Modern Self Protection Podcast

Hotels can be crazy places. Do you do extra things to help keep you safe when you stay at hotels? Do you trust their security or lack there of? What can you do to stay safe when you travel.

Pistol Malfunctions happen sooner or later. If you haven't had a malfunctions you aren't pushing yourself and/or your gun hard enough to find both of your limits.

Just because someone won a gun fight doesn't make them good. They may have just gotten lucky.

Five Minute Friday is a quick tip on how you can think differently about your self defense. Springfield announces the new Hellcat Pistol. Should you get one now?

Firearms Safety is not the most exciting or fun topic but is one that may keep you from killing a loved one. Pay attention!

This is a realistic look at letting people get close to you. We live life and people are going to get inside our safety bubble. We need to learn to deal with it and how we can still defend ourselves against people being too close to us.

Dry Fire Practice Regiment that will make you a better shooter that is simple and easy to do.

Gun Shop Commandos are always a problem and always will be. Spent 4 years working at a local shop and here are the problems I found.

The Rest of the Story Editing was really messed up on episode 264 and you didn't get the last 8 minutes of content.  I know why the music overlays weren't right, but don't know why Libsyn (my podcast media host) didn't get the entire MP3 file for you to listen to. So here is the rest of the story as Paul Harvey use to say. Stay Safe, Ben

Bob Mayne and I talk about the Balance Between Speed and Accuracy and why the saying is bull when it comes to self defense firearms use.

Five Minute Friday on looking at self defense differently Click to Subscribe in iTunes Today:  This is Five Minute Friday (FMF), just a little quick tip on how you can think differently about your self defense in today’s modern world.  Things are always changing, but we always have to remember the basics.  These tips are designed to keep the perspective of basic self defense while looking at our e...

Is it okay for Walmart to ban open carry? There is a wrong way to open carry and people are doing it right now.

Review of the New Sig P365XL. It's the hottest thing out right now, but does it live up to the hype?

What is the best ammo for self defense in your pistol. It maybe different for different people. How can you chose which ammo to use? After you chose your ammo, how can you test it to make sure it is right for you?

The worst thing you could thing of happened in 2004 at a little school in Beslan. Over 1,100 people including about 800 kids where taken hostage. In the end about 330 people died, 172 where children and over 800 where injured.

Carrying a bag gun for self defense. How hard is it? Is it worth it? Can you hide it? And how the CZ Scorpion Evo works as a bag gun.

This week is a question from a listener about know shooting standards. Should you care? I don’t? Most shooting standard drills suck for self defense. You start training to the drill and forget what the drill is suppose to teach you. The only thing drills are good for is to see if you are improving.

https://vimeo.com/347854728 Today:  This is Five Minute Friday (FMF), just a little quick tip on how you can think differently about your self defense in today’s modern world.  Things are always changing, but we always have to remember the basics.  These tips are designed to keep the perspective of basic self defense while looking at our ever changing world. I cut my knuckle working in the yard an...

Are you prepared for that to happen when you stay at a hotel? Are you prepared to defend yourself during your stay?

Today is all about how close can people get to you? How close do you let them get to you? What’s the realistic range of things.

Today:  Today is a Truck Talk Tuesday (TTT).  Just you and me on a long drive sitting in the truck talking about guns and self defense. This week I added Bob Mayne to the mix because he has a unique perspective on this subject and is a great interviewer and can bring out some really good stuff in me by asking great questions.  I wanted to make this episode great and that’s why I asked him to help...

Today:  This is Five Minute Friday (FMF), just a little quick tip on how you can think differently about your self defense in today’s modern world.  Things are always changing, but we always have to remember the basics.  These tips are designed to keep the perspective of basic self defense while looking at our ever changing world. This FMF is all about noticing violence indicators around you.  Do...

What subset of armed person are you? Today:  Today is a Truck Talk Tuesday (TTT).  Just you and me on a long drive sitting in the truck talking about guns and self defense. On this self defense podcast we talk about the different sub sets of gun owners.  What type do you fall into?  I got this from Massad Ayoob’s newest book Straight Talk on Armed Defense.  He says there are four types of armed pe...

This FMF is all about thinking outside the box. Use things around you to improve your self defense. Everything has multiple uses and that includes for self defense.

We talk all about awareness for self defense; how can you measure it and how can you improve it. I ask you some simple questions to gauge where you are in your awareness skills and then give you 3 simple things to work on and 2 advanced tactics to help you take your self defense awareness to the next level.