Concealed Nation

We never want a fight, but it’s not always our choice. These two delivery drivers were obviously not looking to get robbed at gunpoint that day, but it happened.

How they handle it is key, and the first thing I’ll say (and what John states in the video) is this; Lock Your Doors.

Things kick off as soon as one of the bad guys simply opens the passenger door. It was that easy, and now it’s on.

Watch how they handled it, and let us know what you think in the comments below.

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It’s an important decision, and some take it more serious than others. This article is posing as an ‘ask the audience’ space, to see what your criteria look like when choosing an EDC (every day carry).

My personal criteria;

• Must work flawlessly out of the box
• Must work with different types of ammo brands
• Must conceal effectively
• Must hold a certain number of rounds (typically 10+)
• Must feel comfortable when shooting
• Must be from a line with a proven track record

There may be a few more little ones, but that’s the bulk of the criteria when I’m ever in the market for a concealed carry firearm.

What about you?

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Let’s expand that: If your work involves face-to-face contact with the public, watch this video. Retail, government work, landscaping, whatever.

Angry customers are a thing, and they aren’t going away. It’s rare that an angry customer will turn violent, but this video shows us that it happens. It also shows us something even more important; keeping your guard up after an angry customer leaves is crucial.

The first thing I thought when seeing the swing of that machete; this guy was just inches away from getting hit in the neck. If that happened, forget it. He’d be lucky not to bleed out before anyone is able to offer help.

Keep that head up, pay attention to your surroundings, and make sure you have enough time to react to any crazies.

Sometimes, karma works quicker than normal.

The man in the video, wearing the motorcycle helmet, is the bad guy robbing the clerk at gunpoint. He thinks everything is going just fine, until he goes to put his gun away.

When he goes to put the firearm in his pants, it goes bang. That bang sent a bullet into his leg, and we can see him hobble off in defeat brought on by himself.

He goes to the hospital, but will later die from the injuries sustained from his negligent discharge.

A bullet to the leg can be fatal, as we clearly see here. You’ve got some major arteries there, and bleeding out can be a quick process.

Everyone did a good job when it came to handling the robber, but an armed clerk or armed customer would have been a nice tough as well.

Armed robbery is never funny, until it is.

This still isn’t funny, truly, since the equation still has a firearm in the hands of the bad person. However, you can’t help but chuckle just a little after watching the video.

The woman, our suspect in this video, is either really not wanting to be there or is high on something. She’s seen being very… distant… when trying to perform this armed robbery.

Still, we have a deadly threat and this clerk needs to decide what to do.

They both wait. And wait. And wait some more.

Then, the manager off-screen decides to make a move, and he does it quickly.

How would you have handled this rather bizarre situation?

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — A woman was shot and killed, and police are calling it a case of self-defense.

It happened one Sunday in June, near the 2400 block of Crossway Drive in Montgomery. Details are slim, but when police arrived, they found the woman with a gunshot wound. She was taken to the hospital where she later died.

Four other people were at the scene and questioned, but no one was taken into custody.

An initial investigation, Williams says, has determined the woman was shot in self-defense. The case is expected to be presented to a grand jury as a possible justifiable homicide.

We don’t often hear of stories that show a woman being shot in self-defense, but it does happen. Until more details are provided, it’s anyone’s guess as to what happened that night.

Training. But not just normal range training. Training under stress.

Do you do it? If so, you’re ahead of many armed citizens. We’ll often not think twice about carrying a firearm with us all the time, while only going to the range now and then to shoot a paper target from the same position.

If you’re ready to up that game, as you should be as a concealed carrier, it’s time to seek out additional training that can add elements that you could be faced with in the real world.

While everything worked out in the video below, it could have been a different story if any number of things had been done by the bad guy.

Give it a watch, absorb the lessons, and ask yourself; Is there anything I can do to better my training?

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If you bring a knife to a gun fight, you’re probably going to lose.

In this video outlined by ASP, we’re shown a person walking into a shop and briefly talking with the shop owner. Then, what the shop owner likely thought was just another customer, that customer pulled out a knife in an attempt to rob him.

Quickly though, the shop owner wasn’t having it and draws his firearm. Before the robber knows it, he’s staring down the barrel of his intended victim’s firearm and immediately –and wisely– gives himself up.

A woman at the shop retrieves the knife and gets it in a safe place and calls police, while the shop owner holds the bad guy at gunpoint.

It’s your feel-good self-defense video of the day.

This drill starts with your targets set at different ranges. This drill is typically shot with a handgun, though Kyle chooses the Ruger PC Carbine for this demonstration. The fundamentals of the drills are the same whether using a pistol or rifle – the focus is on the skill of getting those new sight pictures. There are two rules of thought in transitioning from one target to the next. The first is that you stay in the sights and drive the sights over to the target. The second rule of thought is first driving the eyes to the target and then moving the sights to the target. It’s all about personal preference, so try them both if you’re a novice shooter to see what works best for you.

Kyle performs the Multiple Targets Drill with a Ruger PC Carbine.

The video above is one of those niiiiiiiice moments for armed self-defense moments that we see. It’s clean, it’s quick, and it gets the job done.

