Hoping for the best and preparing for the worst is probably the best approach to dealing with real world threats. You should do everything you can to avoid an emergency, but it’s a sound idea to be prepared for it if it proves to be unavoidable. Being prepared means having the right tools within reach when you need them most. Your personal protection gear should reflect your specific needs and environment. Every Day Carry, or EDC, refers to the items you carry on or near you to prepare and protect yourself from harm and use to mitigate the aftermath of…

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If you’ve been to a natural-history museum (or watched anything from the “Jurassic Park” franchise on the big screen), you know that the period from the time dinosaurs became the dominant life form on the planet until a cosmic fender bender somewhere off the Yucatán Peninsula killed all of them except chickens, cockroaches, parrots and whatever those little brown birds are that sit in the tree over your car and poop on it was called The Age of the Dinosaurs. Few stretches of dominance have run longer; not the Roman Empire nor even the Brady/Belichick-era New England Patriots. One stretch…

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TRAINING IS NOT OPTIONAL IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE In the book, How to Survive in the Woods by Bradford Angier released in 1969, the author asserts the following about a survival firearm: “The best survival weapon, it follows, is a flat and hard shooting rifle. There is no need to append that it should be rugged, accurate, and durable.”  Angier, considered to be one of the foremost voices in the survival community prior to the explosion of internet survival stars, formulated a very logical argument for carrying a rifle as a tool to put meat over the fire. In…

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Looking to upgrade your FN SCAR? Check out the new stock and brace options from Kinetic Development Group.The FN SCAR may have been discontinued recently, but that doesn’t mean aftermarket FN SCAR parts need to be discontinued as well. There are a lot of SCARs out there, and people still want to modify them with new furniture and accessories. One of the latest options is a new stock and pistol brace from Kinetic Development Group.Made in collaboration with Haga Defense and A3 Industries, the new furniture was designed to be ultimately modular, durable and precise. Regardless of which version you…

Staying informed about concealed carry laws is more important than ever. Regulations change often, sometimes quietly, and it can be difficult for gun owners to keep up. To make that easier, Concealed Nation has launched a brand-new suite of interactive concealed carry maps, giving you fast, accurate, and state-by-state breakdowns of the most important firearm laws in the country. These tools are free, mobile-friendly, and updated whenever laws change, making them some of the most comprehensive resources available to responsible concealed carriers. What Our Interactive Maps Cover We focused on four areas gun owners ask about most. Each map includes…

Here’s a small peek into some of the fun that went down at CANCON Carolinas this year. If you missed it, we hope to see you next year!Suppressors are more popular than ever before, but a lot of shooters are still hesitant to take the plunge into ownership. We’re here to change that.CANCON is the world’s largest fully suppressed range day, and this year’s event at the Clinton House Plantation in Clinton, S.C., was bigger and better than ever before. An unprecedented number of shooters cycled through the gates over the weekend to get hands-on experience with the largest variety…

A Chicago concealed carry holder defended herself during a failed carjacking attempt by shooting a teen rapper, Kamari Bonslater, who was already out on pretrial release. Prosecutors now say the rapper and accomplices opened fire during the botched robbery before he was shot multiple times and arrested. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE CHICAGO, IL (3-minute read) — A 17-year-old from the south suburbs, known in the local rap scene as “4 Block Lil Mari,” has been arrested after a botched carjacking in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Prosecutors say Kamari Bonslater was shot by a woman he attempted to rob at gunpoint;…

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