October 25, 2025 • 41 mins
If your gear only works on paper, it won’t work when it counts. We break down a practical everyday carry you’ll actually keep on you, then scale it into vehicle and home readiness so you’re steady when life turns sideways.
We start with the hard choices: the firearm you’ll truly carry in your climate and clothes, plus why a consistent position and a spare magazine matter for both capacity and clearing malfunctions under stress. From there, we map out utility tools that earn their weight—knives with clear purpose, multitools for real-world fixes, and compact handheld flashlights that let you identify threats without muzzling the unknown. We compare handheld lights to weapon-mounted lights, lay out the legal and concealment tradeoffs, and explain where WMLs shine for home defense.
Not every problem is a gun problem. We dive into OC spray delivery methods—stream, fog, gel—and when each makes sense. We talk about kubotans and sturdy pens for pressure points, and we dig into the principle that tools are options, not a forced ladder of escalation. You’ll get a straightforward take on first aid readiness too: tourniquets, hemostatic gauze, chest seals, and why layered kits for your belt, vehicle, and home save minutes that matter. We also share real-world scenarios for when to render aid, how Good Samaritan protections can apply, and why clear communication with 911 protects you.
Preparedness moves beyond pockets: water, snacks, blankets, seasonal clothing, jump packs, tire tools, and the batteries your devices actually use. We cover power banks for phones, the role of safe generator use, and overlooked essentials like compact tents and camp stoves that keep your family sheltered during storms or evacuations. The throughline is a mindset—train with what you carry, keep it simple, check your kits, and rehearse before the emergency.
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SPEAKER_01 (00:19):
Okay, right.
Today, David and I will bediscussing the topics of
everyday queries, loadout,thread, or go bag, and things
that you might want to considerhaving in those situations.
So sit back and listen today aswe discuss these topics and just
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breaking these down a little bitmore as the future episodes.
(00:40):
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today's episode.
Hi, welcome to the ARM Guardianpodcast.
(01:03):
Uh today we got David andmyself.
We're going to be talking aboutuh everyday carry or your
loadout.
What should you carry every day?
Going to discuss several topics,uh, just kind of give a fly over
on uh what we think youreveryday carry should be and uh
some things to consider whenyou're looking at them.
And we'll have this episode, uh,we'll break it down further into
(01:25):
other the topics uh individuallylater on.
But um just uh kind of make surewhenever you do, you know, we
talk about in our classes uheveryday carry, um, and we
mentioned specifically makingsure you've got a firearm that
you're willing to carry that'snot too heavy, that's not too
bulky, that fits you right.
(01:46):
And that's something that youshould carry every day.
Some of the things that we lookfor is no position.
No, are we gonna carry appendix,kidney, small of the back, uh
three o'clock, uh, no, how we'regonna carry and getting used to
that carry position where we'renot printing or drawing
attention to how we're carrying,uh just getting basically
(02:09):
getting comfortable doing that.
And then you're gonna have to uhexercise your draw habits and
where you can smoothly andeffectively get the pistol out
on demand without fumbling forit.
So um that's pretty much what welook at for uh you know when we
carry our weapon, our EDCeveryday carry.
(02:30):
And we'll also talk about alittle bit of loadout, uh, you
know, a go bag and some thingslike that uh a little bit later.
But um David, what are somethings that you think of that uh
when we talk about EDC, what doyou what comes to your mind?
SPEAKER_00 (02:44):
Well carrying the proper proper weapon.
Um weapon that fits you well,uh, whatever that may be.
Could be a revolver, uh semi-alltype of clean place where you
live.
I mean, if you live in a colderenvironment, you might be able
to get away with carryingsomething a little bigger.
Um and still being able to carryconcealed if you live in the
(03:06):
south where we live, not soeasy.
You might have to think smaller,but carrying a weapon that
you're comfortable with that youcan conceal well or carry
properly.
Um also making sure you havespare magazine, speed loader, um
spare rounds in some way, shape,or form.
I like to carry at least onespare magazine with me.
Two if possible, but at leastone.
(03:27):
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (03:28):
Um as far as gun accessories or lower capacity uh
magazines, uh like your singlestacks or your uh uh really
sub-compact pistols where youknow you are limited with your
magazine uh carry or a magazineamount that you can carry,
making sure that you've gotenough ammo to endure the fight
(03:51):
if you should have to encountersomething.
SPEAKER_00 (03:54):
Yes, sir.
And also another thing that Ithink a lot of people don't
think about, but you know, it'scrossed my mind several times on
carrying if you're carrying asemi-automatic carrying a spare
mag is if you have a jam.
Um sometimes the easiest way isjust to reload, do a quick
reload.
Yes, sir.
Um so you have that option.
It gives you more tools in thetoolbox as far as that goes to
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be able to recover from.
SPEAKER_01 (04:18):
Um what are some other things that you think of
uh when we talk about EVC?
SPEAKER_00 (04:26):
Knives.
Um it's good to have a goodknife.
Also, multi-tools are reallygreat.
Um, I like you know, whatever uhleatherman type multi-tools or
gerber, there's severaldifferent different ones out
there.
Um those are great.
Uh but knives, I mean there'smany different kinds of knives.
You know, finding one that workswell for you, whether it be a
(04:48):
partially serrated uh straightedge knife.
Um the man, there's there's somany knives out there.
That would be something I thinkwe could spend some time on at a
future date.
SPEAKER_01 (05:02):
Yeah, because you just gotta be you know what
what's your intention?
Are you using it for a uh uh youknow self-defense?
Are you using it as a combined,no, because there are some that
um have the glass break, uh,some of them have the seatbelt
cutter on it.
Uh what are what are your what'syour intended carry?
(05:24):
And uh that's something thatreally should um should consider
uh whenever you are looking tocarry a knife and trying to dig
in my pocket for what myeveryday carry is.
Um if we can kind of see it,it's um the Smith and Wesson,
it's got the um glass break,it's got the seat belt cutter,
(05:47):
it's got the belt clip, and thenit a locking blade, and it's
partially serrated.
So uh this is what my everydaycarry knife is, and I strongly
encourage everybody to carry onejust because sometimes you may
not be able to get your pistolout, and the knife is going to
be your close combatself-defense weapon that you are
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able to use until you're able toget that distance to draw your
pistol.
So uh that's my thought on whaton knives and being able to
carry them and considering themas a a tool for your
self-defense.
SPEAKER_00 (06:27):
Yes, sir.
And I actually prefer the thestraight edge knife.
That's just my personalpreference.
Now I have some partiallyserrated too.
I have you know they they workgood for different purposes, but
uh that's my everyday carryknife, and I also do carry uh uh
multi-tool most of the time,also with with a knife.
Um just for simple stuff likesomething goes wrong with your
(06:49):
car or whatever I've I foundquite a you know use for in the
past.
Um also, Mr.
Brown, what do you think aboutflashlights?
What's what's your uh take whenit comes or what's your idea
when it comes to flashlights?
What do you really like?
SPEAKER_01 (07:06):
I really like carrying an individual light.
Uh real small, compact light,nothing real big.
Uh this one's about as big as uhthe thumb, if you can see.
