Bennie Cooley is both a competitive shooter and tactical operator.  Bennie has won numerous World and National 3 Gun championships.  He not only competes in 3 Gun, but also in High Power which are those scoped bolt action rifles that shoot far distances.  Bennie works full time on a

Tony Blauer has been teaching people to protect themselves for over 37 years.  His SPEAR (Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response) system of close quarter defense is currently being taught in all levels of law enforcement and in military groups.  His company is Blauer Tactical Systems and it has several branches to

I was lucky to be a guest on the Podcast Engineering Show hosted by Chris Curran.  If you ever wondered was goes into making a podcast or have desires to start one, this is a great show to listen to.  I explain what goes into the technical side of producing

If you watch the Outdoor Channel you probably have seen some of the hit shows like The Best Defense, Shooting Gallery, Gun Stories with Joe Mantegna and Shootout Lane.  All these shows are the brain child of Michael Bane.  Michael has been around the gun world for over 40 years

Jessie Duff is a professional competitive shooter.  She is sponsored by Taurus Firearms, Leupold, Hornady and several other well known firearms or gear companies.  Jessie competes in handgun competitions and was the first female to make Grandmaster classification in USPSA in the Open Division.  An accomplishment that was dominated by

Anthony Cruz is the host of the weekly YouTube show, “The Shooter’s Mindset”.  The show has been running since 2013 and he has had all sorts of top competitive shooters on the show in addition to gun makers.  He shares the hosting duties with other up and coming competitive shooters

Matt Hopkins is a grandmaster shooter in the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA).  He has competed since he was a young boy when his father took him to the local bowling pin matches.  Matt’s drive continued and once he became grandmaster, he was able to connect with a major

Robert Vogel and Jessica Hook are quite the power couple. Robert (Bob) is a world champion competitive shooter. He competes in both USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association) and IDPA (International Defensive Pistol Association). Bob also shoots for Team USA in the IPSC World Shoot. Bob has won 3 world

  Bruce Gray is a master level gunsmith, competitive shooter and reserve deputy sheriff. He has worked in the firearms world for over 40 years. Bruce is known as the guy who makes your SigSauer pistol sing, in fact he just released a new trigger for the highly successful striker

In the first episode of the Firearms Nation Podcast I talk with 3 Gun Nation competitor Keith Garcia and we talk about guns in California, shooting PCC and surfing. I learned that Keith has been a California police officer for over 20 years.  He has run the gamut of various