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S12E14: Red Dots on Carry Guns…Are They Worth It?
Today, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen discuss the pistol optics and why we think it’s important to start considering them, if you’re not already. There is quite a bit of data that supports the efficacy of using them in a defensive context. How about you…do you think red dots on pistols are a good idea? Do you or will you use them on your carry gun? Tune in to learn more!
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S6E12: How Often Do Armed Citizens Defend Themselves? with Dave Kopel
Riley Bowman interviews Dave Kopel of the Independence Institute to discuss a recent article he wrote about the times armed citizens actually defend themselves. Dave is well known for his solid analysis and breakdown of intricate issues surrounding the Second Amendment and freedom.
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S6E4: Doing This One Thing Reduces by 70% Your Chances of Getting Shot
Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen talk about how important the use of cover is relative to prevailing in a deadly force event. Movement is also a very relevant skill to have as well, including being able to shoot while moving and hitting a moving target. Just how much of a difference-maker can this be?
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Determining How Many Rounds to Carry Concealed Everyday
Carrying around a gun is already a little uncomfortable. Carrying around extra magazines is even more complicated… but how important is it to have extra ammunition. How many rounds do you need to stop a threat?
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How Prepared Are You For A Medical Emergency? [Surprising Survey Results]
Some time ago, We asked some of our customers to complete a survey assessing their ability to intervene in an emergency trauma incident. The results surprised me, and I think…
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Study-Tougher Gun Laws, Fewer Gun Deaths!
News outlets like Healthday and WebMD reported results of a blockbuster study that unequivocally prove restrictive gun laws directly reduce suicides and homicides involving guns. However, wait. What did the…
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Episode 362: How to Not Mistake Your Loved Ones as Intruders
Riley and Jacob discuss six core tactics you should be deploying in any potential home defense scenario to ensure NOT ONLY that you don’t accidentally shoot the wrong person but that you also maximize your odds of success should you have a real threat.
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Episode 343: 65% of People Don’t Do THIS After Their CCW Class
Today, Riley and Jacob review survey data collected from students at various periods after their initial concealed carry class. We discuss some best practices and considerations to help people overcome the more common struggles that we all face.
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Episode 287: Another Active Shooter STOPPED and the Realities of UBC’s
Today Riley and Jacob cover the latest stories from around the USA in the firearms and concealed carry communities. With legislative updates, general interest stories and analysis of JUSTIFIED SAVE events, situations where regular citizens were forced to stop violent attacks, robberies and sexual assaults by using their own lawfully possessed and carried firearms. Today’s JUSTIFIED STORIES are no different especially in one story where an Alabama security guard prevents what could have been a very bad mass shooting by taking the bad guy out with her sidearm!
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Episode 285: Researchers Credit CCW With Chicago Crime Reduction
Today Riley and Jacob cover the latest stories from around the USA in the firearms and concealed carry communities. With legislative updates, general interest stories and analysis of JUSTIFIED SAVE events, situations where regular citizens were forced to stop violent attacks, robberies and sexual assaults by using their own lawfully possessed and carried firearms. Today’s JUSTIFIED STORIES are no different especially in one story where a Chicago woman defends herself by shooting a robbery suspect and almost gets herself in trouble when the bad guy takes her gun away!
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Home Burglaries Turned Robberies and Violent Crimes [Infographic]
It doesn’t take any research for most of us to intuitively know that our homes are common and serious targets for criminals everywhere. All the same a look at the stats may alarm even the most paranoid among us.
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Episode 266: Armed Citizens Are Successful in 94% of Active Shootings
Today Riley and Jacob share the multiple-months-long research data that our company recently finished putting together on Active Shooter Events (ASE). This is based on the FBI’s data, but we noticed that the FBI conveniently left out some events and perhaps also miscategorized some others. We made sure to review everything and came up with some remarkable conclusions that the anti-gunners don’t want you to know about!
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Armed Citizens Are Successful 94% Of The Time At Active Shooter Events [FBI]
A deeper look at the FBI Reports on Active Shooters finds that when opportunity is taken into consideration; armed citizens have an extremely high success rate at saving lives in Active Shooter events.
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Episode 192: 11 Truths About Real Gunfights That You Need to Know
Riley was able to sit down with Jake Jackson of Tier Three Tactical to talk about an enlightening article Jake recently wrote about what he discovered when he analyzed dozens of videos of defensive shootings. After a military career in intelligence, Jake is real big on evidence and statistics. His fact-based findings from these videos will really open your eyes as to how real shootings go down and where you need to be focusing your time in preparing for the possibility of a similar encounter.
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300 Negligent Discharges Study: The Shocking Results
Recently Concealed Carry Inc. undertook a massive study about one of the most dangerous and unfortunately common issues that faces firearm carriers. The issue of negligent discharges.
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