In this week’s show we take a serious look at the details of physical fitness with Brandon Powers. Brandon has a serious resume when it comes to service and understanding of physical fitness.

The topic/guest of this week’s show is Michael Sodini of Eagle Imports and Walk the Talk America a pro-Second Amendment, non-profit organization dedicated to helping to bring awareness to the issues that surround firearms and mental health.

In this week’s show we talk with Larry Lindenman of Point Driven Training about the role that physical fitness plays in personal protection but more importantly in life in general.

In this special midweek episode of the SSA Podcast we talk with Dr. William Aprill about a difficult and controversial topic, mental health and guns. Dr. William Aprill is a psychologist in private practice who helps people of all walks of life deal with issues such as depression, PTSD and substance abuse issues. In addition to his private practice William is the owner of Aprill Risk Consulting.

The in this week’s show we talk with Jon Hauptman of PHLster Holsters about how he is able to bring innovative new holsters to the market that solve problems that the average concealed carry holder faces and how they can solve those problems with PHLSTER.

Tom is the owner of Dark Star Gear Holsters. Dark Star Gear is a niche holster manufacturer that focuses on quality holsters for the committed carrier. Dark Star Gear is one of several companies that has been leading the revival of Appendix Inside the Waistband carry and their products tend to be on the innovative side of the industry and are designed to specifically address the problems that typical people are forced to confront when the carry a gun on a daily basis.

Claude is known in the firearms training industry as the Tactical Professor and focuses on the firearms industry from a different angle than most other personal protection educators. Like many of his peers, Claude has a background in military intelligence. After his time in the Military Claude had an executive career in the private sector, first in commercial real estate followed by a director level position in a big 5 accounting firm.

I was really looking forward to Talking with William about how and why the Who is America crew finds success in manipulating conservative leaders. We look at how we can avoid this type of a confidence game and what the victimization of these folks might say about the firearms industry.

Julie Golob is a standout in the firearms industry. As I mentioned she is a world champion shooter in IPSC Classic Division. She is the captain of Team S&W, And sponsored by big names in shooting like Trijicon, Federal Premium Ammunition, Safariland, The National Shooting Sports Foundation and Liberty Safes.   Julie is a veteran of the United States Army where she was a member of the Army Marksmanship Unit.   Julie is an author and just after our recording of this episode she released...

This week we will take our J-frame content in another direction as we talk with Sherman House of civiliandefender.com. Today we are going to talk about fun, interesting and educational topics such as: Sherman’s morning routine Why Sherman rarely reviews gear The fact atet the New York Police Dept. stops allowing officers to carry revolvers and lots of information about revolvers

his week we will take our J-frame content in another direction as we talk with Chuck Haggard of Agile Training and Consulting. Chuck is a career law enforcement officer who retired as a Lt. from the City of Topeka Police Department and resumed his career in LE in a rather unique situation as a LE officer, fire fighter, and air crash rescue at a Kansas airport and it’s surrounding community.

This is episode 436 of the Safety Solutions Academy Podcast and in today’s episode we will be kicking off an entire month of content that will be focused on the J-Frame revolver. You could think of it as J-Frame January if you like.   As far as I am concerned there is no better way to start off a month on the small wheel guns than by talking to a man that is a legend in the gun industry and is himself an accomplished revolver shooter, Massad Ayoob.

Do you carry a light for personal defense?  If you do, what light have you selected?  How do you carry it?  Where does it rank in importance in your EDC? Today we talk about why lights are an important part of your gear, what makes for a good light for personal protection, how to get more performance from your light and more!

It has been a long time since Jute has joined us on the Safety Solutions Academy Podcast and with both of our crazy schedules it has been a while since we have had the opportunity to chat casually as well.  Julie and I take full advantage of the time we had to catch up on a whole variety of topics and most of them were actually related to shooting in some way!

In episode 432 of the SSA Podcast I talked about Dustin Salomon’s book, Building Shooters with friend and colleague Rob Morse.  Lot’s of folks had a really positive response to the episode, including the author, Dusty.  He reached out and shared some positive thoughts about the episode and was receptive to continuing the conversation and that is exactly what we do in episode 433.

432 - The State of Firearms Instruction In this episode of the SSA Podcast: I chat with Rob Morse of slowfacts.wordpress.org a collection of blog posts that I would call the opposite of knee-jerk reactions and Self Defense Gun Stories Podcast at selfdefensegunstories.com where you take a look at defensive gun uses and analyze them for lessons that can be learned.  Rob is also a member of the Polite Society Podcast where he and the rest of Paul Lathrup’s crew discuss a wide variety of...

One of the ways that I work to stay sharp as an instructor and as a students of self-defense is to host other instructors.  This past weekend, I hosted David Maglio of Concealed Carry Associates for a MAG-30 course.  Way back when I took a MTG "Shoot till you puke" course and the high round count weekend was one of the ways I drove past a plateau in my shooting.  I shot faster with more precision after than weekend.

In this episode of the SSA Podcast: Why it is important to establish a quality grip on the handgun when the gun is in the holster. Why a solid grip is important for defensive shooting. What is a quality grip on a ccw handgun? 8 Points of a quality grip I describe the 8 points of the handgun grip that I start out most shooters with in this blog post titled “Get a Grip.” When you should establish a quality grip? When you need to reestablish a quality grip? When it is time to release your grip?

In today’s episode I talk with John about the success of the ASP YouTube channel, his recent adventure at the NRA Carry Guard Expo, the difference between being in a gunfight and a shooting, the morality difference between a violent criminal and a law abiding citizen, FIBS and FIBA, what they mean and why they are important to you, and a ton more.

I know the title is a bit dramatic, but it is a concept that I have had spinning around in my head as I have been listening to the latest episode of the Hardcore History Podcast dealing with the Celtic Holocaust.   Between the times of 100 BC and around 50 BC the Celtic people found themselves engaged in a struggle for survival with the Roman empire and Julius Caesar.  As individuals and as a whole it seems like they must have had to ask themselves the question, “What are we willing to die...

Today I had a chance to chat with Ben Branam and Bob Mayne at the range as we prepared to teach a Beyond Concealed Carry Enhanced +p+ course in Southington, Ohio.   We talked about the tendency of the gunternet to pounce on what they call derp and the negative effects that the negativity can have on the gun community.   A perfect example is what happened when Mike Seeklander posted about a pending interview with Gabe Suarez.     The pouncing also happens when folks that are new to the...

This past week has been an interesting one in the gun industry. No one knows who to believe and everyone is shocked that the P320 has problems. Yet there were those that had concerns from the beginning.   I would like to say I don't care about all that, but I do and I talk about it in today's Patron only portion of the show.   The main reason for today's episode is to help folks to understand why it is important to have drop safe guns.   Subscribe to the Safety Solutions...

Stepping outside of your comfort zone is the ticket to growth in life, in business and in your own personal protection.  If you are always doing what you are comfortable doing, you are unlikely to experience significant growth.   I'm not suggesting that going someplace where you feel unsafe, or doing something that is going to lead to an unsafe situation.  Instead, I am suggesting that you step outside of your typical comfort zone when you are preparing for your defense. Instead of...

Today on  the Safety Solutions Academy Podcast we are going to chat with Kevin Creighton a gun blogger at Misfires and Light Strikes.  Kevin is also a freelance writer for Lucky Gunner, Ricochet and Shooting Illustrated.  We chat with Kevin about my recent trip to Little Rock Arkansas and the Ringmaster Tactical Conference, the MAG-40 he will be attending in early May in NE Ohio and about a new dry fire training product he is involved in developing called the Interactive Training Pistol.  ...