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Today:  Calling 911 is a part of our world.  If you have never done it you should.  Like everything in the world, it takes practice to be good at it.

During this podcast we go over two 911 calls.  One went well even though the operator was kind of being a pain.  The second one went badly even though the operator was doing a good job of helping the caller.

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Podcast Outline:

Last week I called 911 twice in 2 days

What you should expect from a 911 operator

How you can make the call go better for you

Example 1: Can be found here (scroll down and play the call, skip the article).

The caller does well after the bad guy hit him with a car and then tried to run him over

The operator doesn’t fully listen to find out what is going on and has a bunch of miscommunications

This could happen to you

Example 2: Hear it in this YouTube video that is only sound.

The caller says a lot of things wrong

Doesn’t want to listen to the operator (even though this operator is giving good advise)

Things go very slowly for a long time and then get very exciting at the end

Neither example were convicted of a crime.

How could you do better?

 

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Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday:  The new Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 was announced at SHOT Show in January of this year.  From Smith’s web site “…the M&P M2.0 delivers an entirely new platform, introducing innovative features in nearly every aspect of the pistol, including trigger, grip, frame, and finish.“ Not sure that is the case, but it is pretty cool.

This podcast compares the old M&P I’ve carried and used for almost 5 years now to the new (and improved?) M&P 2.0.  While Smith says it’s an entirely new platform I found that not to be entirely true.  They redesigned the trigger but kept the same slide configuration.  In fact I put the old slide on the new gun and it appears to work just fine.

Listen to the podcast to get a complete comparison of the M&P and the M&P 2.0.  Is the 2.0 better and/or worth replacing your old gun for? Listen to the complete M&P 2.0 Review.

 

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What I Thought I’d Like

New Trigger

New Texture

Front Slide Serrations

What I really Like

Same Holsters

Same Magazines

Same Sights

Trigger Design

What I didn’t Like

Front Slide Serrations

Name still sucks… now just more

4 Back Straps… Why?

Same Slide, Different Barrel

Differences I Didn’t Notice

Full Length Internal Steel Rails

Missing Beaver Tail

More Slide to Frame Contact

What I hate

New Slide Stop/Slide Release Design

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Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday:  The new Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 was announced at SHOT Show in January of this year.  From Smith’s web site “…the M&P M2.0 delivers an entirely new platform, introducing innovative features in nearly

Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday:  We talk about defending yourself at home.  Not just defending your home.  We defend what’s important in your home.  Your stuff isn’t really important, you and your family are.  The people is what we want to protect.

This podcast talks all about protecting the people in your home with a simple self defense plan, helps harden your home, and give you an idea about how to deal with someone that penetrates your home.

Do everything you can to keep people out of your home that are uninvited to keep from having to use force or have any altercation.  The best home defense plan is never used because the home protects itself and you inside without any fanfare.

Look at what is important and put a plan together to protect it.  This podcast will get you going the right direction, and give you lots of ideas on things you may not have thought of.

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Start with a Plan

Make it simple – Example: Bunker in place, call police, and wait for them to take care of the problem.

Don’t forget to have a way for police to get into your home without kicking in the front door (especially if you have hardened the door)

Harden Your Home

Lock your doors…. always

Start with making your front door to breach (check out this post on Securing Your Door)

Window Coverings (like these Window Coverings on Amazon)

Cut Back Plants

Lock all Doors

Harden a Room

Add an outside door with a dead bolt to a safe room to your house

Use Motion Lights

Set up motion lights

Create a lighting plan

I just bought these motion lights to test on Amazon

Only Go if you have to… Here’s a couple ideas

Move if you have to

Light and move

Don’t be afraid to turn on lights (something like these remote control plugs on Amazon can help

Move at the ready, figure off the trigger (remember and use all safety rules)

Eyes and gun move together

Practice moving smoothly through your house

Learn long angles

Slow v Fast Movement

Slow

Pie each corner, slowly

One step at a time

Shuffle small steps

Methodical

Fast

Turkey Peak

Found Corners

Light and Move

Tactical Pause

I like speed

Tactical Patience

Why are you clearing the house?

Why are you leaving your bedroom right now? Pause and wait a minute… Look, listen, feel

Retreat/Escape

Would you stay if there was a fire?

Why do you have to stay if there is someone in your house?

