Modern Self Protection Podcast

By Ben Branam

Self Defense Podcast to help keep you safe in today’s modern world. Every Week we get together to talk about tips, tricks, gear and an overall mindset to keep you safe.... more

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November 01, 2017 Podcast 211 Alter Your Habits for Self Defense
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Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday: Back to basics with altering your schedule, routes, places you go, and things you do and use every day. The more you alter your routines the better your self defense will be.
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November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
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Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
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Outline:
Back to Basics:
Routes:
To Work/Home
Your Neighborhood
Hobbies
Stores
Time
Work
Sleep
Lights on/off
School
Hobbies
Stores
Places
Stores
Restaurants
Work
School
Things
Same Car
Same Clothes
Same Bags
Same People at Home
Days off
Where you Park
People That Commit Burglaries
Someone that lives in the area
Someone that frequents the area
Workers
Deliveries
Youths Walking Through
More Violent Crimes
Makes you pay attention
Think about your safety
Learn your area better
Meet more people

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
41min
October 25, 2017 Podcast 210 Glock 19 Gen 5 Review
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Today: The New Glock 19 Gen 5 Review. Good new gun, with features that make it feel like the older models but updated internals that should make more robust and nicer to shoot. I like it.
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November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
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Outline:
Thoughts on the Glock 19 Gen 5
Trigger:
Loved shooting if from Reset
Don’t like the first trigger pull
Felt like shooting a DA/SA Gun
Look:
Like the new pointed front
Love the no finger grooves
Want a trigger guard undercut
Like the checkering
Feel
Like the Texturing
Don’t like the front cut on the grip to get the magazine out if you need to
Balanced the same as a Glock 19
All the controls feel the same
New Ambi Slide Stop seems to work very well as a stop and release
My Wife said it has the easiest slide to pull back of all the guns she’s fired (she’s limited to the guns in my safe)
What Glock Updated:
No Finger Grooves
Different Barrel Design
New Rifling
Recessed Crown
New Finish
Flared Mag Well
Ambi Slide Stop
Coiled Springs over Leaf
On the slide Stop
Take Down Latch
Striker
Extractor
Slide Cover rear Plate
Striker Hole
All Trigger Parts
Striker Block Safety Plunger
Trigger Bar for New Safety
Trigger Reset Spring

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
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42min
October 20, 2017 Podcast 209 Bar Fight Case Study
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Today: We discuss the court case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Darrin Mouzon as a tactical matter and a legal matter. We look at the case from Mouzon’s point of view legally and tactically, but also look at the case from the victim’s point of view (King, couldn’t find his entire name on line).
When Mouzon used his gun in what I’d call a bar fight, was that legal? Should he have used force at all? Was he legal to use force at all? Should he have had his gun at the time? Was he the bad guy?
Should King have intervened in a verbal altercation and turned it into a bar fight? And if he was going to intervene physically, was that legal? And he should have done it better if he was going to get involved because King ended up being shot and killed by Mouzon.
Mouzon went to prison for Man Slaughter but appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme court that he acted in self defense.
There were more legal and tactical errors in this case then I think I’ve ever seen. Listen to the podcast for a full break down.
Links to the case so you can read more:
Andrew Branca’s overview from his web site
The Supreme Court of PA’s Decision
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November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
$75 Annual Membership
$8 Monthly Membership

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
30min
October 11, 2017 Podcast 208 Property Rights v Gun Rights
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Today:
Are Gun Rights more important than Private Property Rights? Can there be a middle ground? Does one exclude the other?
It’s a hard question. We all want Gun Rights (and I haven’t met a gun law I like). But we all want the right to our real property too. Do your property rights trump my gun rights?
Bob Mayne discusses this topic with me while we are in the truck headed to the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas Texas.
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November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
$75 Annual Membership
$8 Monthly Membership

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
27min
October 03, 2017 Podcast 207 Surviving a Terrorist Machine Gun Attack
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Click Here Get Notes by EmailFun Fun Fun
Today: The Terrorist Attack in Las Vegas is everywhere. And for a change the media is putting out some good information. What could you do to survive and even help if you were there?
This podcast talks about what you could do and what you could expect if you were a victim or near the attack. There are things you could do to survive, to stop the attack, and to help others. You are never helpless.
Announcements
Upcoming Courses
November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
$75 Annual Membership
$8 Monthly Membership

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
1h 8min
September 27, 2017 Podcast 206 Shooting Suppressed
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Today: Shooting Suppressed Guns. How’s that work? Does it help? Is it worth it?
I shot a competition using suppressed guns last week at my local range, LoneStar Handgun, here in San Antonio and had a blast.
Every time I go out I’m always trying to learn something. I got to shoot, for time, and score, a full auto MP5, Remington 700 .308, a Smith .22 Pistol, FN Shotgun, and the new Maxim 9mm, all suppressed.
First thing I learned is that when it isn’t your gun and you haven’t shot it before and don’t know the set up, it’s hard. So in the real-world you think you are going to do a battle field pickup and fight the bad guys, you better know and be good with a lot of different weapon systems. But even if you are good with that system (like I can run a bolt gun) that specific gun will have it’s quirks. Like what range is the rifle zeroed at? What ammo was it zeroed with? And what ammo is in the gun?
Second I learned again that suppressors are the best compensators on the market. They reduce recoil a tone! The FN Shotgun was a dream to shoot with a big suppressor on it. Even a small statured young girl at the range did very well with the shotgun and it didn’t hurt or push her around.
If you ever get to do an event like this, take the opportunity and go for it!
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October 2, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
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November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
$75 Annual Membership
$8 Monthly Membership

