Modern Self Protection Podcast

Yesterday on the way home from work I saw a crime in progress or what looked like one.

I was driving down a busy street that has a large homeless problem and high crime. It's a shortcut to miss some traffic through downtown San Antonio. It is a shortcut I use a lot.

As I stopped at the light I saw one guy running full speed from around the back of a business and someone hot on his heels.

The second guy gave away that a crime was probably in progress. He was holding something inside his pants right above his right front pocket. His pants were too big and it looked like if he let go, he would lose whatever heavy thing he was holding there. The way he was holding it, I couldn't tell if it was a lead pipe, gun, or big knife.

Should I have gotten involved?

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If you are in the area of a Mass Killer what should you do after the killing has stopped? Here are some things to think about.

See all the bullet points at ModernSelfProtection.com/2022/01/30/caught-in-the-aftermath-of-a-mass-shooter/

Do you really need to vary your schedule to be safe?

Common knowledge around varying your schedule and where it came from.

Why you might be safer by not following the "common sense" here.

Book mentioned on the podcast:

"Left of Bang" by Patrick Van Horne and Jason Riley

To read more about this podcast got to ModernSelfProtection.com/Changing-Schedules

Stay Safe,

Ben Branam

Do the simple shit first. Then worry about becoming John Wick.

Start with what you know you should do and the advertisements you see everywhere that you ignore.

• Lock your doors and windows at home all the time
• Lock your doors, take your keys, and hide your belongings in your car, all the time, every time.
• Go places in groups and with a friend
• Look up from your damned phone
• Move with a purpose
• "Don't do stupid things, with stupid people, in stupid places" -John Farnam
• "At stupid times" - Bob Mayne

Stay Safe,

Ben

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Self Defense is one of the most serious things we could ever talk about. It's all about doing combat with another individual where your life hangs in the balance. Seems like it should be serious all the time. Right?

Like most disasters, it's not the actual event that changes things, it's the reactions to the event. I sat at home for two days waiting for my call to report. By the third day, I went back to life.

Life had changed in America, for the better. Somehow we were all Americans again and all the little things, I call them "1st world problems", were no longer a problem. People appreciated each other and wanted to help.

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NRA Cancelled

Not a surprise with what is going on in Texas and Covid, but their letter to people showed their true colors and they should be ashamed of themselves.

Broken Gun

I've been having more and more issues with my carry gun and think I figured it out. But how do you spot problems with your gun and what to do about it.

Heat Injuries

It's been hotter than crap lately and I was not doing well at the competition yesterday until another shooter noticed and gave me an extra bottle of water. I go and go until I fall out. Don't be like me, notice this stuff coming so someone else doesn't have to save you.

Stay Safe,

Ben

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Carrying every day is an art. It's one you have to work on all the time. And sometimes you can't always carry an optimal way.

When I worked for an armored car company I carried in an optimal way. And I carried two 1911's. One on my right thigh in a tactical rig before tactical rigs were popular. The other was in a pancake holster on my left side high just behind my hip.

Then there was a third gun no one knew about in my left back pocket. Everything was optimized for what I did for a living and did every day. My left side 1911 actually set further back behind my hip than you would think was optimal. But it fit perfectly there under my body armor because it sat just behind the piece that wrapped around my side. This way the gun didn't get caught by my body armor and pinch my skin or get caught on the draw.

It took me almost three years working on my setup to come up with my perfect carry methods. Then my company changed the policy and thigh rigs were no longer permitted. Then it changed again to say 1911's were no longer permitted.

Things always change, and you should be open to new things if they continue to let you carry a gun daily.

Do you go to the square range to practice self-defense? Should you?

Last week I went to the square range and worked on my self-defense shooting with my friend from Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, John.

We shot his new Colt Python (if you want to hear about that you will have to become a Shooter's Club Member) and I worked with my self-defense gun.

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