ILLINOIS CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT HOLDER Intruder Once — Ending the Incident — and Called Police
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SUB-COMPACT STARTING AT $19.99 CONTENTS 52 ACCURACY 58 IN ANY LIGHT FLASHLIGHTS Body-Position Shooting ❚BY BOB CAMPBELL FEATURES ONE 64 REVOLVER IN THE LUCKY 7 The Smith & Wesson 686 Plus HAND? ❚BY MARK KAKKURI The ‘Modern Technique’ ❚BY CHRIS CERINO 76 SIGHTS GLOW UP Choosing the Right Night Sights ❚BY AIMEE GRANT 80 TRAINING BRIGHT IDEAS Tactical Movement in the Dark ❚BY CHRIS CERINO 92 KNIVES OPENING MOVES Getting Your Folding Knife 70 Into the Fight ❚ EVERYDAY CARRY BY MICHAEL JANICH 96 SAFES MAKING LOCKDOWN THE JUMP From Big-Box Safes to Stepping Up in Caliber Multi-Purpose Peace of Mind ❚ BY BOB CAMPBELL ❚BY KEVIN REESE 10 2 RUGER HARD HITTER Ruger’s GP100 .44 Special Revolver ❚ BY BOB CAMPBELL 86 VISION BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Muzzle Flash and Your Eyes ❚ BY RICK SAPP 4 www.USCCA.com | May/June MAY/JUNE 2018 COLUMNS 110 34 LEGALLY ARMED CITIZEN THE OTHER LIGHT Alternative Sources ❚ BY ED COMBS 38 IT’S JUST THE LAW JACK SLADE Lessons From the Old West ❚BY K.L. JAMISON 24 42 BALLISTIC BASICS DEPARTMENTS CALLING ON 6 | PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE A HIGHER POWER 8 | EDITOR’S SHOT Bigger Cartridges Are Fun, | But Are They Effective? 10 ABOUT THE COVER ❚BY TAMARA KEEL 12 | ASK THE USCCA 14 | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | BATTLE BLADES AFTER THE SHOT 16 44 18 | IN THE 10-RING BLOODBATH? | Why Don’t Gun Owners Shoot 20 TRUE STORIES Each Other in the Streets? 24 | BENCH REPORT ❚BY ALAN KORWIN 28 | DRILL OF THE MONTH 30 | LEGISLATIVE NEWS 32 | GEAR WE LOVE | DEFCON 1 108 INSTRUCTOR’S CORNER 48 110 | HANDS ON GET REAL | Keep Things Simple 112 LIFELINE ❚BY JOHN CAILE 114 | CLEAR IMPACT 116 | MEMBER PROFILE 118 | PRESS CHECK May/June | www.USCCA.com 5 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Tim Schmidt WRITE THAT DOWN POLYMER PALOOZA AND LOW-LIGHT SHOOTOUT HELP SELF-DEFENSE ADVOCATES SPREAD THE WORD IN AUGUST 2017, the USCCA son and Kevin Michalowski — for a sec- CCA products. held its debut writers’ event — a plas- ond unique event called the “Low-Light “Although these events will be covered tic-focused affair fittingly called “Polymer Shootout.” The goal of the Low-Light in Concealed Carry Magazine, the writers Palooza” — at the Fireline Shooting and Shootout was to provide each of these are encouraged to write for other outlets Training Center in Appleton, Wisconsin. prominent self-defense writers the op- as well,” he said. “The goal is to increase Eight top writers in the firearms industry portunity to learn about the skills, tactics the collective knowledge level among — Beth Alcazar, Chris Cerino, Ed Combs, and gear needed to prevail in a low-light writers in the firearms industry and to George Harris, Tom McHale, Kevin Mich- shooting incident while moving through share that knowledge with as many peo- alowski, Rick Sapp and Jeremy Stafford a simulated residential location and en- ple as possible.” — gathered together at the range for a gaging a variety of targets using Ultimate I wholeheartedly concur with Kevin’s fun shooting competition that allowed Training Munitions. way of thinking. them to challenge their skills and test A few days after the event, Ed com- You see, a big part of the firearms in- and evaluate a variety of polymer-related mented, “One of the highlights was the dustry, and certainly a big part of our mis- gear, including firearms, holsters, targets, fact that we were shooting in as close to sion here at the USCCA, is helping peo- ammunition and more from some of the total darkness as I’ve ever been able to ple protect themselves and those they industry’s leading manufacturers. shoot in. Indoor range, no windows … love. Remember, we ALL win when the When I asked Associate Editor Ed when we’d kill the lights, it was just us and amount of accurate firearms and self-de- Combs about the experience, he told me our weapon-mounted lights.” fense-related information increases. that “it was an outstanding opportunity to I may be a little biased, but if Ed was Of course, the primary goal of the Poly- get some old faces as well as new friends pleased with the shooting conditions we mer Palooza and the Low-Light Shootout all in one place at one time for a little fun, created, we obviously did something right, was to create a unique experience for in- not to mention some T&E of a few excel- and word on the street is that the other dustry veterans in an effort to help them lent pieces of gear.” writers enjoyed the experience as well. provide YOU with interesting, enlighten- In fact, Polymer Palooza was such In exchange for his or her participation ing