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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Josh Bear joins us right now. Josh is with BPF
Solutions bp F so o l dot com. He does
trainings teaches people how to be ready in times like this,
no matter what happens with your family, to protect him
or maybe be able to step in in these situations. Josh,
thank you so much. Good friend. By the way, thank
(00:21):
you for being here and talking about these things. Let
me first start with this. It seems like we've seen
a rise in these situations lately, like an uptick. There's
mental health issues things like that to play into it.
But the truth is we've always really needed to be
prepared when we're out and about, and folks, I think
at least thinking about a little bit more these days.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yep, yeah, thank you, justin.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
So let's talk about what that looks like. How are
you prepared? I know for you, you know, you teach
classes on this firearm preparedness trainings. There's some other things
that you can do sure as well, but folks have
a different levels of how they want to go about
doing it. This guy was a concealed a concealed pistol
permit here, so he was able to do it. I know.
(01:10):
In the ABC report there they mentioned that Michigan is
an open cary state. That's something that I think would
maybe also help. If we were a little bit more,
you know, pushed out a little bit more, and we
were we were able to see folks walking around more often,
I think you might see a few more people a
little less likely to fool around in fear that they
(01:33):
might find out. But how do you get prepared? I mean,
I've gone through the training. I know it's quite extensive.
People are looking at that. What is it that you
would say to somebody who's looking at this, thinking, man,
I don't I don't almost don't recognize the world in
my country anymore.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, So there's a lot there to kind of unpack,
you know, how to get ready, whether that's just like
you mentioned earlier, the day to day you're being a father,
or if your parent, or just a single individual out
and about in town. The biggest thing is situational awareness.
That's what we start with with our classes. That's what
(02:14):
I recommend can always help you either be prepared in
a situation or hopefully deter a situation and just avoid
it entirely. So the preparation for I guess acquiring your
CPL would you know, speak to someone that has it,
get a little bit of a background on the requirements.
Then don't be afraid to reach out to an organization
(02:37):
that is training and providing instruction for the CPL for
your local state, and then you know they will be
able to provide to you what the background requirements are,
what the requirements for the class will be, and then
there will also be post class requirements such as you know,
submitting your application, getting fingerprinted, and at the end of
(02:59):
the day to stay for request of that concealed pistol license.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Josh bear with us right now BPF Solutions, BPF's s
O L dot com uh providing that training and talking
us through some of this. She said. Situational awareness, Now,
this is something I talked to my wife about quite
a bit. No matter where we are, I've had this
for quite a while.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Man.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I would go into places like when my early days
of rock rating and all that would go. I would
have to be at you know, bar nights and things
like this, and I'd be out and you know, people
are getting drunk and you know, maybe I was to
a little bit, but I would feel I would feel
it sort of shift, that the energy would change there
and it without a doubt. I would leave In the
(03:41):
next day I find out somebody got stabbed, they're a
big fight broke out, or maybe even they were shots fired,
whatever it was. I could kind of feel the energy
and the crowd changing now, whether it's that or you're
watching and you're seeing things. Their producer Adam was talking
about how his dad used to train him to when
you go to the the the out to eat or
someplace that he would sit at a place where he
could face the door. I said, was your dad a cop?
(04:03):
Because I know the lot a lot of cops do that,
but you know these are simple things. How do you
and maybe the most simplest when it comes to situational awareness,
how do you teach that? How do you train that?
How can people start to pick that up and and
really use it in their everyday life?
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Okay, yeah again, Yeah, another great question. You kind of
you touched on it. Noticing the change in an atmosphere.
We're aware, you know, if you're not, you know, too
drunk or you know, just completely involved in a current
task at hand, you can use your situational awareness, uh,
and what you would want to do as far as
(04:44):
answering that question on training. That is just simply not
being on your phone while in public and walking around,
or you know, not being on your phone while driving.