Defender is always at the advantage

7 to 1: Attackers v Ensconced Defenders

If you can go out the back door and wait for the cops… why not?

Make sure you get all your family out

What Happens if they get by you?

They have their way with your family

You’ve pissed them off… a lot. They will take it out on your family

More then any other situation you can’t lose!!!!

Shock, Speed, Violence of Action

Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday:  We talk about defending yourself at home.  Not just defending your home.  We defend what’s important in your home.  Your stuff isn’t really important, you and your family are.  The people is what we

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Today:  How fast matters in a gun fight? What speed matters? And how can you measure that time?  Speed is relevant to the bad guy.  So how fast do you need to be?

Rob Morse called in a Voice Mail about the conversation Paul Carlson and I had about how fast should you shoot on the last podcast.  He brought up a great point about awareness and when you should use your speed.

Shooting fast matters, but not as much as self defense tactics or your awareness of what is going on.

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Times that Matter:

Human Reaction Time 0.2-0.3 Seconds

Without a know response to a given stimuli closer to 1.5 seconds

Gun from low ready to shoot, untrained person, about 0.5 seconds

Distracted person add about 1.5 Seconds

Turn and fire with gun in hand, untrained person, about 1.5 seconds

Distracted turn and fire untrained person, about 3.0 seconds

Multiple Target test shows that drawn gun versus someone drawing a gun, first shot is about the same time.

Tactical Patience

Fight when you have the time

Fight when you have the advantage

Fight when you can’t lose

Fight when you have as much information as possible

Fight as a last resort

Sun Tzu “He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.”

 

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Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday:  Paul Carlson talks about speed between shots for self defense shooting. Does it really matter? What should you spend your time on to improve? Check out the podcast to find out.

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Conversation with Paul Carlson of Safety Solutions Academy.  He does training in Ohio and has his own podcast.  If you aren’t listening, you should be.

We Talk about:

How fast is fast enough?

Split times for self defense

Re-action Times

How fast can guns run?

How Fast can someone go?

Should you care?

What you really should practice:

Decision making

Running the gun without thought

Putting energy and time into scenario training and practice

Self Defense training is more about tactics then shooting

Check out the Mag 40 Class May 4-7 in Ohio and Paul Carlson’s Courses.

 

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Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday:  Last weekend I went to Range Master’s Tactical Conference.  It’s a shooter’s conference designed for students and instructors for self defense shooting.  I really enjoyed it and of course learned some cool stuff.  I’m excited to say that I learned more then usual at these things.  I’ve gotten to the point where I only learn one or two things at each event I go to.  This one I learned a lot.  So I’m going to bring that knowledge to you.

This week is an overview about big thoughts and changes that I made to my life right after coming back.  These include changing my ECD, more personal focus on gun safety and safe storage of firearms, and different modes of carry.

Check out this episode to get ideas about your Every-Day-Carry, Violent Criminal Actors, Terrorist Bombings, and No Gun signs at church.

 

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What I’m Changing in my life:

My Every-Day-Carry: I’m going back to carrying a pocket revolver thanks to a class from Chuck Haggard

Only 1% of our Gun Culture take training – Course from Karl Rahn

More Focus on Gun Safety when they aren’t on me – John Farnam

No more C-Grip or Palming the Gun to holster the gun

Use Eye Pro/Safety Glasses all the time when handling guns

What I’m Considering

Appendix Carry – Spencer Keepers I want to test this and learn more about it. I’m considering taking a Keepers course and am ordering one of their holsters.

Force on Force Training – How to do it safely, should I add it to the training I provide, and should you be taking a Force-on-Force course?

Everyone loves shooting, not everyone loves everything else in self defense

You don’t always have to stop an active shooter/killer, if you keep pressuring him, he’ll generally kill himself

Different Holsters: Appendix, SERPA, et al. Because they are popular, we should know about them and how to use them.

Holsters that sit too low… Trash them

Change my terms I use… Threat v Bad Guy

Trying to get work as an expert witness… You are an expert too. Act like it when asked a question about shooting or self defense.

Requires more Thought

Violent Criminal Actors (VCAs) – How evil people really can be, that those evil people are here in your neighborhoods, and how you have to deal with them (Class by William Aprill)

Terrorist Bombings

I’m the top of the top when it comes to training and self defense (but I’m not alone and neither are you).

