The mics are on again, and we’re coming back sharper: real training, clear laws, and honest talk about what responsible carry actually takes. Brian brings law enforcement and military experience from years of firearms and first aid instruction, while Crystal from I Got Her Six focuses on women’s training and workplace violence prevention. Together, we set a new baseline for the show: practical skills first, legal clarity always, and stories that refuse to leave the hard parts out.
We start by pulling confusion into the light—Florida’s permitless carry shift, reciprocity myths, and why state lines and even county borders can flip your plan on its head. Open carry here, concealed only there; duty to inform in one state, not required in another; vehicle transport rules that change on a single exit ramp. We explain how to build a simple system: check reciprocity maps for a quick read, verify with statutes, and confirm gray areas with a local attorney. Then we widen the lens to the skills you’ll use far more often than a firearm—bleed control, scene safety, and emotional aftercare. A tourniquet and a practiced script can save a life and protect your future, especially when adrenaline pushes you to say more than you should.
We also preview what’s ahead: a domestic violence survivor turned firearms and karate instructor with a powerful new book; medical pros to run first aid “roundhouse” sessions you can put to work immediately; mental health experts like Michael Sedini to prepare you for what follows a critical incident; and partners like Right to Bear to demystify self-defense coverage. The goal is consistency: real scenarios, clean language, and steps you can repeat under stress.
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SPEAKER_01 (00:00):
All right.
SPEAKER_02 (00:02):
Hi, welcome to the Armed Guardian Podcast relaunch.
Uh today, Crystal and I will betalking about our up-and-coming
relaunch of the podcast and whatwe are envisioning.
So uh some of the things that uhwe want to see happen on the
podcast and just kind ofreintroduce ourselves.
Uh, my name's Brian.
I'm was a previous owner of theBlueberry Tactical and Training,
(00:26):
uh founder of the podcast here,uh, hoping to broaden and
enlighten people's uh withinformation for their personal
carry, for first aid, for uhanything firearm and
self-defense related, either outin the open, at home, or at
church, uh, you know, whereveryou're at out and about.
(00:49):
We want to kind of enlighten,make people make sure people are
aware of law changes, uh, thingsthat they can do to help protect
themselves, and also to makesure that uh people are properly
trained.
Uh you know, so first aid hasalways been one of my topics
whenever I teach a class is toum make sure you have some first
(01:12):
aid training for whether it'syourself or somebody else that
you know may be into uh anincident, uh, that uh church
shooting, uh God forbid, uh apublic event where you know
maybe some or multiple peopleget injured.
But no, there's somebody therethat you know knows a little bit
about what they're doing.
Um I've got a law enforcementbackground, uh military
(01:37):
background, so I I try to makesure that uh uh everybody that I
talk to in firearms stuff is gotsome some good got good
information, but as well as youknow being trained to handle the
the outcomes, uh the first aid,the psychological factors that
(01:57):
are going to come into play ifyou're involved in a shooting or
uh of any kind, uh whether it'syourself, your family, or out in
public.
So uh that's kind of mybackground a little bit in a
nutshell, and some of the thingsthat I'm wanting to see come to
life back from the podcast.
Uh Crystal, you got I want to doa brief intro and sure what what
(02:21):
you'd like to see us accomplishin the coming year.
SPEAKER_00 (02:25):
I sure do.
So I'm Crystal from I Got HerSix.
I specialize in uh woman'sfirearm training.
I also do workplace violentprevention programs, which does
cover active tutor.
And as you know, we've beenhaving a lot of incidents lately
in the news.
So uh I do address thoseconcerns.
And I'm glad you brought up thefact that um we need to have
(02:47):
medical training because assomeone who carries a firearm,
many times we're just focusing anon-marketmanship and things of
that nature, but we don't reallyconsider having bleed control
kids or any type of training,and it's so important because
you're more than likely um gonnause that before you are your
firearm in an incident.
So I think it's really importantthat we address that.
(03:09):
Um here in Florida, we're onthat.
We have some new changes to thelaw for firearms.
We're now open carry, we're alsopermittless carry, which is
causing a bit of confusion, andthere's gonna be people more
than likely arrested for thingsbecause they don't quite know
the laws.
Um so yeah, but yeah, I Ispecialize in women firearm
training as well as workplaceviolence.
(03:30):
I've been doing this for quite awhile now, and I'm looking
forward to the relaunch.
SPEAKER_02 (03:34):
All right, great.
Uh yeah, I've got a couple ofpeople in mind.
Um got a domestic violence withthis month being National
Domestic Violence AwarenessMonth.
Uh, I've got someone that'scoming, um, planning on trying
to get on before the end of themonth to highlight the domestic
violence and the importance ofyou know domestic violence
(03:57):
awareness.
Who this person is a priordomestic violence uh survivor.
Uh, she became a firearmsinstructor, a karate instructor.
Uh and no, she's got an amazingstory, and she just released a
book uh talking about uh hersituation, and I'm hoping to
(04:17):
have her on and recorded beforethe end of the month where we
can get that going and help herpromote her book uh of what
she's got going on.