You know you're situationally aware. Something that is relatable for
everyone is when we're driving, we're not looking just at
the car in front of us, right for break lights,
We're looking at the car in front of them, maybe
(05:05):
the car in front of them. We're looking around, trying
to be aware of construction, things like that, so we
are being aware. You want to do a very similar
thing when you're out and about, whether you have a
loved going with you or you're by yourself, just being
aware and being intentional with what you're doing. When someone
would want to choose someone as a target, so say
(05:28):
a scavenger or an attacker, they don't want someone that's alert,
that's aware, that is intentional with what they're doing. They
want someone that's distracted. They want someone that is maybe
not paying attention to what's going on. Perhaps they could
get closer to them. So what I tell my students
to do is to teach yourself to do this. You
(05:50):
can play a game, and that is when you're out
and about, try to count the number of people you
see who are on their phones that are totally oblivious
to the situation, right, So, and what that trains them
to do is not only notice other people, but it
also teaches them to look for what their hands are doing.
It's very uncommon for someone to be able to manipulate
(06:12):
their hand unless it's on bluetooth. Sorry, manipulate a phone
unless it's on bluetooth. If you're in public, it's in
your hand. So that teaches the students to look for
hands as well. What are your hands doing? What are
other people's hands doing? Are they on shopping carts, if
they're in Walmart, are they in their wallet or person
you know, are they walking around in their pockets? So
(06:33):
that's just you know, kind of like the entry level
awareness steps that you can take, and then that we
would also teach during a class.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Yeah, that sounds like a really interesting way to do this. Look,
I know that we're barely going to be able to
scratch the surface on some of this stuff. Some people
like firearms. Some people like to think of other ways.
Like the Southern Marine that assisted Derek Perry. I think
he was running around with his shoes off, but he
grabbed the shot cart and was able to take the
(07:02):
shopping cart and get right around the the the the
attacker with What are some other ways that folks can
maybe consider and think about how they might be able
to protect themselves in situations like this.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, and that's that's an incredible thing. From that other
you know, prior service member using a cart, you know,
we talk on that as well, and sometimes that's missed.
That's essentially an obstacle or it's putting a barrier between
himself and the attacker. And he's creating distance. Right, So
in an altercation such as this, you want to create distance.
(07:34):
You don't want someone to be able to grab you
quickly or if they have a nine, be able to
reach out and just you know, cause harm. So he's
creating distance. Plus he's using that as a corral to
get him away from other possible victims. So that's big
because again it creates space. It also gives you know,
the defending individual time to react and let other people
(07:57):
know and bring attention to it that there is a
situation here that could be possibly you know, life altering
or fatal. So being aware of the situation, being aware
of different you know, this the car, the cart wasn't
a weapon. But we talk about obstacles or objects or
weapons of opportunity, right, So just if you're unarmed, or
(08:20):
if you you know, you're just down and about and
you want to create distance. Shopping car, it's a great thing.
Your car is also another thing. So a lot of
people like myself, I have a lot of children, and
at times I will have all of them making sure
that they're close to me so I can manage them.
But also when I'm going to the car, I create
a barrier. So the car that's locked is a significant barrier.
(08:43):
So you bring your children in next to me. I
open one door, lock the car again, load my children.
With my car behind me, all of my children are protected,
and if someone tries to get at me, I have
that distance. Those are just quick and again, yeah, just
scratching the surface. Opportunities and things that we have that
we don't think about that give us an opportunity to
(09:03):
think more and create distance or prevent loss of life
or harm.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Josh pears here with us. And you know, by the way, Josh,
folks in the chat, in the comments now on the
behind the scenes live stream are saying, hey, maybe we
should do a podcast on this go a little more
in depth. I think that's a really good idea. I
think there's a lot of hunger and there's a lot
of people they want to know, you know, what can
they do, especially as they see the world going crazy
(09:29):
around them. Truth is, it's been headed that way for
a while. It's high time that we learn how to
protect ourselves and maybe others in this situation. Josh, bp
F Solutions, Josh Pear. People want to get a hold
of you bp F s o L dot com. I
know you off for training and a number of ways
that they can get instruction on how to do just that.
(09:52):
Give us, give us an opportunity and maybe we'll schedule
some time they have Josh on for a full long,
extended conversation. Anything else before we let you go. Just
about ten seconds here.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Josh, Uh, situation awareness is the biggest key you have
to be aware and bear and.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
We'll try to make sure we continue to lean into
that and more on the way. Josh, thank you so much.
We appreciate keeping you aware.
