Firearms Nation Podcast

Julie Golob is a professional shooter. She is sponsored by Smith and Wesson and has been in shooting sports for over 25 years. Julie's accomplishments include winning the IPSC World Championship in her division. She was the US Army Athlete of the Year. Julie is also the first and only 7 division USPSA Pistol Ladies National Champion, plus she competes in all the major shooting sports. Julie is als...

The episode is a replay of an interview I did with Hwansik Kim back in 2018. Right now, Hwansik is currently representing the USA at the 2022 World Shoot in Thailand. It's quite an accomplishment to make the World Team amongst all the great competitors in the United States. In this episode, Hwanski talks about the high-level training and mindset he uses and this, without a doubt, got him where he...

Steve Anderson is back to be my guest on the 200th Episode of the Firearms Nation Podcast. As always, we have a great talk on the mental aspect of shooting and competing plus Steve drops some awesome knowledge bombs! Thank you to all the listeners who have been with the show for all these years. https://www.andersonshooting.com/    

John Simpson is a former US Army Sniper and instructor. John also teaches at SniperCraft alongside Derrick Bartlett, who was on Episode 187. I had a great talk with Derrick about "Tactical Blindness" and when I heard that John teaches a technique called "Flash Recognition," I wanted to bring him on. Flash Recognition is a technique used with fighter pilots and has applications in the shooting/snip...

Chris Kuras is a full-time police officer assigned to the Training Unit of his agency. Chris is also on the department's SWAT team where he utilizes his background in athletics to help push the officers to be better at shooting and fitness. Chris is also an instructor for Condition One Group which has a variety of training courses with a big focus on Close Quarter Battle or CQB. Military, Law Enfo...

Josh Shaw is a grandmaster shooting in USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association). He is also an instructor for Green Ops which teaches people how to shoot different firearms in both the tactical and competitive arenas. Josh worked for the Department of Defense as an intel officer and deployed multiple times overseas. Josh is also a Modern Samurai Project (Scott Jedlinski's company) endo...

Frank Proctor is a former Special Forces operator as well as a grand master competitor in USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association). Frank is a well know firearms instructor who also has the insight to create various products that have helped him as well as other shooters work better with their firearms. Frank has been a guest of this show back on Episode 122 and a live Q&A on Episode 1...

Happy 4th of July!  This is a replay from the vault of a 2018 interview I did with Lanny Bassham.  Here is a little about Lanny: 95% of all winning comes from the same 5% of the competitors.    What makes them different than the rest of us?    Their mental game is better than the others.    Anyone can practice a sport or hobby and develop skill at that sport, but the ones with a better mental syst...

Mickey Schuch, who everyone knows at the Carry Trainer, is a widely known firearms instructor and social media influencer. Mickey travels the country teaching shooting courses with a distinct style and also has a massive YouTube and Instagram following. Mickey has some serious opinions when it comes to training as well as gun rights which he shares in this episode. Links mentioned on the show: Mic...

Jon Becker is the owner of the tactical equipment company Aardvark Tactical. Besides having a cool name, Aardvark makes cool gear including drones and breaching tools. Jon is about to release his new podcast "The Debrief" which has different guests from the special units in law enforcement and the military. I really enjoyed talking with Jon and look forward to listening to his new show. Links ment...

Shannon Smith, top pistol shooter and firearms instructor is back! There have been numerous requests to have Shannon back to do some mythbusting he alluded to on the last time he was a guest. We cover all the age old myths such as what is the "best" caliber, and will competition get you "killed"?! Plus, Shannon goes professor and explain how he sets up the stage design at some of his classic chall...

AJ Zito is a gunsmith and practical shooter. He designs and makes custom 1911s and also competes in action shooting sports such as USPSA and IDPA. He is one of the few people I know that has actually gone to a three year gunsmithing school (something that sounds incredibly cool!) AJ currently is one of the assistant instructors with Scott "Jedi" Jedlinski from Modern Samurai Project and travels to...