Uh it's got actually this uhlittle bezeled uh here that you
can kind of hard to show withthe um virtual thing, but um
(07:31):
background, but it's got theseserrated pieces right here that
you can actually use as animpact weapon, and it would
actually, while you're attackingsomeone, it would apply some
pressure points, but it alsowould possibly collect some DNA
from if you had an attacker thatwas able to get away.
(07:51):
Um you've got that, but it all II like keeping uh external
light.
This one has uh that's a medium,the strobe, high okay, high,
low, and strobe.
I got another one that does thehigh low and medium with the
strobe, but um having these andhaving it staged uh where you
(08:16):
know what you need it for, uh Iprefer having this instead of a
weapon-mounted light forconcealed carry, just because
having a weapon-mounted lightand using it for an uh potential
attack, unless you if youhaven't identified an attack um
or a threat, and you pull yourgun out and you're using the
(08:38):
flashlight, you're violating oneof the universal safety rules,
and that opens you up for uhpossibly be doing something
wrong, uh attacking or havepointing a gun at somebody
without identifying the threatand uh could put you in some
legal problems.
(08:58):
With this, uh, you you use yourflashlight.
If you identify a threat, youcan two-handed um grip the gun
or grip the gun with one hand,and depending on what uh
flashlight hold you use, holdthe gun the flashlight with your
other hand.
Or if you use this, you identifya threat, and you're carrying a
(09:18):
uh gun with a weapon-mountedflashlight or weapon-mounted
light, you can just drop theflashlight and then activate
your weapon-mounted lightbecause you've identified a
threat.
But it's just something that Ifor home defense, I would say a
weapon-mounted light for mewould be what I would use, but I
wouldn't use it for concealedcarry.
(09:40):
Plus, you also have to considerthe bulkiness, the added bulk
that you've got to try toconceal and be comfortable with
whenever you're carrying aweapon-mounted light, because
some of them are um a littleawkward, a little bulky, and uh
it makes it hard to, like Isaid, carry them and conceal
(10:01):
them because uh they'll poke rodstick you where you get
uncomfortable and go from thereas far as um well, I don't want
to wear this, I'm just runningto the store, but uh because
it's flashlight's gonna poke meuh ride on me or something.
So for concealed carry, I'm I'mnot I won't say I'm not a fan,
(10:25):
it's just not my preferred wayof using a light.
I would much rather have theindividual flashlight uh and
then uh use it in addition tothe the weapon with the with the
flashlight hold.
So um, and I know some peoplethat I'm gonna have a flashlight
(10:46):
on my weapon and I'm gonna useit, and if that's you and that's
your you know you decide tocarry like that, so that's your
choice and something that youhave to be comfortable with, but
you also have to look at theresponsibility of if you pull
the weapon on somebody andwithout um identifying a threat
(11:09):
or uh recognizing that someone'snot a threat, but you pointed
the weapon with the flashlighton them, you possibly could be
facing some legal challenges andthink about going to court and
your attorney or the uh DA,they're already gonna have your
weapon for uh evidence, sothey'll pull your weapon and
(11:34):
they'll make it safe andeverything, and uh they'll say
the heat um the defendantpointed this gun at this person
with this bright light, and uhyou know, I think that you're
just opening yourself up forsome legal challenges that will
be hard to overcome.
(11:54):
But there are some good lightsout there for weapon-mounted
lights, but uh again, I'm justfor a home defense uh situation.
That would be the only time Iwould uh for my nightstand or my
home defense firearm, uh,whether it be a shotgun, AR, or
pistol, uh having aweapon-mounted light.
SPEAKER_00 (12:13):
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
And I'm like you, I like asimple flashlight, like what you
said.
Uh the smaller ones are greatfor everyday carry.
I mean, I have some bigger onesfor other stuff, but those are
by far the best for everydaycarry, and they're a lot easier
to carry than carrying a bigone.
Right, yeah.
Um so how about OC spray?
Do you recommend OC spray?
SPEAKER_01 (13:05):
Yeah, I I carry OC spray uh every day.
Uh I've got it actually on akeychain, uh, and it's a flip or
not a flip, it's a turn nozzle,and then you press it to deploy
it.
And this is a streaming uhspray.
They make several different uhdelivery methods.
(13:26):
So what you decide you want tocarry uh or the way that you
carry in the environment thatyou carry in, you may not want
to carry a mist or a fogger inan outdoor setting because the
uh mist has the potential ofcoming back on you, where in a
(13:50):
um different environment itwould be acceptable.
Uh the stream is better for uhdirect application, and that's
pretty much what law enforcementofficers use is the the direct
stream, but uh they do makefoggers, foams, gels, and things
like that, and each of them havetheir own place.
(14:10):
Um and I recommend people, ifthey're interested in learning
about OC or self-defense, take aclass, uh, which we offer one.
I'm a uh Saber pepper sprayinstructor for civilian uh
people, and um you just getthis, and you can carry
(14:30):
sometimes pepper spray where youmaybe you can't carry a firearm,
and it just gives you that addedtool that you can use in a
self-defense situation.
So you go into the post office,uh legally you can't carry a
firearm inside postal property,but I don't know the there's no
(14:51):
law that I have ever foundsaying that you can't carry
pepper spray in a post office.
It just talks about firearms.
So um just having thealternative um for self-defense
in case you need it, uh untilyou're able to escape or
retrieve your weapon, that'ssomething that you just um I
(15:12):
would recommend.
And there's several different uhmakers of pepper spray.
There's saber, palm, um severalothers, uh mace uh brand uh that
are out there, but uh just uh doyour research on it.
Uh I I law enforcement carriesSaber, uh, and that's what I've
(15:33):
carried before in my career, andI'm not sure what you carried
whenever you you uh work theroad, but um it's something that
um I'm comfortable with thatbrand, and uh I've used it
before and I trust it.
So um it's just uh anotheroption for you to have.
I'd rather have options than getinto a situation where my only
(15:58):
use of self-defense is firingthe weapon where maybe I could
have used pepper spray or um orother less lethal options that
we're getting ready to talkabout uh for self-defense.
Um so any tool that I can haveon me as a possibility, and
there's no stepping stone as faras um use of force, as far as uh
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you if you carry these otherless lethal options, whether it
be a cubiton, pepper spray, um aknife or anything, there's no
you don't have to progress eachstep.
You know, if someone confrontsyou with what you feel is a
deadly force, you have the rightto counter that to stop that
(16:44):
threat.
And when the threat ends, youknow, of course you have to back
down.
But there's nothing saying that,well, if you carry all this,
you've got to try your knifefirst, try your OC, try your uh
Cubaton, try a taser or anythinglike that.
They're just tools.
Uh you know, a mechanic has abig box of tools at the shop
(17:04):
where you take your car to getworked on.
Does he use every one of thosetools on your car?
No, that may not need that toolfor that job that he's doing,
but he's got the tools there incase he does need it, and that's
the way that I see these otherless lethal options that we have
to um work on our self-defense.
(17:26):
And talking about some of theother less lethal uh options out
there, mentioned Cubaton.
It's basically a small stick,about 12, 8 to 12 inches long.
It's uh usually on a keychain.
I used to have one, but I don'thave one currently.
Uh it's hard plastic, it's goodfor pain compliance, pressure
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point compliance, uh, whetheryou do it on the earlobe, under
the nose, the pressure point upunderneath the jaw, uh, to get
somebody off of you.
