Episode 87- Training and Culpability with Doug Deaton

Doug Deaton is a retired LEO and the proprietor of RDR Texas a Private Investigation firm focused on Expert Witness Opinion and Crisis Management. Doug and I discussed what we believe will be a new challenge to those teaching self defense with a firearm, legal Culpability. In other words you could be held responsible for the material you teach and how it is implemented and may incur liability if that material is not of a sound origin. Pretty wordy way to say “Careful what you say and do when teaching a class”. If you are an armed citizen you should take time to vet your instructors, if you are an instructor you should have a well documented lesson plan. Stay tuned!

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Episode 85- Making Force Decisions W DB

Bolke is back. DB and I talk mainly about force decisions. Force decisions are where things go bad in the defensive gun community and the LEO world. It is also the area very few trainers spend any time addressing. So instead of how fast, how many rounds etc. we are devoting this episode to conveying how to make a good force decision if confronted with a perilous situation.

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Special Episode – School Security W DB

This Episode was not scheduled in advance. After the events of Uvalde TX I was reached out to by several listeners that recommended I get ahold of our old pal DB. DB spent many years running a security team for a very high end private school in Southern California where many of the richest families in Hollywood sent their children. I let DB take the reins and run with this one. Many people are surprised to hear some of the realities of school security and that it goes far beyond installing “Officer Friendly” as the school resource officer. The only way to assure changes are going to be made is to get involved at the local level and tune in to your local school board meetings. Thank you for listening.

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Episode 80- Honoring Pat Rogers with Wayne Dobbs, Justin Dyal and Darryl Bolke

From 1946 to 2016 planet earth was fortunate enough to be graced by a giant among men. The gunfighters’ gunfighter, the riflemans’ rifleman, the Marine’s Marine, the cops’ cop and the firearms instructor’s instructor one Patrick Rogers. Today I hosted a roundtable with three guy’s who spent a large amount of time with Pat. DB from the west coast, Wayne from Texas and Justin Dyal from the east coast. Their locations alone speak to the broad spanning legacy Pat left on the shooting community. Caution there is some ‘Colorful Language’ in this episode. Thanks for letting me host this episode to pay tribute to such great man.

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Episode 73-How to Mingle with Shelley Hill

Today my guest is Shelley Hill one half of The Complete Combatant. Shelley host a women’s only event every year known as ‘The Mingle’. The event brings in ladies from around the country to network and take various shooting and continuing education classes. If you’re interested in sponsoring the event or attending this episode is all about ‘How To Mingle’!

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Episode 72-All The HiTS with Wayne and DB

DB and Wayne join me for this episode to talk about the Hard Wired Tactical Shooting two second standards. We discuss how two LEO’s from very different departments were studying operational shootings and how the two second standards were formed. We also apply the concept to the armed citizen perspective and how employing these standards as part of your training can keep you safe during the encounter and the legal aftermath.

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Episode 63-Carrying While Injured w Steve Moses

Steve Moses is back and this time he is in the studio! I managed to get Steve on a day he was in OKC and wearing a cast. I have had a number of injuries over the years, hazards of the profession I guess, that have prevented me from being able to deploy into the public with my favorite carry rig. Steve and I discuss several factors you the armed citizen absolutely must consider if you’re the ‘wounded baby gazelle at the watering hole’ one of my favorite a DB’ism’s.

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Episode 62-Pat Rogers Revolver Round-up w DB

Hope ya missed us we’re back!!! I just returned from the longest solo road trip of my life and visited the one and only Gunsite Academy to fellowship and pay tribute to the late Pat Rogers. Darryl joins this week and we recap the weekend and all the awesome things that took place in Paulden AZ. If you have ever wanted to learn the art of the revolver this event is a great place to do it and to pay tribute to one of the most influential instructors of the last 100yrs.

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Episode 55-Mentor’s 1 Year of the Podcast

Who are your mentor’s? Are you a mentor….well if you are a member of the greater gun toting community I will answer that for you, YES you are. I recap some of the guest of the podcast and their particular impact on me. Today we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Podcast thank YOU for your support.

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