Brian McKenna served as a police officer and retired as a police lieutenant. Brian got the most enjoyment from teaching other officers survival tactics and eventually began writing for several police magazines and websites. His first book, "Officer Down: Lessons from the Street" was primarily for law enforcement officers. In his second book, "Cops Under Fire!" he analyzes 12 different harrowing st...

Andrew Branca from the Law of Self Defense is back to discuss four cases:  Kim Potter, Derek Chauvin, Kyle Rittenhouse and Alec Baldwin.  All but the Chauvin trial had to do with firearms, but it was a monumental case with intense political pressure.  I always like to have Andrew on to talk about these types of cases and get his perspective. Andrew is also having a series of free webinars.  To sig...

John Gilstrap is an author and his latest book, "Blue Fire" is a great read about what happens after a nuclear war.  With all that is going on these days, it really makes you think.  John spent time in the fire service and was writing all the way.  He has authored over 20 books and really takes the time to include details that any gun enthusiast would love. Links mentioned in the show: http://www....

Derrick Bartlett is the director and lead instructor for Snipercraft.  His company trains law enforcement and some military snipers and he also has written several books on the police sniper.  Derrick demystifies the stigma around police snipers and explains their usage.  Derrick also talks about his course called "Tactical Vision" and why it's so important to understand what they really are seein...

This episode is a replay of Firearms Nation Podcast #69 where I interviewed John Caprarelli who wrote the book "Uniform Decisions".  The book talked about what it was like responding to the North Hollywood Shootout between two bank robbers and the LAPD.  John responded back on February 28th, 1997 which is now having its 25th year anniversary.  I wanted to share the show again because that event ha...

John Kelly had a career as a police officer that lasted over 30 years. During that time he had a variety of positions as well as becoming a sergeant. One thing that he learned along the way was how to survive the constant life stress that this type of work puts on people. This year, over 118 police officers have killed themselves. That's more than double the amount of police that have been killed...

The most amazing thing about world champion JJ Racaza is not just his shooting ability, but his humility. He works hard to make sure his students understand his concepts, and he always takes the time to reveal the nuggets of instruction. Those nuggets are gold. I've trained three times with JJ and spoke to him on this podcast before. I feel like I grew as a shooter each time, however, this past cl...

Mike Simpson, "Doc", is actually a medical doctor. He served in the US Army as a Ranger, in Special Forces, and went to medical school to become a doctor. Mike is more widely known for the hit reality show, "Hunting Hitler" with Tim Kennedy. Mike is the host of the "Mind of the Warrior" podcast and runs his own business called Greybeard Performance. Recently, Mike released his new book, "Honed" ab...

Mike Wood is back to talk about the post 2020 election world we are now in. How Antifa is still around and gearing up. What gun laws are like in places like Brazil and what some of the causes of revolver and semi-auto malfunctions. Great stuff from the prolific historian. If you want to follow Mike's blog click here: Revolver Guy Also, if you want to purchase Mike's book on the Newhall Shooting cl...

  Dustin Salomon is a former Navy officer and contractor. He's been shooting for almost his entire life and based on his time at the Naval Academy and as part of his duties as an officer, Dustin began developing a system of training people how to shoot. More importantly, how to remember how to shoot. Often we go to a training class and forget most of what was taught, but Dustin was able to break d...

Nathan Gorenstein was an investigative reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and author of a previous novel. He currently released his second book "The Guns of John Moses Browning" last month and now it's at the top of the charts on Amazon. Browning is one of the legends of the firearms world and sometimes called the "Thomas Edison" of firearms. Browning is the father of the modern semi-auto hand...

Lisa Song Sutton is a former Miss Nevada and Miss Las Vegas. She also is an entrenpanuer and ran for Congress during the 2020 election cycle. As a pro-2nd Amendment candidate, she chooses to practice and promote gun ownership, especially to other women. Lisa states it's not only for self-defense, but it empowers women as well. Lisa has several successful companies in the Vegas metro area and now s...

Garrett-John Evans also know as Gazz, is a competitive shooter from South Africa. Gazz has one several of their national championships, although they have a bunch of them during the year. In addition Gazz was selected to be on the team going to the IPSC World Shoot later this year. Gazz also has a defensive shooting background and shares this information along with all sorts of shooting tips on a...