CCW Safe’s Gary Eastridge shares his thoughts on our critical process of analyzing self-defense events for the lessons learned, and he shares an inside perspective on the long-lasting impact of surviving a use of force incident.

CCW Safe's Gary Eastridge joins Don, Steve, and Shawn to discuss the perils of leaving a place of safety to confront a threat and the folly of firing warning shots.

Steve Moses introduces Don West and Shawn Vincent to Chuck Haggard, a well-known instructor on the use of OC spray. The discussion touches on the legal and tactical benefits of pepper spray, especially when dealing with an unarmed attacker

CCW Safe CEO and Co-Founder Mike Darter sits down for a talk with CCW Safe Member Stephen Maddox. In 2015 Stephen was forced to defend himself after being attacked three times by an assailant. He was charged with Murder. CCW Safe was there for him and helped him win an acquittal at trial in 2017.

In the mid 90's Mike Darter was involved in an an on duty shooting working a drug task force for the Oklahoma City Police Department. He went through a civil trial in Federal court that was dismissed. That incident was one of the principle driving factors for the creation of CCW Safe. In this conversation Mike and Stephen talk about how they have dealt with the aftermath of their incidents and things that they have learned looking back on them.

For more details on both incidents you can watch each of them tell their story in their own words here:

Mike's Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbQLQMV7MjM

Stephen's Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6a_xm7PplI

Don West and Steve Moses join Shawn Vincent to explore how fear and anger can affect an armed home defender’s judgment, making an important distinction between the “fear” and “belief” of great bodily injury or death when considering the justification for using deadly force.

Don West and Steve Moses join Shawn Vincent to take a fresh look at the Byron David Smith case, discussing themes of right and wrong versus legal and illegal and weighing the myths of “prairie justice” against the realities of the American criminal justice system.

Don West and Steve Moses join Shawn Vincent to discuss the complicated legal defense in the wake of a self-defense shooting in which no one was harmed. Don West says that when you find yourself in the grips of the criminal justice system, there are no good results, just varying degrees of bad.

Don West, Steve Moses, and Shawn Vincent explore the curious case of Brenna Cavanaugh who was convicted as an accomplice in a self-defense shooting that harmed no one while the shooter was acquitted by a jury.

In Part 2 of our conversation with Chuck Haggard, Chuck description the different types of OC spray, how to train with OC, and he provides some tactical considerations regarding how and when it is appropriate to deploy OC, and what the goal of using OC spray is.

Steve Moses introduces Don West and Shawn Vincent to Chuck Haggard, a well-known instructor on the use of OC spray. The discussion touches on the legal and tactical benefits of pepper spray, especially when dealing with an unarmed attacker.