Uh, you can also use it to jetuh jab at somebody.
It's uh just a good civiliansdon't necessarily carry batons
(18:11):
like law enforcement, but it's aminiature baton for civilians
way that I look at it.
Um you also have uh tasers andstun guns, those are options
too.
Um I don't carry either ofthose, but I do carry the the
OC, the knife.
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Um I'll carry some sort ofobject, maybe not the actual
Cubaton brand, but I carrysomething in with me at all
times that even a pen, a littleregular pin here, you can use
that as your uh a little Cubatonto apply the pressure points and
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stuff like that.
So uh just things to improvise,you know, in case you haven't
met the options for deadlyforce, but you've got somebody
that's attacking attacking youor or threatening you, that you
can present to stop or get awayfrom a an attack.
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And that's what we're looking totry to teach people is avoided
at any cost avoid the situation.
But if you can't, be prepared todo what it is, whether it's
physical ground fighting, usingit less lethal, um just get the
training and stay on top of itbecause that's some things that
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we we can use and willpotentially help us in court if
we use those and something wereto get brought up that you know
we were used excessive force.
Well, no, the he used this lessthan less lethal force uh to
stop the attack instead of justpulling out his pistol and
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presenting it or even firing atsomebody or firing and hitting
somebody.
So um it's just uh some optionsand and like I said, it's like a
like a mechanic at your carshop.
Uh they've got all these tools,but they don't necessarily have
to use all the tools to to workon your car.
Your car may not your whateveryour car is uh doing may not
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require that.
So that's the way I kind of lookat self-defense and um that you
use the force uh threatcontinuum is that you know we
have tools available, but let'suh pick and choose what will
work best for us in thatposition.
Um anything on that?
SPEAKER_00 (20:37):
Yes, sir.
I was gonna say I think that'sthat's well put.
Um you know, it's good to have,you know, even though some you
know different people may or maynot carry certain things, it's
good to have several options,tools that we can use for
different scenarios.
Um I think that's great.
What about first aid kits?
(20:57):
What would you be yourrecommendation there?
SPEAKER_01 (21:00):
I would uh encourage having multiple kits.
Uh they make belt kits, theymake ankle kits for everyday
carry, which typically includesome sort of um blood clotting
uh gauze and a couple of chestseals and a tourniquet of some
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kind.
Typically, in a gun environment,if you were to shoot somebody or
it's one of your relatives, uhwhich in a self-defense
encounter, you're not obligatedto render first aid to that
person because if you do goafter and offer first aid to
that person or attempt to, thenit could be construed that
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you're not afraid of thatperson.
So now you you going to helpthis person after they got shot,
cut, or whatever.
Um, you negated your uh actions,uh, so you were actually uh
intimidating the person into thefight, uh, from what I have
gathered, uh, which I'm not anattorney, so uh you I suggest
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people consult with an attorneybefore they act on it, but
that's just my my thoughtprocess, and from my training, I
would rather for an attacker notassist them, call medical, call
911 and report it and tell themthat the person was shot,
stabbed, uh, injured.
(22:29):
Uh, but you know, you get out ofDodge and wait for the police to
show up to deal with thesituation.
Having some sort of kit in yourvehicle, you know, how many
times have you been travelingand witnessed an accident and
not been able, no, not having afirst aid kit?
No, if you had a first aid kit,you might be able to stop and
(22:50):
render some sort of uh goodSamaritan first aid to until
first responders get there.
Um, we we encounter that all thetime.
You know, see the bad accidentsout there.
Um again, you're not obligated,but no, as a Good Samaritan,
good uh Georgia, you're coveredunder the Good Samaritan law,
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from what I understand, that uhyou can assist even if you don't
have uh you're not an EMT oranything like that, you're you
have some lessened liabilitybecause you're assisting in an
emergency situation uh to try tosave somebody's life or prevent
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uh serious injury fromoccurring.
So um just uh get first aidtraining, have a kit, keep it in
one in your vehicle, keep one ortwo in your house, uh have one
if you're carrying close by, ifyou're not on your body whenever
you're carrying.
Um, like I said, they make themfor belt uh attached to the
(23:52):
belt, uh your ankle.
If you wear, uh have a backpackor something, you know, throw it
in the backpack, attach it as aMOLLE unit to your uh tactical
bag or something.
Just be prepared, have some goodfirst aid training.
No, you're not we're not lookingto make you certified as a first
responder or EMT or anything,but no, have enough to stop the
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bleed, basically, uh sustainlife.
And the kids have no, we we alleven offer a class where we talk
about building your own kit andthe need you know what you would
need for each situation.
So um just getting with somebodyto help you build that kit uh is
a good thing, get good qualitykit uh first aid stuff.
(24:38):
I would be Leeria stuff you canget from Timu, uh Wish, and
stuff like that, where it'smaybe not regulated or not
quality um being imported, butyou've got good sterile, safe,
uh effective first aid gearthat's tested and recognized
that you know is is of a goodbrand, that it's not gonna apply
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a tourniquet and the tourniquettear or rip because it's
improperly made or poorly made.
So um yeah, just uh good no havethat good first aid kit.
Uh what do you think of what aresome other things uh other than
concealed carry or no travelinguh you know, per se for you know
an accident or something?
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What are some other things,David, that you think you we we
should consider as far as ourloadout or our everyday carry
when we leave the house?
SPEAKER_00 (25:35):
Well, I mean, talking about leaving the house
for for everyday carry, I mean,so you know, of course we've
talked about things you want tokeep on your person, on your
body, but there's also a senseof when we leave our house, we
you know, take some some meansof transportation, most of us is
cars or trucks or some sort ofvehicle with CV.
Um I guess some people may mayride motorcycles, um, but
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whatever it is, you know, havingthings there that that you can
access, um, you know, maybe aspare tool kit.
unknown (26:04):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (26:05):
Uh bottles of water.
Make sure your spare tires airedup.
Uh make sure you have the youknow the proper jack, um,
whatever you may need to changea tire.
Uh you mentioned a first aidkit, you know, carrying on your
person, keeping one in your car.
unknown (26:21):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (26:22):
Um in the winter months, we're coming into the
winter now.
Um, blankets, something to keepwarm if your car broke down.
Um, there there are many thingslike that for for you know,
depending on where you're at.
SPEAKER_01 (26:36):
Yeah, carry you some.
But that would be one of mythings, making sure some some
heat or cool uh weather-relateduh food substances, water, and
stuff like that.
Uh you know, you don't have toget a big 40 uh bottle pack from
Walmart to uh carry in the car.
Carry a couple bottles and uh uhsome sort of bag with some you
(26:57):
know stuff like granola, youknow, something that would give
you the energy to sustain you ifyou were stranded like years ago
uh when we had the freeze herein Georgia, especially up in
North Georgia, cars werestranded on the interstate for
uh hours.
Uh, I think there's some thatwere uh over 12 hours that they
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were stranded out there, andjust having something that is
life-sustaining uh until peopleare able to get to you to assist
you or get you out of thatsituation, um, some things that
you might want to consider, youknow, even the uh military
surplus MREs or uh food storagecontainers, having those uh
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something that because they Iknow that they make some of
those for that are vehicle ummade specifically to store in
the vehicle.
