In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Castle Rock v. Gonzales, what many American gun owners suspected all along: For various reasons, the government has no legal duty to protect a person from harm. Many Americans remained ignorant of that ruling—such stories just don’t fit into mainstream-media narratives—but, …

We talk about “Compact” or “Full size” pistols quite often here on “I Carry,” and we wanted to devote an episode to explaining what some of these terms mean. Keep in mind that the terms used are general guidelines–they’re not set in stone–and some manufacturers might have slight differences. We’re …

The student body on a state college campus is essentially a large, diverse group of adults. These are people who have all the legal protections and responsibilities of any other group of Americans 18 years old or older. A government entity, then, can’t deny them, as a collective body rather …

The fourth season of “I Carry” covered a wide range of guns, red-dot sights, holsters, knives, flashlights and other EDC gear. While it would be difficult to choose our own favorites, we’ve pull the five most popular episodes from 2020 based on viewer response. Each kit is unique and this …

Beretta’s subcompact APX Carry Black is the smallest in the series of striker-fired pistols from the Italian company. Originally designed for law enforcement and military professions, the Beretta APX series is configured to provide a full range of striker-fired options from fully featured full-size variants with optics and provision for a silencer to …

SIG Sauer made waves with the introduction of its tiny P365 in 2018. Ten rounds of 9 mm in a pistol smaller than most single-stack subcompacts? What is this sorcery, you ask? Well, it’s clever engineering mixed with technological advances, mainly, although there is the distinct possibility Jobu was involved (Kids, …

FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) has partnered with the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association (NYSRPA) today to ask the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to New York’s restrictive process for issuing concealed carry licenses. “As long as New York continues denying …

On January 1st, 2021, Senate Bill 263 and the identical House Bill 264 go into effect. As a result, electronic or online firearm training courses will no longer be accepted with new applications for the Virginia Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP), to satisfy the mandatory training requirement. Mandatory training requirements are yet another cost prohibitive …

Kimber surprised the firearm world with the introduction of the K6s in 2016, deciding to offer a six-shot revolver geared toward concealed carry at a time when most gun companies were coming out with single-stack, subcompact 9 mm semi-automatics. Given that, at the time, competitors to the K6s were mainly 6- …

Springfield Armory’s XD-S series was launched in 2012 and represented the company’s single-stack, subcompact pistol designed for concealed carry. Mod2 upgrades came out a few years ago, and finally we now have an optics-ready version of the pistol. The XD-S Mod2 OSP has the same dimensions as the original XD-S …