To purchase a firearm in California, you need to have a government license called a firearms safety certificate, or FSC. Go to any California certified Firearms Instructor or to most gun shops and ask to take a firearms safety test. The test costs $25 and consists of 30 questions. You must get 75%. Your test will be graded immediately and if you pass, you get a firearm safety certificate, which allows you to purchase guns in California for up to five years. Being in possession of a valid...

The Mantis X 10 Elite is one of the best dry fire training tools out there. You buy the hardware and the software for your phone comes free. There are no subscriptions or fees after your initial purchase. You mount the hardware onto the light rail of any handgun or use two sided 3M tape to mount the hardware to the base of a magazine that is inserted into the gun. The hardware on your gun communicates with an app on your phone. As you run through dry fire train drills, the software analyzes...

To properly load and seat a magazine into the magazine well of a semi automatic handgun, you index the top round of the magazine with the index finger of your support hand. You place the bass plate of the magazine into the palm of your hand. Place the flat back of the magazine against the flat back of the magazine well. If you have a small gun drift the pinky finger on your dominant hand. With one firm brisk motion you insert the magazine into the magazine well. This should be done briskly...