So you know those would help youwhether you're stuck in a ice
storm, uh, you go up north orout west and to the northwest
where you're traveling in uhheavy snows and get snowed in
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somewhere.
Um it's got you you know youyou're you'll you'll survive for
a period of time before you knowand have stuff there to to aid
you in case uh that were tohappen.
SPEAKER_00 (28:19):
Um yes sir.
And uh and then another thing Ithink you know is this is kind
of more for um at home, but youknow, as far as preparing for
emergency, but you can even putit in the car.
Having uh you know, have alittle small stove, camp stove,
takes little propane cylinders,um, and also a lantern.
(28:39):
It's been very helpful for mearound the house and and you
know, even going out places, butyou know, power goes out or or
something like that, I canaccess it and use it as I need
to.
SPEAKER_01 (28:51):
Yeah, even something else.
You know, we live in anelectronic age.
Uh you know, you may lose power,but you still may have cell
phone service because a lot ofcell phone towers will be backed
up with um getting you a alittle battery pack that uh is
charged, charged and ready to goin case you had power, so you
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can charge your cell phone uhfor emergency calls and and
things like that.
You don't want to use your phoneuh consistently to be on
Facebook or you know, a lot ofstuff because in a true
emergency situation you'relooking to sustain and uh limit
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what your be prepared to endurethe for the long haul in case
you need it.
So just keeping your phonecharged or something for phone
calls or for checking the theweather or emergency uh uh
things, alert emergency alertstuff, uh uh good old you know
(29:57):
high capacity battery surplus uhcharging thing would be great to
have and and to keep charged up.
So uh extra batteries and yourflashlights.
Uh if you have um like with thistactical one, this is a um
lithium 123 battery.
Uh having a couple of those justin case you needed it to uh and
(30:22):
the battery started dying.
No, you've got extra batteriesthere, you just throw in and
keep using.
Um
SPEAKER_00 (30:29):
Yes, sir.
And I and I agree, and I shouldkeep a keep I'm normally buy the
big packs of the AAA and and theones you're talking about right
there.
unknown (30:38):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (30:38):
Because those are some of the and then the
CR2032s, those are some of thebatteries that I use the most.
Used to be the double A's, butit seems like a lot more stuff's
going to to other stylebatteries.
But I mean I still keep some ofthe double A's on.
But yeah, the charging, I mean,with this last storm that came
through here, um I actuallyreally thought about that.
You know, that's something weoftentimes do take for granted.
(31:01):
And I guess we could charge ourphones in our cars, but those
little charging things would bea you know, in our age, you
know, it's hard to do muchwithout our phones or computers
or other devices.
And so absolutely.
SPEAKER_01 (31:12):
Um even in a home setting, uh I I've got an actual
gas-powered generator keepingyou know safely stored gas and
the generator to where you canpull it out.
Of course, you don't want tobring the generator in the home,
you don't want it really rightup against the home, but you've
got a gas-powered generator tothat will provide electricity
(31:34):
for some of your cooking needs,uh lights, uh, you know, little
things like that.
Uh, that will help sustain youas well in a uh hurricane
situation.
SPEAKER_00 (31:47):
Your well pump if you if you need it or something
like that.
SPEAKER_01 (31:50):
I mean if you need it uh if you're not on city
water or someplace you know thathas forced water, uh, you know,
out in the county, you're yougotta supply power to that well
unless you have a a manual uh uhpump where you can can work, uh
which I I know some people thatstill have those as uh emergency
(32:12):
means uh and no, it's justsomething that people don't have
gotten away from.
They've gotten can lax andconvenient with the things that
are available out there today,uh, and kind of losing a little
bit of touch to preparedness andwhat happens if happens.
(32:34):
So uh just thinking ahead, uhbeing prepared.
Um and that's something thatwe're I know we're working on
trying to get accomplished wherewe can kind of build a class to
help educate people to beprepared.
Uh and it's you know, I thinkthat's something that is not
(32:55):
probably not going to be a bigdemand per uh class, but you
know, I I wanna I think that ifwe aren't don't offer that,
we're doing a disservice to thepeople that we talk about
wanting to educate, train, andand prepare for life, death,
self-defense, life preservation.
(33:16):
And um it's something that I Ithink that you know will will be
beneficial, but uh you know,it's just one of those uh niche
subjects that uh not everybody'sgonna be interested in, but no,
there are gonna be people outthere that are interested in it.
Anything else that you can thinkof on on this topic of everyday
(33:38):
carry or loadout gear for um anemergency, whether you have to
keep it in the vehicle, thehouse, or in case you ever got
where you were ran out of thehouse and had to relocate uh
temporarily.
Uh got anything else that youcan think of?
SPEAKER_00 (33:56):
Um no, sir, not at this time.
I s we've covered a pretty bigum range of things, which I
think I think is great.
Um I think matter of fact, Ithink some of these things we
could we can discuss even morein depth, but for a you know, a
general idea on it, I thinkwe've covered a lot.
SPEAKER_01 (34:13):
Yeah, I I think it's uh it it's what the the podcast
that I intended whenever Ienvisioned it and started coming
up with it, and then you got itsparked your interest too.
I think you caught the idea ofwhat I was doing that hey, we
let's throw some knowledge outthere, throw some ideas out
there that people may not thinkabout or you know, maybe they
(34:35):
haven't thought of.
They they maybe they've heard itbefore or heard it talked about,
but you know, let's let's givethem a little bit more meat uh
to you know kind of get themthinking where you know, hey,
they can take care of themselvesor their family should something
ever really hit the fan or orthings get really bad um in
(35:01):
life, uh the world.
So um just uh you know, we'vetalked about other preparedness
things uh in your go bag if youwere to ever have to leave your
house, say your house gotdestroyed, a tent for you and
your family, you know, keepinguh you know if you just just you
and a wife uh or just you byyourself, keeping a little small
(35:23):
two-man tent that you can pop upsomewhere to uh to give you
shelter, um just things likethat to consider.
So well, um that pretty muchcovers the topics that are the
topic that we wanted to carrytoday.
Just kind of get people thinkingabout everyday carry and
preparedness, uh, emergencypreparedness, I guess is the
(35:46):
best way to uh tag it.
As uh things to think about thatuh maybe you haven't thought
about in a while.
Things are getting you know,we're in the hurricane season
right now.
We've had one that just skirtedus.
Uh you know, luckily it was avery low uh thing it was
actually downgrading as atropical storm as it passed us,
(36:09):
but um some places got hitpretty hard close to us.
Um and you know that's whenpeople think, oh my gosh, what
what you know what would we havedone?
Well, that's not the time to bethinking about that.
You should have thought aboutthat ahead of time, no,
beforehand, and um just gettingpeople the information that they
(36:34):
can kind of be prepared.
So um yeah, I think the I thinkwe're doing a a good service on
you know what we intended, uhyou know, giving the people
knowledge and their uhinformation.
So um anything else you want toadd before we sign off here,
David?
SPEAKER_00 (36:52):
No, sir.
I think I think we've got itcovered.
SPEAKER_01 (36:55):
All right.
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We recorded one this morning umon revolvers.
And are they still a valid thingfor concealed carry?
