Equipment:

Why we should all be talking and learning about concealed carry gear.

There seems to be some serious pushback in the defensive world to the idea of paying attention to the defensive gear you select. I understand where this resistance to gear is coming from. It stems directly from the idea that there are plenty of folks out there that focus on gear only.

• Consumers
• Retailers
• Media outlets

They are all guilty of paying too much attention to the gear. If we are realistic about our defensive needs it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that no one NEEDS a $2500 defensive handgun. Yet there are plenty of very expensive defensive guns out there and plenty of people that are willing to pay for them.

Rarely will a $2500 custom GLOCK out perform a stock GLOCK in meaningful terms. Sometimes the effect is exactly the opposite. In tweaking the standard we can create more problems.

If you took the $2000 excess and spent it on training rather than on costly enhancements to an already capable gun think of the difference that you might see in your performance. You would be faster and would be prepared to deal with much more than a skeletonized slide can provide.

The idea is, we can take equipment too far. If, however, you don’t understand that some gear is going to perform better than other gear in defensive situations, you are missing the point.

There are some important ideas that people need to understand about gear. When we ignore defensive equipment it leaves the evaluation process of defensive tools up in the air.

• New defensive shooters
• Folks looking for a change
• People trying to correct an error

Folks need to have discussions, hear opinions and learn about concealed carry gear. If CCW gear isn’t being talked about, how is that learning supposed to take place.

You can get the links to the free resources I talked about in today's show by following this link.