room armed with two knives. Kara Price Shannon, a spokesperson for the hospital, said, “There was an incident on our campus this morning involving our department […]

Christmas Eve is usually filled with hustle and bustle and last-minute running around. For one 31-year old man on the south side of Chicago, it also meant protecting himself from a would-be robber with his concealed weapon. The man, who police would not identify, was leaving a store in a strip mall in the 1200 […]

Since the 1960s and 1970s, it has been illegal to carry a gun onto the ground of state parks or forests in Delaware. But all that changed on Thursday, December 7th, 2017. Calling the rules unconstitutional, Delaware’s Supreme Court lifted the more than 50-year-old ban. The court made its decision based on the precedent set […]

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee this week will be reviewing a bill that would allow those licensed to carry a concealed weapon in their home state to do so while traveling through or visiting other states as well. The bill was initially introduced back in January by Republican Richard Hudson from North Carolina. The bill, […]

It’s difficult to turn on the TV, listen to the radio, or log on to the Internet without hearing about another tragic mass shooting or reports detailing an increase in violent crime. As the public discusses how best to handle these tragedies, some individuals are taking their security into their own hands by taking concealed […]