And we even talked about someother things other than
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So um uh I'm excited about that.
We've got um one coming up thisSaturday that we're gonna be
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No, sir.
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Hi, welcome to the ARM Guardianpodcast.
(01:03):
Uh today we got David andmyself.
We're going to be talking aboutuh everyday carry or your
loadout.
What should you carry every day?
Going to discuss several topics,uh, just kind of give a fly over
on uh what we think youreveryday carry should be and uh
some things to consider whenyou're looking at them.
And we'll have this episode, uh,we'll break it down further into
(01:25):
other the topics uh individuallylater on.
But um just uh kind of make surewhenever you do, you know, we
talk about in our classes uheveryday carry, um, and we
mentioned specifically makingsure you've got a firearm that
you're willing to carry that'snot too heavy, that's not too
bulky, that fits you right.
(01:46):
And that's something that youshould carry every day.
Some of the things that we lookfor is no position.
No, are we gonna carry appendix,kidney, small of the back, uh
three o'clock, uh, no, how we'regonna carry and getting used to
that carry position where we'renot printing or drawing
attention to how we're carrying,uh just getting basically
(02:09):
getting comfortable doing that.
And then you're gonna have to uhexercise your draw habits and
where you can smoothly andeffectively get the pistol out
on demand without fumbling forit.
So um that's pretty much what welook at for uh you know when we
carry our weapon, our EDCeveryday carry.
(02:30):
And we'll also talk about alittle bit of loadout, uh, you
know, a go bag and some thingslike that uh a little bit later.
But um David, what are somethings that you think of that uh
when we talk about EDC, what doyou what comes to your mind?
SPEAKER_00 (02:44):
Well carrying the proper proper weapon.
Um weapon that fits you well,uh, whatever that may be.
Could be a revolver, uh semi-alltype of clean place where you
live.
I mean, if you live in a colderenvironment, you might be able
to get away with carryingsomething a little bigger.
Um and still being able to carryconcealed if you live in the
(03:06):
south where we live, not soeasy.
You might have to think smaller,but carrying a weapon that
you're comfortable with that youcan conceal well or carry
properly.
Um also making sure you havespare magazine, speed loader, um
spare rounds in some way, shape,or form.
I like to carry at least onespare magazine with me.
Two if possible, but at leastone.
(03:27):
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (03:28):
Um as far as gun accessories or lower capacity uh
magazines, uh like your singlestacks or your uh uh really
sub-compact pistols where youknow you are limited with your
magazine uh carry or a magazineamount that you can carry,
making sure that you've gotenough ammo to endure the fight
(03:51):
if you should have to encountersomething.
SPEAKER_00 (03:54):
Yes, sir.
And also another thing that Ithink a lot of people don't
think about, but you know, it'scrossed my mind several times on
carrying if you're carrying asemi-automatic carrying a spare
mag is if you have a jam.
Um sometimes the easiest way isjust to reload, do a quick
reload.
Yes, sir.
Um so you have that option.
It gives you more tools in thetoolbox as far as that goes to
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be able to recover from.
SPEAKER_01 (04:18):
Um what are some other things that you think of
uh when we talk about EVC?
SPEAKER_00 (04:26):
Knives.
Um it's good to have a goodknife.
Also, multi-tools are reallygreat.
Um, I like you know, whatever uhleatherman type multi-tools or
gerber, there's severaldifferent different ones out
there.
Um those are great.
Uh but knives, I mean there'smany different kinds of knives.
You know, finding one that workswell for you, whether it be a
(04:48):
partially serrated uh straightedge knife.
Um the man, there's there's somany knives out there.
That would be something I thinkwe could spend some time on at a
future date.
SPEAKER_01 (05:02):
Yeah, because you just gotta be you know what
what's your intention?
Are you using it for a uh uh youknow self-defense?
Are you using it as a combined,no, because there are some that
um have the glass break, uh,some of them have the seatbelt
cutter on it.
Uh what are what are your what'syour intended carry?
(05:24):
And uh that's something thatreally should um should consider
uh whenever you are looking tocarry a knife and trying to dig
in my pocket for what myeveryday carry is.
Um if we can kind of see it,it's um the Smith and Wesson,
it's got the um glass break,it's got the seat belt cutter,
(05:47):
it's got the belt clip, and thenit a locking blade, and it's
partially serrated.
So uh this is what my everydaycarry knife is, and I strongly
encourage everybody to carry onejust because sometimes you may
not be able to get your pistolout, and the knife is going to
be your close combatself-defense weapon that you are
(06:11):
able to use until you're able toget that distance to draw your
pistol.
So uh that's my thought on whaton knives and being able to
carry them and considering themas a a tool for your
self-defense.
SPEAKER_00 (06:27):
Yes, sir.
And I actually prefer the thestraight edge knife.
That's just my personalpreference.
Now I have some partiallyserrated too.
I have you know they they workgood for different purposes, but
uh that's my everyday carryknife, and I also do carry uh uh
multi-tool most of the time,also with with a knife.
Um just for simple stuff likesomething goes wrong with your
(06:49):
car or whatever I've I foundquite a you know use for in the
past.
Um also, Mr.
Brown, what do you think aboutflashlights?
What's what's your uh take whenit comes or what's your idea
when it comes to flashlights?
What do you really like?
SPEAKER_01 (07:06):
I really like carrying an individual light.
Uh real small, compact light,nothing real big.
Uh this one's about as big as uhthe thumb, if you can see.
Uh it's got actually this uhlittle bezeled uh here that you
can kind of hard to show withthe um virtual thing, but um
(07:31):
background, but it's got theseserrated pieces right here that
you can actually use as animpact weapon, and it would
actually, while you're attackingsomeone, it would apply some
pressure points, but it alsowould possibly collect some DNA
from if you had an attacker thatwas able to get away.
(07:51):
Um you've got that, but it all II like keeping uh external
light.
This one has uh that's a medium,the strobe, high okay, high,
low, and strobe.
I got another one that does thehigh low and medium with the
strobe, but um having these andhaving it staged uh where you
(08:16):
know what you need it for, uh Iprefer having this instead of a
weapon-mounted light forconcealed carry, just because
having a weapon-mounted lightand using it for an uh potential
attack, unless you if youhaven't identified an attack um
or a threat, and you pull yourgun out and you're using the
(08:38):
flashlight, you're violating oneof the universal safety rules,
and that opens you up for uhpossibly be doing something
wrong, uh attacking or havepointing a gun at somebody
without identifying the threatand uh could put you in some
legal problems.
(08:58):
With this, uh, you you use yourflashlight.
If you identify a threat, youcan two-handed um grip the gun
or grip the gun with one hand,and depending on what uh
flashlight hold you use, holdthe gun the flashlight with your
other hand.
Or if you use this, you identifya threat, and you're carrying a
(09:18):
uh gun with a weapon-mountedflashlight or weapon-mounted
light, you can just drop theflashlight and then activate
your weapon-mounted lightbecause you've identified a
threat.
But it's just something that Ifor home defense, I would say a
weapon-mounted light for mewould be what I would use, but I
wouldn't use it for concealedcarry.