Two robbers announced that they were armed when approaching some people at an ice cream shop. They thought they had planned a nice robbery, but their plans quickly went south when two of the customers at the location were off-duty officers.

Their draws are quick. Really quick under the circumstance of surprise. They were alert enough to sense the danger, maybe even before anyone else knew what was about to happen.

Give the video a watch, learn some lessons, and remember to keep your training current and complete.

This guy had absolutely nothing to do with why the officers were chasing a suspect through an apartment complex. For whatever reason, he decided to get involved and shoot one of the officers.

The true point of sharing this video is to demonstrate how quickly this officer needed to react, as well as the continuous reminder to be aware of everything that is going on around us.

Give the officer some serious credit here. The way he was able to react, while on a foot chase for someone else, is seriously amazing.

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — In a win for paramedics in the Sunshine State, they will soon be allowed to bring along their firearm in certain instances.

The law will take effect on July 1st, and will allow paramedics to carry a firearm “when responding to shootings, drug raids and other high-risk situations.”

Annual firearm safety training and tactical training are required for those who wish to carry on the job.

There are many instances across the Country where paramedics come under fire when responding to a call. With this new law in place, they can be better prepared for any dangers that they might face.

First, Kyle recommends practicing your reloads dry to start, so make sure your magazines are also empty. This drill covers two types of reloading scenarios The first is when your pistol runs dry and goes to slide lock. The second is when you might want to change magazines once you’ve finished a drill and put a new magazine in to go straight into the next drill (as opposed to having that magazine run dry and having to work a reload drill). You’ll find many similarities between the reloading drill and the drawing from a holster drill.

Kyle performs the Shoot 2, Reload, Shoot 2 Drill with a Ruger Security 9 pistol. #rugerdrillsE5

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In this episode of Ruger Range Drills Season 2, Kyle Hearth discusses and demonstrates grip and trigger control on a handgun. These are two very important aspects of engaging with your handgun because your grip control is how you control and cover the surfaces of that handgun. And your trigger control is going to relate to downrange how you put those rounds on target. Bad trigger control will give you an air to the left or right depending on whether you are pulling or pushing the trigger. The grip is going to let us control the pistol. So with those two aspects, we’re going to be able to stabilize the handgun, so it stays in the same place as we shoot it, and then our trigger control to make sure we’re right on target.

Kyle performs the Grip and Trigger Control Drill with a Ruger Security 9 pistol. #rugerdrillsE2

Ruger Range Drills Season 2 – Shooting Around Barricades. A barricade can really be anything – a barrel, a door – but be careful with what you choose for barricade material because it should be something that is softer than the bullets and will allow them to pass through, should you engage them at all. Definitely avoid hard metal for safety reasons.

First part of the drill is the approach. You are using the barricade as cover, so you want to make sure that it makes you obscure from the target area. Second, make sure you stay behind the barricade until you are ready to shoot. Third, you want to maintain the proper distance behind the barricade – typically an arm’s length away. The last piece is engaging your target – easing around the barricade so the targets are in sight, but you are still covered. You will want to practice both sides, shooting side & non-shooting side.

The barricade adds a fun element to your shooting training & gives you a different perspective to targeting.

Kyle performs the Shoot 2, Reload, Shoot 2 Drill with a Ruger PC Carbine. #rugerdrillsE6

GOODYEAR, ARIZONA — Two teen suspects were arrested for attempted burglary, among other charges, after an armed citizen caught them in the act and was able to hold them at gunpoint until police could take over.

Local media reports;

The suspects, Marcus James Edmonds, and D’ Andre Terrell Whitehead, both 18, were reportedly seen in the backyard of a home near the garage side access door.

Police say the door had pry marks on it. The suspects arrived in the area in a vehicle that was reported stolen out of Buckeye.

The teens were caught about a half-mile away by an armed citizen, who held them for police.

Most cases show us that these teen troublemakers end up returning to their lives of crime after being released from jail, but there are of course moments when they switch up their lives and walk a straight path.

Let’s hope it’s the latter for these teens, and hope that they learned their lesson.

Nothing makes for family fun like some good old fashioned competition! In episode 7, we’ve reached the end of the range day and Kyle introduces the dueling tree.

How it works:

The dueling tree consists of a post with 6 arms (targets), 3 on each side. Using one 15 round magazine each & like firearms, the object is to shoot the targets from your side to your opponent’s. When all arms have moved to one side, the competitor with no arms on their side wins. It is a game of speed & accuracy. Kyle’s pro tip: start slow & accurate, then pick up the speed.

First, the parents hit the dueling tree with Ruger Security 9 pistols. The kids will then compete at the dueling tree with the Ruger PC Carbines. Winners go head to head in the final round.

Who will make it to the final? And which family member will take it all?

About the Series:

Host Kyle Harth, Firearms Instructor, US Army Special Forces, provides firearms training to a family of new shooters. These individuals will receive specialized training to develop their shooting skills with Ruger firearms, while having fun, safely, together as a family.

Ruger American New Shooter Academy Season 2 is presented by DeSantis GunHide.