Josh Bear joins us right now. Josh is with BPF
Solutions bp F so o l dot com. He does
trainings teaches people how to be ready in times like this,
no matter what happens with your family, to protect him
or maybe be able to step in in these situations. Josh,
thank you so much. Good friend. By the way, thank
(00:21):
you for being here and talking about these things. Let
me first start with this. It seems like we've seen
a rise in these situations lately, like an uptick. There's
mental health issues things like that to play into it.
But the truth is we've always really needed to be
prepared when we're out and about, and folks, I think
at least thinking about a little bit more these days.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yep, yeah, thank you, justin.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
So let's talk about what that looks like. How are
you prepared? I know for you, you know, you teach
classes on this firearm preparedness trainings. There's some other things
that you can do sure as well, but folks have
a different levels of how they want to go about
doing it. This guy was a concealed a concealed pistol
permit here, so he was able to do it. I know.
(01:10):
In the ABC report there they mentioned that Michigan is
an open cary state. That's something that I think would
maybe also help. If we were a little bit more,
you know, pushed out a little bit more, and we
were we were able to see folks walking around more often,
I think you might see a few more people a
little less likely to fool around in fear that they
(01:33):
might find out. But how do you get prepared? I mean,
I've gone through the training. I know it's quite extensive.
People are looking at that. What is it that you
would say to somebody who's looking at this, thinking, man,
I don't I don't almost don't recognize the world in
my country anymore.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, So there's a lot there to kind of unpack,
you know, how to get ready, whether that's just like
you mentioned earlier, the day to day you're being a father,
or if your parent, or just a single individual out
and about in town. The biggest thing is situational awareness.
That's what we start with with our classes. That's what
(02:14):
I recommend can always help you either be prepared in
a situation or hopefully deter a situation and just avoid
it entirely. So the preparation for I guess acquiring your
CPL would you know, speak to someone that has it,
get a little bit of a background on the requirements.
Then don't be afraid to reach out to an organization
(02:37):
that is training and providing instruction for the CPL for
your local state, and then you know they will be
able to provide to you what the background requirements are,
what the requirements for the class will be, and then
there will also be post class requirements such as you know,
submitting your application, getting fingerprinted, and at the end of
(02:59):
the day to stay for request of that concealed pistol license.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Josh bear with us right now BPF Solutions, BPF's s
O L dot com uh providing that training and talking
us through some of this. She said. Situational awareness, Now,
this is something I talked to my wife about quite
a bit. No matter where we are, I've had this
for quite a while.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Man.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I would go into places like when my early days
of rock rating and all that would go. I would
have to be at you know, bar nights and things
like this, and I'd be out and you know, people
are getting drunk and you know, maybe I was to
a little bit, but I would feel I would feel
it sort of shift, that the energy would change there
and it without a doubt. I would leave In the
(03:41):
next day I find out somebody got stabbed, they're a
big fight broke out, or maybe even they were shots fired,
whatever it was. I could kind of feel the energy
and the crowd changing now, whether it's that or you're
watching and you're seeing things. Their producer Adam was talking
about how his dad used to train him to when
you go to the the the out to eat or
someplace that he would sit at a place where he
could face the door. I said, was your dad a cop?
(04:03):
Because I know the lot a lot of cops do that,
but you know these are simple things. How do you
and maybe the most simplest when it comes to situational awareness,
how do you teach that? How do you train that?
How can people start to pick that up and and
really use it in their everyday life?
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Okay, yeah again, Yeah, another great question. You kind of
you touched on it. Noticing the change in an atmosphere.
We're aware, you know, if you're not, you know, too
drunk or you know, just completely involved in a current
task at hand, you can use your situational awareness, uh,
and what you would want to do as far as
(04:44):
answering that question on training. That is just simply not
being on your phone while in public and walking around,
or you know, not being on your phone while driving.