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Plus, you also have to considerthe bulkiness, the added bulk
that you've got to try toconceal and be comfortable with
whenever you're carrying aweapon-mounted light, because
some of them are um a littleawkward, a little bulky, and uh
it makes it hard to, like Isaid, carry them and conceal
(10:01):
them because uh they'll poke rodstick you where you get
uncomfortable and go from thereas far as um well, I don't want
to wear this, I'm just runningto the store, but uh because
it's flashlight's gonna poke meuh ride on me or something.
So for concealed carry, I'm I'mnot I won't say I'm not a fan,
(10:25):
it's just not my preferred wayof using a light.
I would much rather have theindividual flashlight uh and
then uh use it in addition tothe the weapon with the with the
flashlight hold.
So um, and I know some peoplethat I'm gonna have a flashlight
(10:46):
on my weapon and I'm gonna useit, and if that's you and that's
your you know you decide tocarry like that, so that's your
choice and something that youhave to be comfortable with, but
you also have to look at theresponsibility of if you pull
the weapon on somebody andwithout um identifying a threat
(11:09):
or uh recognizing that someone'snot a threat, but you pointed
the weapon with the flashlighton them, you possibly could be
facing some legal challenges andthink about going to court and
your attorney or the uh DA,they're already gonna have your
weapon for uh evidence, sothey'll pull your weapon and
(11:34):
they'll make it safe andeverything, and uh they'll say
the heat um the defendantpointed this gun at this person
with this bright light, and uhyou know, I think that you're
just opening yourself up forsome legal challenges that will
be hard to overcome.
(11:54):
But there are some good lightsout there for weapon-mounted
lights, but uh again, I'm justfor a home defense uh situation.
That would be the only time Iwould uh for my nightstand or my
home defense firearm, uh,whether it be a shotgun, AR, or
pistol, uh having aweapon-mounted light.
SPEAKER_00 (12:13):
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
And I'm like you, I like asimple flashlight, like what you
said.
Uh the smaller ones are greatfor everyday carry.
I mean, I have some bigger onesfor other stuff, but those are
by far the best for everydaycarry, and they're a lot easier
to carry than carrying a bigone.
Right, yeah.
Um so how about OC spray?
Do you recommend OC spray?
SPEAKER_01 (13:05):
Yeah, I I carry OC spray uh every day.
Uh I've got it actually on akeychain, uh, and it's a flip or
not a flip, it's a turn nozzle,and then you press it to deploy
it.
And this is a streaming uhspray.
They make several different uhdelivery methods.
(13:26):
So what you decide you want tocarry uh or the way that you
carry in the environment thatyou carry in, you may not want
to carry a mist or a fogger inan outdoor setting because the
uh mist has the potential ofcoming back on you, where in a
(13:50):
um different environment itwould be acceptable.
Uh the stream is better for uhdirect application, and that's
pretty much what law enforcementofficers use is the the direct
stream, but uh they do makefoggers, foams, gels, and things
like that, and each of them havetheir own place.
(14:10):
Um and I recommend people, ifthey're interested in learning
about OC or self-defense, take aclass, uh, which we offer one.
I'm a uh Saber pepper sprayinstructor for civilian uh
people, and um you just getthis, and you can carry
(14:30):
sometimes pepper spray where youmaybe you can't carry a firearm,
and it just gives you that addedtool that you can use in a
self-defense situation.
So you go into the post office,uh legally you can't carry a
firearm inside postal property,but I don't know the there's no
(14:51):
law that I have ever foundsaying that you can't carry
pepper spray in a post office.
It just talks about firearms.
So um just having thealternative um for self-defense
in case you need it, uh untilyou're able to escape or
retrieve your weapon, that'ssomething that you just um I
(15:12):
would recommend.
And there's several different uhmakers of pepper spray.
There's saber, palm, um severalothers, uh mace uh brand uh that
are out there, but uh just uh doyour research on it.
Uh I I law enforcement carriesSaber, uh, and that's what I've
(15:33):
carried before in my career, andI'm not sure what you carried
whenever you you uh work theroad, but um it's something that
um I'm comfortable with thatbrand, and uh I've used it
before and I trust it.
So um it's just uh anotheroption for you to have.
I'd rather have options than getinto a situation where my only
(15:58):
use of self-defense is firingthe weapon where maybe I could
have used pepper spray or um orother less lethal options that
we're getting ready to talkabout uh for self-defense.
Um so any tool that I can haveon me as a possibility, and
there's no stepping stone as faras um use of force, as far as uh
(16:24):
you if you carry these otherless lethal options, whether it
be a cubiton, pepper spray, um aknife or anything, there's no
you don't have to progress eachstep.
You know, if someone confrontsyou with what you feel is a
deadly force, you have the rightto counter that to stop that
(16:44):
threat.
And when the threat ends, youknow, of course you have to back
down.
But there's nothing saying that,well, if you carry all this,
you've got to try your knifefirst, try your OC, try your uh
Cubaton, try a taser or anythinglike that.
They're just tools.
Uh you know, a mechanic has abig box of tools at the shop
(17:04):
where you take your car to getworked on.
Does he use every one of thosetools on your car?
No, that may not need that toolfor that job that he's doing,
but he's got the tools there incase he does need it, and that's
the way that I see these otherless lethal options that we have
to um work on our self-defense.
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And talking about some of theother less lethal uh options out
there, mentioned Cubaton.
It's basically a small stick,about 12, 8 to 12 inches long.
It's uh usually on a keychain.
I used to have one, but I don'thave one currently.
Uh it's hard plastic, it's goodfor pain compliance, pressure
(17:50):
point compliance, uh, whetheryou do it on the earlobe, under
the nose, the pressure point upunderneath the jaw, uh, to get
somebody off of you.
Uh, you can also use it to jetuh jab at somebody.
It's uh just a good civiliansdon't necessarily carry batons
(18:11):
like law enforcement, but it's aminiature baton for civilians
way that I look at it.
Um you also have uh tasers andstun guns, those are options
too.
Um I don't carry either ofthose, but I do carry the the
OC, the knife.
(18:31):
Um I'll carry some sort ofobject, maybe not the actual
Cubaton brand, but I carrysomething in with me at all
times that even a pen, a littleregular pin here, you can use
that as your uh a little Cubatonto apply the pressure points and
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stuff like that.
So uh just things to improvise,you know, in case you haven't
met the options for deadlyforce, but you've got somebody
that's attacking attacking youor or threatening you, that you
can present to stop or get awayfrom a an attack.
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And that's what we're looking totry to teach people is avoided
at any cost avoid the situation.
But if you can't, be prepared todo what it is, whether it's
physical ground fighting, usingit less lethal, um just get the
training and stay on top of itbecause that's some things that
(19:34):
we we can use and willpotentially help us in court if
we use those and something wereto get brought up that you know
we were used excessive force.
Well, no, the he used this lessthan less lethal force uh to
stop the attack instead of justpulling out his pistol and
(19:54):
presenting it or even firing atsomebody or firing and hitting
somebody.
So um it's just uh some optionsand and like I said, it's like a
like a mechanic at your carshop.
Uh they've got all these tools,but they don't necessarily have
to use all the tools to to workon your car.
Your car may not your whateveryour car is uh doing may not
(20:16):
require that.
So that's the way I kind of lookat self-defense and um that you
use the force uh threatcontinuum is that you know we
have tools available, but let'suh pick and choose what will
work best for us in thatposition.
