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3 MORE Lessons From Concealed Carry Renewal Classes
Three more lessons from concealed carry renewal classes: outdated or ultra-small guns, overconfidence without skill awareness, and why most carriers are curious about pistol optics but haven’t made the switch.
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S10E4: Your First Gun and Why I Now Carry an HK
Today, Riley Bowman and Brian ‘Doc” McLaughlin discuss tips and recommendations for selecting your first gun…or selecting the best gun for you even if it’s not your first purchase. We’ll discuss all of the various factors that you should consider and hopefully help you avoid some of the mistakes we’ve made.
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S6E7 – REVISITED: Are Marksmanship Skills Overrated?
Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster decide to got back 6 years and revisit Episode #8 of the podcast where we discussed the relevance and efficacy of marksmanship skills in a defensive context. There are some statements and assertions that were made in that episode that we feel like we either need to correct or clarify with a greater level of knowledge and experience that we hold now.
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Fact or Fiction – Are Concealed Carriers “Sheepdogs”?
The idea of being a sheepdog is a noble one. However, it’s fair to see if a misunderstanding of that term leads non-law enforcement officers into an improper mentality. Origin…
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Utah Man Stabs His Grandparents, Gets Shot By Grandfather
Sevier County Utah Sheriffs responded to a 911 call from someone “in obvious panic,” Sheriffs said. The caller reported that their grandson was attacking her husband and stabbing him with…
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Man Shot in Head, Then Arrested!
An incident in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shows that it isn’t only good guys who stop bad guys. In the early morning of April 30th, 2021, a man called the Colorado…
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Episode 492: Developing and Understanding A Strong Defensive Mindset
Riley and Jacob talk about Developing and Understanding A Strong Defensive Mindset. These 6 guiding principles are a good model to base our lives around about how to be good human beings while doing all the things necessary to avoid becoming victims.
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Developing and Understanding A Strong Defensive Mindset
You have been told countless times to exercise or develop a defensive mindset but what are the attributes of a concealed carry strong mindset? Here we look at the 6 elements that you need to employ to be mentally hard to kill
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Episode 470: JUSTIFIED SAVES – A Wild Month in DGU’s
Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVE news stories from around the nation, and boy, has the last month been an interesting one. Several stories are not like your typical defensive gun use (DGU) incidents, so you won’t want to miss this one! Tune in!
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Episode 457: Outsider Looking in at Competitive Shooting
Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen talk about the recent USPSA 2020 Area 2 Championship they both attended–Riley as a competitor and Jacob as an observer. Riley picks Jacob’s brain on what he learned about competitive action shooting events and competitive shooters.
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Episode 452: The Value of Visual Stimulus in Defensive Firearm Training
Matthew and Jacob talk about the differences between visual and auditory stimulus in defensive firearm training. Are you doing your training right?
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Episode 424: Gunfight Hit Factor – Processes & Results
Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster talk about an intriguing topic with broad implications. USPSA competitions use a metric known as “hit factor” to measure shooting performance in a match. “Points” per second is an idea that can be directly applied to defensive situations as well. So how can we increase our defensive “hit factor?”
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Can You Shoot a Carjacker?
You likely hear stories very often of citizens, under life-threatening circumstances, putting their lives on the line to defend themselves or others from criminals who mean them harm. But are there times when defending yourself may cause more harm than good?
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