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Firearms Insight Magazine

Firearms Insight Magazine is the professional publication of ZRIntel. Field-earned knowledge, technical analysis, legal commentary, and contributor intelligence from the practitioners who define the industry.

ZRIntel Insight PanelMeet the contributors

InsightBy Chunyang Jiang

July 03, 2026

The Firearms Industry’s Missing Customer Journey

Why the next growth market is not simply more classes it is the modern gun owner between first ownership and serious training

InsightBy Dale Comstock

July 01, 2026

Confidence Without Contact

What Most Firearms Training Gets Wrong

InsightBy David Taller

June 29, 2026

If You Can Be Seen, You Can Be Targeted

Training Against Observation

InsightBy Robert Bailey

June 26, 2026

I Don't Wait for Permission to Build It

On bench driven innovation and why it moves the trade forward

InsightBy Erik Daniel Erikson & Mauricio Soto Araya

June 24, 2026

What a Valid Qualification Record

Must Actually Contain.

InsightBy Jessica Doty

June 22, 2026

What Closing the Gap Actually Requires

What works in practice and what keeps breaking it

InsightBy Carlos Bultron

June 19, 2026

The Gun Isn’t the Problem

What Instructors Keep Fixing Instead of the Real Issue

InsightBy Justin Wertman

June 18, 2026

What Makes a Good Firearms Instructor

The gatekeeping argument was always about insecurity. Here's what actually makes an instructor qualified; and what doesn't.

InsightBy Benjamin Wardell

June 17, 2026

The Recruitment Problem Nobody Wants to Name

Lowering standards does not solve a pipeline problem. It redefines what you are building.

InsightBy Paul Strauss

June 15, 2026

The Doctrine Was Right. The Follow-On Was Killing People.

Active shooter response changed after Columbine. Most agencies still haven't finished making the adjustment.

About Firearms Insight Magazine

Firearms Insight Magazine is an evolving repository of firearms intelligence designed to preserve technical judgment, practical field experience, and the craft knowledge often lost between training bays, shops, and passing news cycles. The archive covers firearms law, gunsmithing, marksmanship, tactical decision-making, and industry developments with an emphasis on context, mechanical clarity, and operational relevance.