Great Lakes Firearms & Training

Shooting Handguns with Both Eyes Open: Do You Really Have To? Most of us were taught that we should shoot handguns with both eyes open. That's generally a pretty good idea, but is it an absolute rule? Today, we're diggi...

Carry Life | Is Your Firearm Carry Ready? Is a new or different carry firearm in your future? Prep it with a plan.

Why Hollow Points Are The Only Option For Self-Defense Every so often we come across opinions on the wonderful World Wide Web that makes me scratch my head a bit. One of those things is when I read comments about people saying 'this is why I don't use hollow points.' A lot of the time these comments come from less-experienced gun owners who just need mo...

Thank you for your service!!

With such great support from our community, all of our classes through September are now filled. Additional classes for October and beyond will be posted in the near future. Thank you to those of you who have chosen Great Lakes Fi****ms &Training and we look forward to welcoming new students in our upcoming classes.

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From us to you, Happy Fourth of July! 🥳

Will Your Magazine Spring Weaken If Kept Loaded For Long Periods Of Time? – Concealed Nation Many of us don’t keep magazines loaded for very long, since we’re going to the range and shooting on a regular basis. Sometimes, though, we’ll store fully loaded magazines in a safe or other areas in the house. The question on many people’s mind; Will the spring of the magazine weaken over t...

Misinformation is being circulated about the legality of wearing a face mask while carrying openly or concealed in Michigan.

Michigan Complied Laws 750.396 says, "A person who intentionally conceals his or her identity by wearing a mask or other device covering his or her face for the purpose of facilitating the commission of a crime is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both."

Consequently, a person legally carrying a firearm while wearing a face mask who is not facilitating the commission of a crime is not subject to the legal penalties for wearing a face mask.

The scope of this post is limited to the legality of wearing a mask while carrying openly or concealed in Michigan. It does not concern the usefulness of masks in containing the spread of COVID-19 or mask mandates. In order to prevent this post from turning into yet another debate about mask use or COVID-19 in general, comments outside the scope of this post will be removed.

Do You Carry With A Round In The Chamber? Our Poll Results Are Just As Expected – Concealed Nation To carry with a round in the chamber or not to carry with a round in the chamber. That’s the question that some ask themselves, especially early on in their concealed carry venture. We conducted a poll on our page to see who did what, and the results aren’t surprising at all. However, l...

How Even PETITE Women Can Conceal Carry Big Guns Without Belts, Tactical Clothes, Or Looking Like Men! - Prepared Gun Owners If you are a woman and you’d like to know how to conceal carry the biggest size handgun possible — while still being able to dress like a woman — then this article is for you! The truth is that MOST conceal carry info out there is made for men, not women. That means that …

DHS Says Fi****ms Retailers, Manufacturers ARE ‘Essential Businesses’: BREAKING NEWS The Department of Homeland Security has declared fi****ms manufacturers & gun retailers “essential businesses,” driving a spike through the heart of various state & local “emergency" lockdowns.