So um uh got just got a fewother guests.
No, uh I'd like to have BrianMcLaughlin back on for uh first
aid, uh it's a first aidroundhouse.
(04:38):
Um uh several people in themental health aspect.
Uh Michael Sedini, I want to tryto have him back on as a guest.
Um trying to remember.
Let's see.
I've got a several people thatuh I would like to really have
(04:59):
on to you know talk aboutcertain topics.
Um so uh women in firearms, uhmaybe Sarah Albrecht um coming
on, or uh I'll have to look backthrough some of our prior guests
on some of the old episodes andsee what we can do to try to
re-invite those and some of theupdates of things that are going
(05:22):
on.
Um Lana uh Brian for uh Right toBear, who's one of our sponsors,
have her on to talk about theRight to Bear program and stance
and everything.
Um just uh a lot of things thatI'd like to encourage people to
come listen to.
Get no, of course, we I'm fromGeorgia, you're from Florida.
(05:46):
Uh some of the things we maytalk about may not be specific
to the state that the listenersin, but no, it's some good
overall advice and to follow allto read uh as I have in my
disclaimer, or we have in thedisclaimer is no, this may not
be state, no uh good legaladvice in the state that you're
(06:08):
in, and always follow it up bychecking with your local law um
legislation and things like thatto make sure that uh what we
talk about is up to par in thatstate as well, because things,
like I said, things change fromstate to state, and different
states have differentrequirements.
(06:30):
So we want to make sure you'rewell vested, you follow the the
localities in the state thatyou're in that you may be
listening, and no, we may betalking about uh no, like I
said, uh Georgia and Florida,some of the things that are
coming up in them.
Uh there may be some changes inyour state that uh you may be
(06:51):
listening in that are not umthat we don't cover just because
we we're not in that state.
So um not that we're trying toexclude people in that state,
it's just we're not there's 50states and there's uh so many
counties and cities that havetheir own restrictions or pro or
(07:12):
against firearms.
So it's something that we putthe we give the nugget of
information out.
Uh it's your to your advantageto follow up with the legalities
in your local juraljurisdiction.
SPEAKER_00 (07:27):
So with that being said, yeah, you know Yeah, go
ahead.
No, no, I was gonna say, um,it's so true, even like where
we're at, so from county tocounty is so different.
So most people have heard ofPole County.
We have uh an amazing sheriffthere.
He's really pro-secondamendment, let's just say that,
and he's for the people notnecessarily criminals.
(07:49):
Whereas in my county, they'remore for the criminals.
I hate to say it.
So if you are a person that hasto use self-defense, um deadly
force, you know, you gottareally prove prove to them that
it was in fact a self-defenseincident.
And even then, there's a goodpossibility you will be arrested
or detained.
So you're right, county tocounty, state lines, all of
(08:10):
these things, we need to knowthe laws.
Right and what we're up against.
SPEAKER_02 (08:16):
Yeah, and no, that's part of the thing that no
training, encouraging you tocontinue on your training
because if you get training inyour local area, that training
is going to be tailored to whatis legal, uh what is currently
going on in the uh auspices ofthat jurisdiction that you're
(08:38):
in.
So there's no nothing to um thatwill uh what's the word I'm
looking for?
I'm kind of out of blank for aminute, but uh nothing that you
know precludes uh you knowsomething that in your area, uh,
because you know what we maytalk about maybe fine in Georgia
or Florida or a specific countyor generally in the southeast,
(09:03):
where things may not be legal,or you know, there may be some
uh changes in the thought or thelaws for uh California,
Illinois, um states uh that youknow are known to be not
pro-second amendment uh per se,but uh we're seeing great leaps
(09:26):
and bounds in a lot of theadvocacy for Second Amendment
and personal defense andeverything.
So just always follow up with uhtraining, continued training,
and contacting someone uh law orattorney-wise, uh in your local
(09:47):
area to hey, what's the currentlaws for XYZ?
And that attorney should beable, or that firearms
instructor that teaches basicself-defense should be able to
tell you some of the auspices ofyou know what's going on.
Uh USCCA's uh reciprocity uh isa great tool for some basic
(10:12):
information, states state tostate.
So um, you know, I encouragepeople to check it, check that,
you know, check the laws of thestate that you are going in or
live in.
And always if you're passingthrough traveling, know the
stuff laws of the state thatyou're gonna be going through
because there's so many changesuh that you may have to know
(10:35):
magazine requirements,ammunition restrictions, uh
things like that.
So just always it's always agood idea to check the laws of
the where you're at, whereyou're going through, uh, what
can you do, what can you not do,and um just uh follow through on
that.
SPEAKER_00 (10:53):
So yeah, we had some issues when we became
permittless carry.
Well, you know, constitutionalcarry, not necessarily, but um,
that's what they were referringto as constitutional carry, and
really it's just permitless,right?
So people didn't realize thatthey just couldn't cross state
lines because they didn't havetheir concealed weapon permit.