and potentially lifesaving information. a resounding success — all the writer in one or both of these events, each writ- Be on the lookout for this featured content feedback was overwhelmingly positive — er agreed to publish a story about either — starting in this issue — and for more that in March 2018, the USCCA brought event or the products featured during that exciting events in the near future. in another group of well-knowns in the event. Executive Editor Kevin Michalows- firearms and writing communities — Kat ki encouraged the wordsmiths to publish Ainsworth, Beth Alcazar, Ed Combs, Ai- the stories “anywhere” — not just within mee Grant, Jenn Jacques, Duncan John- Concealed Carry Magazine or other US- 6 www.USCCA.com | May/June NOW STANDS FOR EVERYDAY CHOICES The Ruger® EC9s™ comes with no gimmicks, rebates or mail-in offers EDCfor gift cards... just the rugged, reliability of the striker-fired LC9s®, now with integral sights and a no-hassle price point that won’t break the bank. The Ruger® Security-9® is an affordable, rugged, mid-sized pistol that provides everyday security in the perfect caliber, size and price point. WHY CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM WHEN YOU CAN HAVE BOTH? RUGER.COM © 2018 Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. 011118 EDITOR’S SHOT by Kevin Michalowski A SHOT IN THE DARK THAT OLD CLICHÉ is almost no demands on the writers other than to target acquisition, target identification never used to describe something good. ask them to approach the event with an and target isolation are three key ele- More often than not, “a shot in the dark” open mind and to tell others what they ments surrounding a proper decision on means something is poorly planned and had seen and experienced. the use of deadly force. Typically, if you has little chance of success. I honestly don’t even care if our are missing even one of those, you have But predators lurk in dark places and guests write stories for this magazine, no business taking a shot. Going into a the majority of deadly force incidents as long as they write stories that end up dark alley without a flashlight means you occur in low light. Have you trained somewhere. This skill is that important. may have to guess at all three of those for that? Have you ever even been ex- With the help of some generous spon- elements until the person moving to- posed to shooting in reduced light? sors, including Ultimate Training Muni- ward you is so close that your chances Sadly, most gun owners have not en- tions (UTM), Streamlight and Glock, we of survival are greatly diminished. Some gaged in such training, and the results started with the simple goal of showing of the writers also realized how difficult can be catastrophic. the writers the differences between try- it can be to handle a gun and a hand- Thinking that the best way to get the ing to shoot in low light three distinct held flashlight under the stress and de- word out about the importance of im- ways: with only a gun; with a gun and mands that come with varying angles, proving low-light shooting skills was to a hand-held light; and with a gun, a corners and target locations. These are set up a circumstance in which people weapon-mounted light and a laser. The all factors very few of our attendees had could do so, Concealed Carry Maga- differences startled some of the partic- considered before. They will likely be zine decided to host a group of defen- ipants, and the stories that come from practicing them now. sive-minded magazine writers in early this event should be eye-opening. Remember your body cannot go March and let them literally shoot in the Moving through the UTM Portable where your mind has not been. If you dark. Well, it was nearly dark. But every- Training Facility caused some of the writ- are not thinking about training on and one got the idea. We chose not to cre- ers to rethink their everyday carry gear. building your low-light skills, you might ate a full-fledged training operation but Suddenly, a flashlight became just as just as well be taking a shot in the dark. rather give writers the opportunity to ex- important as a gun, and some thought perience the essence of fighting with a it to be even more important. Every re- handgun in reduced visibility. We made sponsibly armed American knows that 8 www.USCCA.com | May/June MICRO 9 STAINLESS RAPTOR FOR THE INDIVIDUAL RECOIL ABSORBING ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, 1911-STYLE ERGONOMICS, NIGHT SIGHTS FOR LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS, CHAMBERED IN 9MM. (888) 243-4522 TM M ADE IN AMERICA WHAT ALL GUNS SHOULD BE kimberamerica.com ©2018, Kimber Mfg., Inc. All rights reserved. Information and specifications are for reference only and subject to change without notice.