No Gun Signs at big churches

“We no longer have a nation of laws; we have a nation of agendas… Adjust accordingly” – John Farnam

Farnam said the first thing to do in any self defense situation is move. Figure the rest out as you go (almost a standing ovation from me)

Safe vs Unsafe guns

Training is down everywhere

 

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Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday:  We discuss the case of Georgia v. Daniel Ray Brown.  Brown was a CHL holder who tried to help during what he thought was a self defense situation, but without the proper training and background he messed it up.  He ended up with law enforcement and a couple judges pissed at him. Luckily no one was hurt but it could have been a lot worst.

If you are going to help someone else you need all the information you can get before acting in self defense of others.  If you are wrong it could cost someone (including you) their life.  Listen to the “what ifs” throughout this podcast and make sure you do it right, help the good guy, only hurt or capture the bad guys, and keep yourself out of legal trouble!

In defense of others is one of the most complicated parts of the law of self defense.  Self Defense law is already screwy with little settled case law to pull on.  Law Enforcement has been doing it for a long time, but for some reason the good cases of self defense are mot being let into a civilian self defense cases, but the case law that will hurt you will be brought in.  This is something you can’t afford to mess up.  Learn as much as you can so you can do it right, help the right people, and stay out of prison.

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Initial Report

Post Trial Report

What Happened:

Brown at the Mall having breakfast at McDonald’s with his mom

See a white man running away from two black men

Black me tackle and start fighting with the white guy

White Guy start yelling for help and that they are trying to kill him

Brown has a CHL and is carrying his weapon

Tells his mom to call 911 and goes to help

Pulls his gun and orders them to stop

Black guy says the white guy is a client and keeps fighting with him

No one is wearing uniforms or distinctive clothing

Brown asks for ID but doesn’t get anything

Brown fires a warning shot into the ground a couple feet in front of the fighting men

Somewhere after that, and before police officers arrive Brown puts his gun on the ground and moves away from it.

Police arrive with guns drawn after reports of shots fired

My Favorite quote of the entire mess by the first responding officer and his body cam “Where’d you get a concealed carry license from? Kmart?... Warning shots? We don’t fire warning shots.”

Brown convicted by lower court of battery and discharge of a firearm within city limits

Appealed, conviction of discharge of firearm upheld, batter dismissed

Judge revoked Brown’s carry permit and confiscated and destroyed his gun

Allegations of Racism running all over this

Georgia has no training requirement for a CHL, so Brown had no documented training at all.

He said stupid things throughout to everyone and it cost him, and it might cost him more as things move forward.

Just for good measure the local paper adds this:

According to Hanes Mall’s behavioral code of conduct, mall visitors are asked to refrain from “carrying or displaying weapons of any kind except those carried by certified law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties.”

“As a private-property owner we are allowed to post our expectations. That does not mean that necessarily we are able to determine every person that may or may not be on the property or on the adjacent parcel owners’ properties.”

Nice!!!

 

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Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday:  Self Defense tips while driving from a professional driver.  I’ve been driving a truck or carrying a gun my entire life to make a living.  I give tips on both these skills during the podcast.

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My Interview with TheRideShareGuy.com

Vehicle Safety Before

Do a walk around

Pay Attention to the vehicle when you drive

Get things fixed

While Driving

Adjust your style for conditions

Loaded Vehicles

Different Vehicles

High Winds

Dirt on Road

Visibility

Lighting

Pay Attention to what you are doing

Skip the phone call or text

Driving is your primary responsibility

Plan when to check your phone (if you must)

Be Prepared for Small Things

Tools

Fix a Tire

AAA Membership

Have Enough Stuff to Stay the Night in Your Vehicle

Mindset

It Can Happen to You

Violent Actors are Violent

Never Give Up! Never Give Up! Never Give Up!

What You Can Do

Avoid

Leave the Area

Drive around the block

Watch for big crowds

Escape

Drive Away

Leave your Vehicle

Fight

Use the vehicle

Escape the vehicle

Create an Accident, Ram Something

The Ultimate Weapon

Your Vehicle

Use the Vehicle above all else

Drive or do something else, not both

Once the Vehicle done give it up

Last Vehicle fighting episode

http://modernselfprotection.com/2014/06/13/podcast-91-vehicle-fighting/

 

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