Um anything on that?
SPEAKER_00 (20:37):
Yes, sir.
I was gonna say I think that'sthat's well put.
Um you know, it's good to have,you know, even though some you
know different people may or maynot carry certain things, it's
good to have several options,tools that we can use for
different scenarios.
Um I think that's great.
What about first aid kits?
(20:57):
What would you be yourrecommendation there?
SPEAKER_01 (21:00):
I would uh encourage having multiple kits.
Uh they make belt kits, theymake ankle kits for everyday
carry, which typically includesome sort of um blood clotting
uh gauze and a couple of chestseals and a tourniquet of some
(21:20):
kind.
Typically, in a gun environment,if you were to shoot somebody or
it's one of your relatives, uhwhich in a self-defense
encounter, you're not obligatedto render first aid to that
person because if you do goafter and offer first aid to
that person or attempt to, thenit could be construed that
(21:46):
you're not afraid of thatperson.
So now you you going to helpthis person after they got shot,
cut, or whatever.
Um, you negated your uh actions,uh, so you were actually uh
intimidating the person into thefight, uh, from what I have
gathered, uh, which I'm not anattorney, so uh you I suggest
(22:08):
people consult with an attorneybefore they act on it, but
that's just my my thoughtprocess, and from my training, I
would rather for an attacker notassist them, call medical, call
911 and report it and tell themthat the person was shot,
stabbed, uh, injured.
(22:29):
Uh, but you know, you get out ofDodge and wait for the police to
show up to deal with thesituation.
Having some sort of kit in yourvehicle, you know, how many
times have you been travelingand witnessed an accident and
not been able, no, not having afirst aid kit?
No, if you had a first aid kit,you might be able to stop and
(22:50):
render some sort of uh goodSamaritan first aid to until
first responders get there.
Um, we we encounter that all thetime.
You know, see the bad accidentsout there.
Um again, you're not obligated,but no, as a Good Samaritan,
good uh Georgia, you're coveredunder the Good Samaritan law,
(23:11):
from what I understand, that uhyou can assist even if you don't
have uh you're not an EMT oranything like that, you're you
have some lessened liabilitybecause you're assisting in an
emergency situation uh to try tosave somebody's life or prevent
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uh serious injury fromoccurring.
So um just uh get first aidtraining, have a kit, keep it in
one in your vehicle, keep one ortwo in your house, uh have one
if you're carrying close by, ifyou're not on your body whenever
you're carrying.
Um, like I said, they make themfor belt uh attached to the
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belt, uh your ankle.
If you wear, uh have a backpackor something, you know, throw it
in the backpack, attach it as aMOLLE unit to your uh tactical
bag or something.
Just be prepared, have some goodfirst aid training.
No, you're not we're not lookingto make you certified as a first
responder or EMT or anything,but no, have enough to stop the
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bleed, basically, uh sustainlife.
And the kids have no, we we alleven offer a class where we talk
about building your own kit andthe need you know what you would
need for each situation.
So um just getting with somebodyto help you build that kit uh is
a good thing, get good qualitykit uh first aid stuff.
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I would be Leeria stuff you canget from Timu, uh Wish, and
stuff like that, where it'smaybe not regulated or not
quality um being imported, butyou've got good sterile, safe,
uh effective first aid gearthat's tested and recognized
that you know is is of a goodbrand, that it's not gonna apply
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a tourniquet and the tourniquettear or rip because it's
improperly made or poorly made.
So um yeah, just uh good no havethat good first aid kit.
Uh what do you think of what aresome other things uh other than
concealed carry or no travelinguh you know, per se for you know
an accident or something?
(25:24):
What are some other things,David, that you think you we we
should consider as far as ourloadout or our everyday carry
when we leave the house?
SPEAKER_00 (25:35):
Well, I mean, talking about leaving the house
for for everyday carry, I mean,so you know, of course we've
talked about things you want tokeep on your person, on your
body, but there's also a senseof when we leave our house, we
you know, take some some meansof transportation, most of us is
cars or trucks or some sort ofvehicle with CV.
Um I guess some people may mayride motorcycles, um, but
(25:57):
whatever it is, you know, havingthings there that that you can
access, um, you know, maybe aspare tool kit.
unknown (26:04):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (26:05):
Uh bottles of water.
Make sure your spare tires airedup.
Uh make sure you have the youknow the proper jack, um,
whatever you may need to changea tire.
Uh you mentioned a first aidkit, you know, carrying on your
person, keeping one in your car.
unknown (26:21):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (26:22):
Um in the winter months, we're coming into the
winter now.
Um, blankets, something to keepwarm if your car broke down.
Um, there there are many thingslike that for for you know,
depending on where you're at.
SPEAKER_01 (26:36):
Yeah, carry you some.
But that would be one of mythings, making sure some some
heat or cool uh weather-relateduh food substances, water, and
stuff like that.
Uh you know, you don't have toget a big 40 uh bottle pack from
Walmart to uh carry in the car.
Carry a couple bottles and uh uhsome sort of bag with some you
(26:57):
know stuff like granola, youknow, something that would give
you the energy to sustain you ifyou were stranded like years ago
uh when we had the freeze herein Georgia, especially up in
North Georgia, cars werestranded on the interstate for
uh hours.
Uh, I think there's some thatwere uh over 12 hours that they
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were stranded out there, andjust having something that is
life-sustaining uh until peopleare able to get to you to assist
you or get you out of thatsituation, um, some things that
you might want to consider, youknow, even the uh military
surplus MREs or uh food storagecontainers, having those uh
(27:44):
something that because they Iknow that they make some of
those for that are vehicle ummade specifically to store in
the vehicle.
So you know those would help youwhether you're stuck in a ice
storm, uh, you go up north orout west and to the northwest
where you're traveling in uhheavy snows and get snowed in
(28:05):
somewhere.
Um it's got you you know youyou're you'll you'll survive for
a period of time before you knowand have stuff there to to aid
you in case uh that were tohappen.
SPEAKER_00 (28:19):
Um yes sir.
And uh and then another thing Ithink you know is this is kind
of more for um at home, but youknow, as far as preparing for
emergency, but you can even putit in the car.
Having uh you know, have alittle small stove, camp stove,
takes little propane cylinders,um, and also a lantern.
(28:39):
It's been very helpful for mearound the house and and you
know, even going out places, butyou know, power goes out or or
something like that, I canaccess it and use it as I need
to.
SPEAKER_01 (28:51):
Yeah, even something else.
You know, we live in anelectronic age.
Uh you know, you may lose power,but you still may have cell
phone service because a lot ofcell phone towers will be backed
up with um getting you a alittle battery pack that uh is
charged, charged and ready to goin case you had power, so you
(29:14):
can charge your cell phone uhfor emergency calls and and
things like that.
You don't want to use your phoneuh consistently to be on
Facebook or you know, a lot ofstuff because in a true
emergency situation you'relooking to sustain and uh limit
(29:35):
what your be prepared to endurethe for the long haul in case
you need it.
So just keeping your phonecharged or something for phone
calls or for checking the theweather or emergency uh uh
things, alert emergency alertstuff, uh uh good old you know
(29:57):
high capacity battery surplus uhcharging thing would be great to
have and and to keep charged up.
