Episode 34- 4/19/1995

Today marks the 26th anniversary of the OKC Bombing of the Murrah Federal Building. My guest today is Gary Eastridge of CCWSafe and FTA. While he was a police officer he was assigned to the Murrah building for the duration. This episode digs on the emotions pretty deep. I won’t give anymore away for now. Listen to the lessons learned from someone who was there. 4-19-95 Never Forget

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Episode 33- Dots, Dogma and Glocks.

Spencer Keepers is back, shooting Glocks, and running a DOT???? So in this weeks episode a Cop and a Concealed Carrier, both instructors, dive in to the dot. We talk pro’s and con’s for cops and defensive shooters and to give you some training considerations on both sides. And yes they both still love their DA guns and irons so no need for panic.

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Episode 32- Don’t Fuss, Don’t Cuss and DON’T Press the Fight

Rob Garrett is a prolific gun-writer in the defensive handgun world. Rob is also what can only be described as a modern historian in all things handgun and training. Rob wrote an article in Combat Handguns in June of 1984 on how to not get in a confrontation with responding officer’s to your incident. So grab a glass of Georgia Sweet Tea, tune in, don’t fuss with the cops, don’t cuss the bad guys and don’t press the fight if your involved in an incident!

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Episode 27- C.I.T, Crisis Intervention Teams. What it is and what it is not.

Mental health crisis is a challenge facing modern law enforcement officers daily. On this episode I sat down with Jeff Pierce. Jeff was the supervisor in charge of a large metro agency CIT program. In the wake of recent high profile events media outlets have focused on CIT officers….well what are they? Hopefully this will give you the insight into what the program is and what it is not.

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Episode 25-Bolke like’s front sights…you should too.

Darryl “DB” Bolke and I had a meeting of the minds this week. DB sent me a message earlier and needed to have a “Gun Guy Therapy” session and I was happy to oblige. When DB speaks I listen intently. Of course this episode goes off the proverbial rails several times but the ultimate answer is NO THE FRONT SIGHT WON’T GET YOU KILT IN DA STREETS! We went over the standard 1 hour format by a stretch but I felt like it was worth it to deliver you a piece of DB’s vast knowledge on the application of lethal force.

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Episode 24- Beckman’s got some question’s Officer…..

Rob Beckman is the Host of the Firearm Trainer Podcast. Rob is a fixture of the Ohio Boy Scout, NRA and CCW community. I’ve been on his Podcast several times in the past few years and we finally got the opportunity to connect on mine. Well Beckman’s got a few question’s officer…. We have a back and forth to give you some insight from the cop perspective when there is interaction with Concealed Carrier’s. We tell a few stories have a few haha’s and hopefully shed some light on the ever intimidating “Traffic Stop”.

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Episode 23- Q&A With TGO

Rob Leatham…….what more needs to be said. The greatest competition shooter in the world. Bryan sits down with Rob and pitches him a few questions you have never heard him answer. In a break with the shows standard format Bryan solicited questions from LEO and Civilian “Shooters” and got TGO’s input. Grab a bowl of Rocky Road Ice Cream and question everything!

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