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June is right around the corner, and with it comes both National Camping Month and National Great Outdoors Month — plus the unofficial start of every campsite, trailhead, and national park getting busier than they've been all year.
For those of us who carry, that means a handful of extra questions worth thinking through. The rules change when you cross park boundaries. The medical kit you keep in the truck isn't always the one you want a mile down a trail. And the gear that's perfect on the range isn't always what you'd reach for on day three of a backcountry trip.
Rather than try to cover all of it in one email, we pulled together five resources that each tackle a piece of it. Skim what's relevant now and bookmark the rest for later.
1. Preparedness for visiting our national parks
A practical look at why "I'm just going for a hike" is exactly the mindset that gets people in trouble — and what a thinking person packs and plans for instead.
👉 Read it here
2. Podcast — Camping, Hiking, and Carrying a Gun (Ep. 430)
One of our most-shared episodes. Riley and the team walk through what carry actually looks like once you're off pavement — holster choice, retention, animals vs. people, and the stuff most carriers haven't thought through.
👉 Listen here
3. Considerations for self-defense in the great outdoors
Two-legged threats aren't the only ones you might encounter on a trail. A solid breakdown of what changes — caliber, carry method, awareness — when you're operating in the woods instead of a parking lot.
👉 Read it here
4. How to safely travel with your firearm to national parks
The piece most people skip — and then end up scrambling in a visitor center parking lot trying to figure out what's legal and what isn't. Park-by-park considerations, transport rules, and the gotchas that catch people off guard.
👉 Read it here
5. Building an outdoors-specific trauma kit
Your everyday IFAK is built for a parking lot. The kit you want in the backcountry — where help is 90 minutes away instead of 9 — looks different. Here's what to add and why.
👉 Read it here
Take twenty minutes this week to work through what's relevant. The trip you're planning in July will go a lot smoother for it.
Jacob Paulsen
President | ConcealedCarry.com
P.S. If you're only going to read one of these, make it the travel-to-national-parks piece. The penalty for guessing wrong on park firearm rules is a lot bigger than the ten minutes it takes to read.
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