Firearms

Beyond Basic Pistol: NRAs Concealed Carry Training

By North American Outdoors / March 10, 2025 / Comments Off on Beyond Basic Pistol: NRAs Concealed Carry Training

NRA’s CCW course teaches the nine-step sequence to learnโ€”and practiceโ€”if you must draw your firearm in self-defense. by Heidi Lyn Rao It is important to recognize that your concealed carry journey does not end at getting your license or permit and taking an NRA Basic Pistol course. Your journey should take you to the next levelโ€”an NRA Concealed Carry…

Your Conceal Carry Journey Starts with NRA

By North American Outdoors / February 17, 2025 / Comments Off on Your Conceal Carry Journey Starts with NRA

Whether you are a new gun owner or an experienced marksman, exploring the multitude of training options from the NRA should be your first stop on your path to this goal. Your Conceal Carry Journey Starts with NRA – NRAWomen.com Congratulations on taking the next step in your personal protection journey with the decision to…

5 Things a New Gun Owner Wants to Know

By North American Outdoors / December 8, 2024 / Comments Off on 5 Things a New Gun Owner Wants to Know

NRA Certified Firearm Instructors aren’t mind readers, but they recognize that all new gun owners want to know the most basic and fundamental principles of gun ownership. Read what they are here.  5 Things a New Gun Owner Wants to Know – NRA Women.com What a new gun owner wants to know, and what the…

UNDERSTANDING TANNERITE

By North American Outdoors / November 6, 2024 / Comments Off on UNDERSTANDING TANNERITE

By Heidi Lyn Rao UNDERSTANDING TANNERITE If you are a shooter in today’s world, you have either posted a video on X (formerly Twitter) or TikTok, or you have at least watched, liked, or followed the latest and trending shooting videos. You may even be talented enough to record and upload your own videos and…

3 More Ways for Parents to Reinforce Gun Safety in the Home

By North American Outdoors / November 4, 2024 / Comments Off on 3 More Ways for Parents to Reinforce Gun Safety in the Home

Have kids and guns? Don’t be passive. Do your part so your children are safe in and out of your home.  3 More Ways for Parents to Reinforce Gun Safety in the Home – NRA Women.com When you decide to keep a firearm in the home for protection, and there are children present, extra precautions…

Who is the Non-Gun-Owner?

By North American Outdoors / October 24, 2024 / Comments Off on Who is the Non-Gun-Owner?

Just because some people do not own a firearm doesn’t mean they are anti-gun—or unable to change their minds. Here are a few ways we can earn their support. Who is the Non-Gun-Owner? – NRA Women.com Just because a person does not own a gun—a non-gun owner—does not necessarily mean that his or she is…

Know Your Metallic Cartridge Cases

By North American Outdoors / October 14, 2024 / Comments Off on Know Your Metallic Cartridge Cases

The metallic case cartridge is one of the most important firearm components that is not part of the gun! Know Your Metallic Cartridge Cases – NRA Women.com Without the metallic cartridge case, self-contained cartridges could not exist. We would still be in the cap-and-ball era. It was the metallic case that made it possible to…

Women in the (Traditionally) Male Dominated Outdoors

By North American Outdoors / October 4, 2024 / Comments Off on Women in the (Traditionally) Male Dominated Outdoors

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF HOUSTON SAFARI CLUB FOUNDATION โ€ข FALL 2024 WOMEN IN THE (TRADITIONALLY) MALE-DOMINATED OUTDOORSBY HEIDI LYN RAO I have spent my entire adult life in what has traditionally been a male-dominated world as it relates to firearms. With degrees in Wildlife Management and Forestry, I graduated college and went straight into the…

Magazine Doโ€™s and Donโ€™ts

By North American Outdoors / September 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Magazine Doโ€™s and Donโ€™ts

The one component of a firearm that needs special attention is the firearmโ€™s magazine. Here’s how to make sure that the delivery system that feeds the firearm is working properly. Magazine Doโ€™s and Donโ€™ts – NRA Women.com Avid shooters and those who carry firearms for protection believe that it is important to practice, and practice…

3 MISTAKES PARENTS MAKE WHEN KEEPING FIREARMS IN THE HOME

By North American Outdoors / September 6, 2024 / Comments Off on 3 MISTAKES PARENTS MAKE WHEN KEEPING FIREARMS IN THE HOME

By Heidi Lyn Rao 3 MISTAKES PARENTS MAKE WHEN KEEPING FIREARMS IN THE HOME Gun ownership in the United States has greatly increased in the past couple of years. A lot of this comes from concerned citizens and the current societal conditions. Regardless of the reason, care and caution should always be taken to ensure…