You know you're situationally aware. Something that is relatable for
everyone is when we're driving, we're not looking just at
the car in front of us, right for break lights,
We're looking at the car in front of them, maybe
(05:05):
the car in front of them. We're looking around, trying
to be aware of construction, things like that, so we
are being aware. You want to do a very similar
thing when you're out and about, whether you have a
loved going with you or you're by yourself, just being
aware and being intentional with what you're doing. When someone
would want to choose someone as a target, so say
(05:28):
a scavenger or an attacker, they don't want someone that's alert,
that's aware, that is intentional with what they're doing. They
want someone that's distracted. They want someone that is maybe
not paying attention to what's going on. Perhaps they could
get closer to them. So what I tell my students
to do is to teach yourself to do this. You
(05:50):
can play a game, and that is when you're out
and about, try to count the number of people you
see who are on their phones that are totally oblivious
to the situation, right, So, and what that trains them
to do is not only notice other people, but it
also teaches them to look for what their hands are doing.
It's very uncommon for someone to be able to manipulate
(06:12):
their hand unless it's on bluetooth. Sorry, manipulate a phone
unless it's on bluetooth. If you're in public, it's in
your hand. So that teaches the students to look for
hands as well. What are your hands doing? What are
other people's hands doing? Are they on shopping carts, if
they're in Walmart, are they in their wallet or person
you know, are they walking around in their pockets? So
(06:33):
that's just you know, kind of like the entry level
awareness steps that you can take, and then that we
would also teach during a class.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Yeah, that sounds like a really interesting way to do this. Look,
I know that we're barely going to be able to
scratch the surface on some of this stuff. Some people
like firearms. Some people like to think of other ways.
Like the Southern Marine that assisted Derek Perry. I think
he was running around with his shoes off, but he
grabbed the shot cart and was able to take the
(07:02):
shopping cart and get right around the the the the
attacker with What are some other ways that folks can
maybe consider and think about how they might be able
to protect themselves in situations like this.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, and that's that's an incredible thing. From that other
you know, prior service member using a cart, you know,
we talk on that as well, and sometimes that's missed.
That's essentially an obstacle or it's putting a barrier between
himself and the attacker. And he's creating distance. Right, So
in an altercation such as this, you want to create distance.
(07:34):
You don't want someone to be able to grab you
quickly or if they have a nine, be able to
reach out and just you know, cause harm. So he's
creating distance. Plus he's using that as a corral to
get him away from other possible victims. So that's big
because again it creates space. It also gives you know,
the defending individual time to react and let other people
(07:57):
know and bring attention to it that there is a
situation here that could be possibly you know, life altering
or fatal. So being aware of the situation, being aware
of different you know, this the car, the cart wasn't
a weapon. But we talk about obstacles or objects or
weapons of opportunity, right, So just if you're unarmed, or
(08:20):
if you you know, you're just down and about and
you want to create distance. Shopping car, it's a great thing.
Your car is also another thing. So a lot of
people like myself, I have a lot of children, and
at times I will have all of them making sure
that they're close to me so I can manage them.
But also when I'm going to the car, I create
a barrier. So the car that's locked is a significant barrier.
(08:43):
So you bring your children in next to me. I
open one door, lock the car again, load my children.
With my car behind me, all of my children are protected,
and if someone tries to get at me, I have
that distance. Those are just quick and again, yeah, just
scratching the surface. Opportunities and things that we have that
we don't think about that give us an opportunity to
(09:03):
think more and create distance or prevent loss of life
or harm.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Josh pears here with us. And you know, by the way, Josh,
folks in the chat, in the comments now on the
behind the scenes live stream are saying, hey, maybe we
should do a podcast on this go a little more
in depth. I think that's a really good idea. I
think there's a lot of hunger and there's a lot
of people they want to know, you know, what can
they do, especially as they see the world going crazy
(09:29):
around them. Truth is, it's been headed that way for
a while. It's high time that we learn how to
protect ourselves and maybe others in this situation. Josh, bp
F Solutions, Josh Pear. People want to get a hold
of you bp F s o L dot com. I
know you off for training and a number of ways
that they can get instruction on how to do just that.
(09:52):
Give us, give us an opportunity and maybe we'll schedule
some time they have Josh on for a full long,
extended conversation. Anything else before we let you go. Just
about ten seconds here.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Josh, Uh, situation awareness is the biggest key you have
to be aware and bear and.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
We'll try to make sure we continue to lean into
that and more on the way. Josh, thank you so much.
We appreciate keeping you aware.
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