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
45min
September 20, 2017 Podcast 205 Sanitize Your Vehicle TTT
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Today: What’s in your car that could be used against you or your family? Sanitize your car by going through it and taking out anything that could lead someone to your family or give them personal information that could be used to harm you or your family. While you are at it, look with a police officer’s eyes and take out anything that could be used against you or that would bring up questions you don’t want to answer.
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September 4, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
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October 2, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
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November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
$75 Annual Membership
$8 Monthly Membership

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
18min
September 15, 2017 Podcast 204 Extreme CQB for the CHL Holder
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Today: Extreme CQB (Close Quarters Battle) is not something to take lightly. It is one of the worst fights you could ever get into. Having someone holding you that is trying to kill you is more then frightening, it can paralyze you with fear. You only have a moment to act. What should you do?
I’d love to tell you; do this technique and you’ll win every time. The reality is that if you are in an Extreme CQB fight you are way behind. There is no really good technique for such and up close, fast, and furious battle. You just have to win.
In this podcast I’ll give you some ideas of techniques to try and how to train them.
The reality is your mindset to win the fight and survive against all odds will help you more then any technique out there. Once you have the mindset and add some of the techniques mentioned here, you are on the way to being a good fighter. Now go out practice, get some training, and practice some more.
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September 4, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
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October 2, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
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November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
$75 Annual Membership
$8 Monthly Membership
Podcast Outline:
Extreme CQB Defined: A fight for your life within touching distance or closer.
Gun as the Answer:
Not always
Must Create Space
Control the other Person
Shooting Angles
Cross Body Shots
Unusual Shooting techniques
You have to get into one
Close your Eyes
Know where the gun is pointed
Get that Cross Body Shot
Hold the Slide Closed if you have to
With off Hand
With Thumb
All will probably cause a malfunction
What can you Tap/Rack off of?
Don’t have much time to think
Thoughts on Extreme CQB Techniques
Break contact and create space
Use your elbow up across your body to create a bridge (Triangle)
Use the head to move someone
Tactical Patience
Gun Isn’t Always the Answer
Learn how to strike
With hands, elbows, knees, feet
Learn how to Grapple
Using a knife
Using pepper spray

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
47min
September 07, 2017 Podcast 203 My Volunteer Time in Rockport After Harvey
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Today: I talk about my experience over the Labor Day Weekend in Rockport TX one week after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the town.
I talked straight from memory and tried to put it in chronological order. I recorded this the day after we got back.
It messed with me and I didn’t get everything right, but I think you’ll get the gist of what is happening down there and what it looks like.
This is a longer podcast because I didn’t look at time or try to cut it up at all. I just recorded my thoughts and feeling after I got back.
It did take me a couple days to get back into the swing of life. For most of Tuesday and Wednesday all I could think about was what the people down there are going through.
Listen to the podcast and help if you can. But at least hear what they are going through.
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September 4, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
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October 2, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
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November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
$75 Annual Membership
$8 Monthly Membership

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
2h 8min
September 05, 2017 Podcast 202 Preparedness After Harvey
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Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday: Are you prepared? Are you really prepared for anything? Hurricane Harvey rolled though Texas and then came back for more. The storm went through and devastated a bunch of small towns along the gulf just missing some of the bigger ones.
When it came back for more it slammed the Houston area. Houston is one of the biggest cities in America and is now under water as of this recording. They had record amounts of rain, and well over the 100 year flood event. Houston doesn’t do well for flooding as it is. Highways in and out are closed because the road is gone.
What are you doing to be prepared for a disaster in your area? In your home? Are you really doing everything you could be doing?
Outline:
Where Harvey Hit
People Being Displaced:
Large influx of people
The 10% are out of their element
Uptick in crime
Bad guys lose their normal income and hunting grounds
Everyone is a little more desperate
My Preps
Truck set up easily for emergencies
Need to add wood and more screws to it
Have lots of cribbing material
Home
Need more boards to home to shore up holes if I need it
Need some tarps for the same reason for holes in roof
Could use another ladder
More rope 550 and Cotton Rope
Food and Water
Want 6 months on hand
We took in someone and probably had a week with extra person
Water was starting to be cleared out
Want extra cases to donate to people; bottles are best
Air conditioned building in the back would be great for stores
What I’m doing
Clean out our home
Add lots of preps with extra room
Old Military Rule: Always be improving your position.
What are you doing to prepare for a natural disaster?

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September 4, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
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October 2, 2017Skill and a Drill in San Antonio, TX 6pm-8pm Monday Night
Sign Up Here! --- Get More Information
November 4-5, 2017 Paul Carlson’s Critical Defensive Handgun, San Antonio, TX 8:30 – 4:30
Course taught by Paul Carlson at SSA and I will be taking the class as a student; come train with me!
Sign Up Here! Get More Information * Left side where it says “Tickets”
Got Ammo? Need it? Go to Lucky Gunner. When I need ammo, it’s where I go. Check it out. Great prices and a really easy site to use.
ShootersClubMembers.com
Get Better for only a couple bucks a month
Over 60 pieces of content to train you to be better.
Free Video on the front page
Discounts to courses and holsters
Newest Interview gives you all the information you need to know about Pelvic Shots: Do they work? Should you use them?
Sign Up Here!
$75 Annual Membership
$8 Monthly Membership

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to check out the Shooter’s Club, and if you need ammo check out Lucky Gunner.
Stay Safe,
Ben
...more
31min

FAQs about Modern Self Protection Podcast:

How many episodes does Modern Self Protection Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 235 episodes available.