The U.S. Concealed Carry Association is an organization founded by Tim Schmidt to address the unique needs and concerns of law abiding U.S. citizens exercising their rights to carry a firearm for self defense.
The USCCA professes to be “the ultimate resource for the law-abiding, armed citizen.” With a library of articles on the website, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Self-Defense Issues'
U.S. Concealed Carry Association: The Ultimate Resource for the Armed Citizen
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Concealed Carry · Second Amendment Issues · Self-Defense Issues · Training
Negligent Discharge by Pilot on US Airways Flight
March 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Negligent discharges are not only dangerous to people who are around when the bullet exits the muzzle, but they are also dangerous to all gun owners. A single negligent discharge may run on the evening news or on the front page of the local paper, whereas the millions of people who safely handle firearms […]
Tags: Concealed Carry · Self-Defense Issues
Don’t Quit Before The Battle Is Won: A Sad Self-Defense Story
March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
In Largo, Florida in 2002, an 88-year-old man and his 86-year-old wife were attacked in a daytime home invasion style robbery. The couple was attacked in their condo by a 19-year-old convicted drug dealer as they returned from a nearby supermarket.
The 88-year-old victim was able to retrieve his .38 Special revolver (loaded with +P […]
Tags: Self-Defense Issues
81 Year Old Georgia Man Uses Firearm to Defend Against Home Invader
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments
An 81 year old man was forced to shoot and kill a home invader. Robert Jenkins defended himself and his 78 year old wife from the would-be felon who had broken into their home.
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Tucker man’s killing of intruder justified, say police
Robert Jenkins won’t be charged in shooting
Eighty-one-year-old Robert Jenkins […]
Tags: Concealed Carry · Self-Defense Issues
Florida Mayors Unite Against Freedom: Anti-Gun Officials Join the Bloomberg Ban Team
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments
With Florida mayors facing budget cut backs due to the recent property tax roll backs, now seems like an especially poor time to advocate curtailing their constituent’s constitutional freedom to keep and bear arms. Florida residents have overwhelmingly supported the “shall-issue” concealed carry law, the Castle Doctrine, and now the roll back of the […]
Tags: Concealed Carry · Second Amendment Issues · Self-Defense Issues
Governor Kaine Vetoes Important Right-to-Carry Legislation in Virginia
March 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Tuesday, March 4, Governor Tim Kaine (D) announced his veto of two critically important self-defense measures - Senate Bill 436 and Senate Bill 476, both of which passed each chamber of the General Assembly by overwhelmingly bipartisan majorities.SB436, authored by State Senator Jill Vogel (R-27) would allow for non-concealed carry permit holders to safely store […]
Tags: Concealed Carry · NRA · Second Amendment Issues · Self-Defense Issues
Wyoming Self-Defense Bill is Stripped of “No Duty to Retreat” Provisions
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments
House Bill 137, introduced by State Representative Lorraine Quarberg (R-28), known as the “no-duty-to-retreat” (Castle Doctrine) bill, was debated on the Senate Floor today for the second time and was heavily amended to remove the “no-duty-to-retreat” provision.
As originally written, HB137 would have statutorily ensured that Wyoming citizens’ self-defense rights would be protected by removing the duty to […]
Tags: Concealed Carry · NRA · Second Amendment Issues · Self-Defense Issues
The Dangers of Intervention: A Commentary by Evan Marshall
February 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Evan Marshall is a retired Detroit PD police officer who spent 20 years going into harm’s way for total strangers. In his police service, Marshall worked on the street, as a homicide detective, and on the TAC unit. Outside of the law enforcement community, Marshall is known to most people as an author […]
Tags: Concealed Carry · Self-Defense Issues
Winchester Repeating Arms Introduces the Speed Pump Defender Shotgun
February 12th, 2008 · No Comments
U.S. Repeating Arms, the manufacturer of Winchester-branded rifles and shotguns, announced they were closing the New Haven, CT plant in January 2006. Much of the firearms community believed that we would never see another new Winchester rifle or shotgun. Winchester Repeating Arms was at the 2008 SHOT show and proved the doubters wrong.
Winchester […]
Tags: Self-Defense Issues · Shotguns
Largo, Florida Homeowner Shoots at Burglar Who Drives at Him in a SUV
February 8th, 2008 · No Comments
A Largo, FL man, fearing for his life, shot at a burglar who was driving toward him in a GMC Envoy. After arriving home, the resident found a strange vehicle in his driveway. As he approached the house, the burglar came out of the house, entered the SUV, and drove toward the homeowner. […]
Tags: Concealed Carry · Self-Defense Issues

