Modern Self Protection Podcast

Modern Self Protection Podcast

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  • 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
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    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.
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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
    41 min
  • 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!
    $75 Annual Membership
    $8 Monthly Membership
     
    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
    42 min
  • 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
    30 min
  • 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
    27 min
  • 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.
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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
    1 hr 8 min
  • 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
    45 min
  • 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
    18 min
  • 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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    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
    47 min
  • 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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    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
    2 hr 8 min
  • 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
    Sign Up Here! --- Get More Information
    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
    31 min

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