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False Assumptions! You Most Certainly Can Carry a Larger Gun

False Assumptions! You Most Certainly Can Carry a Larger Gun

By Tom McHale|2023-06-06T10:25:06-04:00June 6th, 2023|Concealed Carry, General Tips|

I’m saying you can carry a larger gun concealed — every day even. To be clear, I’m not talking about one more powerful or in a larger caliber. I’m talking about a handgun physically bigger than the pocket micro mini subatomic ultra-compacts all the rage these days.

A Quick Look at the Bravo Concealment LINKed Holster

A Quick Look at the Bravo Concealment LINKed Holster

By Tom McHale|2023-04-14T11:28:32-04:00April 14th, 2023|Holsters|

Here’s a mea culpa moment: I always feel I “should” carry at least one spare magazine for capacity and failure resistance. Do I follow through? Not nearly often enough.

How Do Your Concealed Carry Team Skills Stack Up? Team Tactics: Pernicious Pas De Deux

How Do Your Concealed Carry Team Skills Stack Up? Team Tactics: Pernicious Pas De Deux

By Tom McHale|2023-03-13T10:03:50-04:00March 13th, 2023|Concealed Carry, Shooting Tips|

Humans are naturally confident, bordering on arrogant. In our minds, we’ve got all the correct answers, and for those situations we haven’t yet experienced, we assume we’ll make the right choices on the fly. We’re awesome like that.Gunfighting schools, on the other hand, are a force created by the universe to expose and counterbalance our genetic hubris. These diametrically opposed forces of nature are like gravity and orbital velocity — the reasons our hunk of rock topped with flawed humanity doesn’t crash into the sun or zoom past Pluto.

Less-Offensive EDC Tools

Less-Offensive EDC Tools

By Tom McHale|2023-03-06T09:18:15-05:00March 6th, 2023|Concealed Carry, Shooting Gear|

The parking garage was darker than normal. That light at the top of the stairwell was busted. No surprise, if the public bathroom on the ground floor is any indication, maintenance in the city’s public parking garages takes a distant second place to fixing that pothole at the end of 2nd Street. No reason to panic … yet. Nothing unusual about the light being smashed given the copious scrolls of graffiti on the walls.

American Handgunner Carry Options DeSantis OWB Season Leather – American Handgunner

American Handgunner Carry Options DeSantis OWB Season Leather – American Handgunner

By Tom McHale|2023-02-21T12:11:38-05:00February 21st, 2023|Concealed Carry, Holsters|

Winter is here, so for me, it’s outside-the-waistband (OWB) carry season — at least some of the time. While I generally make more use of Kydex for IWB carry here in the humidity capital of the world (leather can get sticky on the draw when moist, and yes, I hate that word), the cooler months offer an opportunity to easily conceal a full-size pistol with classic OWB leather.

Tactical Foolery Or Effective Concealment?

Tactical Foolery Or Effective Concealment?

By Tom McHale|2023-01-10T20:35:41-05:00January 10th, 2023|Concealed Carry, Shooting Tips|

It seems all the “cool kids” are carrying concealed in the appendix position these days. You know, the guys with beards, high-speed, low-drag instructors and all manner of serious gun folk. So, is it a “tacti-cool” fad or a responsible and effective method of everyday concealed carry?

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