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Open carry laws are spreading across the map, but that does not mean open carry is always smart.

In the article from The Gun Mag I will share in the comments, Dean Weingarten walks through how most states now allow some form of open carry in public, with only a shrinking handful that ban or heavily restrict visibly carried fi****ms. In a lot of places, you can legally walk into public spaces with a handgun openly holstered on your hip, especially as more states adopt permitless carry frameworks and relax public carry rules in general.

Here is where we land on it: legal and wise are not the same thing. For everyday life around the general public, we have long backed the idea that “friends don’t let friends open carry.” Open carry in a grocery store, mall, or restaurant or other crowded public place can create unnecessary panic among people who do not understand guns, while also drawing unwanted attention to you by criminals who are not scared of the gun on your hip. We support open carry in specific, purpose‑driven situations like training environments, rural land, events where it is part of the context, or when concealment simply is not realistic for the carrier, but as a default EDC strategy around crowds, concealed beats open every day of the week.

The good news is that the same legal changes expanding open carry options have also expanded concealed carry freedoms. All 50 states now allow some form of concealed carry, and over half of the country lets law‑abiding adults carry loaded, concealed handguns in many public places without a permit. That is where we think the energy should be: responsible citizens, trained up, carrying discreetly, not turning themselves into walking billboards for “gun guy” in the middle of a tense culture war. Your job is to stay alive, not to win arguments in the cereal aisle.

So yes, the legal state of open carry is better than ever on paper, and that is worth understanding. But if your goal is actual self‑defense, de‑escalation, and keeping your family out of the spotlight when bad things happen, we are still firmly in the “conceal it, do not advertise it” camp. Friends do not let friends open carry… at least not where every nervous bystander is watching.

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A lot of people love how a 1911 shoots but quietly give up on carrying it after a week. They buy a gorgeous steel gun, try to run it like a striker-fired plastic pistol, fight the weight, fight the safety, fight the mags, and eventually park it in the safe as a “range gun” instead of the serious carry gun it could be.

The truth is the 1911 isn’t too old, too complicated, or too unsafe for everyday carry, it just punishes people who wing it instead of setting it up on purpose.

In this new article we walk through the three things that make 1911 carry frustrating for most people and show you how to fix each one: carrying cocked and locked the right way and actually training the safety and your grip, ditching junk magazines and running proven carry mags, and letting a real belt and a properly tuned holster do the work of hiding that 39-ounce slab of steel so it stops printing and digging into your day.

If you’ve ever wanted to get your 1911 out of “safe queen” status and onto your waist confidently, this is the roadmap a lot of people wish they had before they gave up on the platform. I’ll drop the full article in the comments so you can read it and start dialing in your own setup.

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May Is National Stop The Bleed Month: What Concealed Carriers Should Know » Concealed Carry Inc May is National Stop The Bleed Month. Here's why every concealed carrier should care — and the two simple actions to take before May 31.

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Stress Response: The Science Behind A Home Defense Encounter Life isn't like the movies, and if you're forced to defend yourself, it will be stressful. Here we look at the science of how it affects you.

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