This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with Kevin Cooper who was minding his own business and getting gas at an Atlanta area gas station when he was confronted by a would-be carjacker, shot at point blank range and left to bleed to death. Kevin hopes his story will help others avoid the pitfalls of trying to rationalize what is a clearly dangerous situation. Then we sit down with investigative reporter Stephen Gutowski of the reload.com and discuss the political response to the awful Independence Day mass shooting in Illinois.

Active Self Protection exists to help good, sane, sober, moral, prudent people in all walks of life to more effectively protect themselves and their loved ones from criminal violence. On the ASP Podcast you will hear the true stories of life or death self defense encounters from the men and women that lived them. If you are interested in the Second Amendment, self defense and defensive firearms use, martial arts or the use of less lethal tools used in the real world to defend life and family, you will find this show riveting.  Join host and career federal agent Mike Willever and the rest of the ASP staff as they talk to real life survivors and hear their stories in depth. You'll hear about these incidents and the self defenders from well before the encounter occurred on through the legal and emotional aftermath. Title music by Jorikbasov.