So uh extra batteries and yourflashlights.
Uh if you have um like with thistactical one, this is a um
lithium 123 battery.
Uh having a couple of those justin case you needed it to uh and
(30:22):
the battery started dying.
No, you've got extra batteriesthere, you just throw in and
keep using.
Um
SPEAKER_00 (30:29):
Yes, sir.
And I and I agree, and I shouldkeep a keep I'm normally buy the
big packs of the AAA and and theones you're talking about right
there.
unknown (30:38):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (30:38):
Because those are some of the and then the
CR2032s, those are some of thebatteries that I use the most.
Used to be the double A's, butit seems like a lot more stuff's
going to to other stylebatteries.
But I mean I still keep some ofthe double A's on.
But yeah, the charging, I mean,with this last storm that came
through here, um I actuallyreally thought about that.
You know, that's something weoftentimes do take for granted.
(31:01):
And I guess we could charge ourphones in our cars, but those
little charging things would bea you know, in our age, you
know, it's hard to do muchwithout our phones or computers
or other devices.
And so absolutely.
SPEAKER_01 (31:12):
Um even in a home setting, uh I I've got an actual
gas-powered generator keepingyou know safely stored gas and
the generator to where you canpull it out.
Of course, you don't want tobring the generator in the home,
you don't want it really rightup against the home, but you've
got a gas-powered generator tothat will provide electricity
(31:34):
for some of your cooking needs,uh lights, uh, you know, little
things like that.
Uh, that will help sustain youas well in a uh hurricane
situation.
SPEAKER_00 (31:47):
Your well pump if you if you need it or something
like that.
SPEAKER_01 (31:50):
I mean if you need it uh if you're not on city
water or someplace you know thathas forced water, uh, you know,
out in the county, you're yougotta supply power to that well
unless you have a a manual uh uhpump where you can can work, uh
which I I know some people thatstill have those as uh emergency
(32:12):
means uh and no, it's justsomething that people don't have
gotten away from.
They've gotten can lax andconvenient with the things that
are available out there today,uh, and kind of losing a little
bit of touch to preparedness andwhat happens if happens.
(32:34):
So uh just thinking ahead, uhbeing prepared.
Um and that's something thatwe're I know we're working on
trying to get accomplished wherewe can kind of build a class to
help educate people to beprepared.
Uh and it's you know, I thinkthat's something that is not
(32:55):
probably not going to be a bigdemand per uh class, but you
know, I I wanna I think that ifwe aren't don't offer that,
we're doing a disservice to thepeople that we talk about
wanting to educate, train, andand prepare for life, death,
self-defense, life preservation.
(33:16):
And um it's something that I Ithink that you know will will be
beneficial, but uh you know,it's just one of those uh niche
subjects that uh not everybody'sgonna be interested in, but no,
there are gonna be people outthere that are interested in it.
Anything else that you can thinkof on on this topic of everyday
(33:38):
carry or loadout gear for um anemergency, whether you have to
keep it in the vehicle, thehouse, or in case you ever got
where you were ran out of thehouse and had to relocate uh
temporarily.
Uh got anything else that youcan think of?
SPEAKER_00 (33:56):
Um no, sir, not at this time.
I s we've covered a pretty bigum range of things, which I
think I think is great.
Um I think matter of fact, Ithink some of these things we
could we can discuss even morein depth, but for a you know, a
general idea on it, I thinkwe've covered a lot.
SPEAKER_01 (34:13):
Yeah, I I think it's uh it it's what the the podcast
that I intended whenever Ienvisioned it and started coming
up with it, and then you got itsparked your interest too.
I think you caught the idea ofwhat I was doing that hey, we
let's throw some knowledge outthere, throw some ideas out
there that people may not thinkabout or you know, maybe they
(34:35):
haven't thought of.
They they maybe they've heard itbefore or heard it talked about,
but you know, let's let's givethem a little bit more meat uh
to you know kind of get themthinking where you know, hey,
they can take care of themselvesor their family should something
ever really hit the fan or orthings get really bad um in
(35:01):
life, uh the world.
So um just uh you know, we'vetalked about other preparedness
things uh in your go bag if youwere to ever have to leave your
house, say your house gotdestroyed, a tent for you and
your family, you know, keepinguh you know if you just just you
and a wife uh or just you byyourself, keeping a little small
(35:23):
two-man tent that you can pop upsomewhere to uh to give you
shelter, um just things likethat to consider.
So well, um that pretty muchcovers the topics that are the
topic that we wanted to carrytoday.
Just kind of get people thinkingabout everyday carry and
preparedness, uh, emergencypreparedness, I guess is the
(35:46):
best way to uh tag it.
As uh things to think about thatuh maybe you haven't thought
about in a while.
Things are getting you know,we're in the hurricane season
right now.
We've had one that just skirtedus.
Uh you know, luckily it was avery low uh thing it was
actually downgrading as atropical storm as it passed us,
(36:09):
but um some places got hitpretty hard close to us.
Um and you know that's whenpeople think, oh my gosh, what
what you know what would we havedone?
Well, that's not the time to bethinking about that.
You should have thought aboutthat ahead of time, no,
beforehand, and um just gettingpeople the information that they
(36:34):
can kind of be prepared.
So um yeah, I think the I thinkwe're doing a a good service on
you know what we intended, uhyou know, giving the people
knowledge and their uhinformation.
So um anything else you want toadd before we sign off here,
David?
SPEAKER_00 (36:52):
No, sir.
I think I think we've got itcovered.
SPEAKER_01 (36:55):
All right.
Well, this uh is our uh ouroff-week podcast from a guest.
Uh we've just let everybody knowwe have a big list of uh people
that are coming on uh that we'veconfirmed, and we actually are
we're in the process of gettingthose episodes recorded.
(37:15):
We recorded one this morning umon revolvers.
And are they still a valid thingfor concealed carry?
And we even talked about someother things other than
revolvers.
So um uh I'm excited about that.
We've got um one coming up thisSaturday that we're gonna be
recording.
Uh so we're we're building ourour guest list and our podcast.
(37:39):
So uh just uh stay tuned, listenup.
If you have any ideas, feel freeto email us at podcast at
blueberrytactical.com.
Uh if you got an idea, topic, orwant some more information, uh
me or David will be more thanhappy to reach out to you via
phone, email, uh to discusssomething and maybe help you
(38:02):
accomplish what you know youneed to do, give you some
advice.
So um just uh like our podcast.
We're on all the major podcasthosts.
Um leave us a five-star review.
Uh give you know, if we're doingsomething that you like, great.
Uh, we even accept constructivecriticism.
(38:22):
Uh that helps us grow as uhinstructors, as presenters, and
feel free to share and uh tellyour friends about our podcast.
And uh it's not always gonna benecessarily firearms, some of
it's gonna be training topicslike situational awareness, uh
emergency preparedness.
(38:43):
So um just uh enjoy, listen tous, and uh hope you get some uh
educational content from it.
Anything else, David?
SPEAKER_00 (38:54):
No, sir.
SPEAKER_01 (38:55):
All right.
Hope everybody has a wonderfulday.
Uh again, thank you forlistening to the Armed Guardian
podcast.
Remember to learn, train, andsurvive.
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