There's no reciprocity.
So we were dealing with thatquite a bit of people that
(11:14):
didn't understand the law, like,oh, I can't just go anywhere
now.
I'm like, oh, it doesn't workthat way.
SPEAKER_02 (11:19):
Yeah, it's like uh with me being so close to
Florida, uh where I was teachwas teaching at, no, I'm uh
Georgia is a permitless carry,constitutional carry state.
So people were and Georgia hasalways been no, you can carry
open carry uh in in Georgia, buttech letting people know that
(11:42):
hey, if you go to South Carolinaor Florida, Florida does at the
time didn't have open carry.
So if you're open carrying andyou travel into Florida to go
see a friend, a family, orsomething, just realize that you
know, once you cross that stateline, you've got a whole new
ball game as far as laws toabide by.
(12:04):
Um, and people just uh sometimesjust didn't think about it.
It's like uh a while back, umSouth Carolina was uh um right
to notify uh if you got stoppedby you had to notify them that
hey, I'm right away.
Yeah.
Um and if you didn't, you'refacing you could face a criminal
(12:25):
misdemeanor charge, but that haschanged in South Carolina,
although I think there are stillsome states that have that um
right to notify.
SPEAKER_00 (12:35):
Um Right, yeah, duty to inform them.
Yeah, we don't have to hereunless they ask.
Yeah, if they ask, we have totell.
SPEAKER_01 (12:43):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (12:44):
And then there's been you know different opinions
on what you should do.
Should you voluntarily give theinformation up, should you not?
And that is a whole notherargument.
Go back and work with it.
SPEAKER_01 (12:54):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (12:56):
But we we we really need to know the laws, and
that's what we're here to do.
And we're not an attorney, so Ialways tell people I give a
disclaimer, I'm not an attorney.
unknown (13:03):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (13:04):
It is your responsibility to know the laws.
Things change, you know, don'tgo out and have an incident and
come back and say, Well, Crystaltold me I could do this.
Yeah because I didn't maybe youinterpret it that way, but I
didn't tell you that.
SPEAKER_01 (13:15):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (13:16):
So you know, I'm gonna go take the stand and say,
Well, Your Honor, I thought Icould do that because my
instructor or my neighbor orformer law enforcement officer
told me this.
Yeah, they're not on trial.
SPEAKER_02 (13:27):
Yeah, yeah.
And I know Georgia is uh prettystrict as far as no giving
legal, actual legal advice.
So we we have to be careful whenwe're uh teaching law uh
teaching classes in Georgia.
What information we give, no, wecan kind of just you know make
sure we give um generalinformation and no, this could
(13:51):
happen.
Uh check with an attorney, uhalways always put that
disclaimer out there that hey,I'm not an attorney, but this is
what is typically recognized inGeorgia.
SPEAKER_00 (14:04):
And uh no what um what I what we do is we um
provide the the Floridastatutes.
unknown (14:12):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (14:12):
So here you go, these are the statutes.
Take it, take a look.
This is here, you gotta followthese guidelines, it's all right
there.
If you don't understand it,consult with an attorney because
sometimes that legal jar gar uhjargon is really difficult to
understand.
SPEAKER_01 (14:25):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (14:26):
And so that your interpretation of it can be
different than what it actuallymeans.
But yeah, we just have to bevery careful with that.
SPEAKER_02 (14:34):
Yep.
Um all right.
Well, I know wanted to kind ofkeep this short and um short and
sweet.
Uh you know, just kind of give ateaser that hey, we're coming
back live.
Uh we're actively working onbuilding up a guest list and
some topics and everything.
So some of the issues, some ofthe topics that we may have, uh,
(14:56):
like with David and I, we willgo back and maybe just you and
me or you, me, and David, ifhe's able to participate,
talking about whatever uh topicswe have at hand that we want to
discuss.
Uh, and if we have an episodewhere we have a guest that's on,
we'll have a guest where we'llkind of you know question and
(15:17):
answer, let them talk aboutthings that are going on in that
topic that we have them on for.
And you know, we'll just kind ofkeep that aspect or that um that
programming going on for youknow the new episodes
forthcoming.
And uh, like I said, primarilyit'll be you and me, Crystal.
(15:37):
Uh, I know there'll probably besome times where maybe I I've
got somebody that hey, I canonly do it on this day, and you
may not be available.
So um we we'll just do what thebest that we can to have uh you
and me on, and then Davidwhenever he's can be there.
But uh we'll just uh try to keepjumping.
SPEAKER_00 (15:56):
We'll make it work.
SPEAKER_02 (15:57):
We'll hit the ground running.
SPEAKER_00 (16:00):
Yeah, we will.
We'll we're gonna make it workregardless.
SPEAKER_02 (16:02):
So I'm glad to have you here.
SPEAKER_00 (16:04):
Brian, thank you so much.
SPEAKER_02 (16:06):
And uh thank you uh for coming back on and
participating.
And uh uh thanks for the supportthat you gave me through the the
time that I had last year, andit was very, very needed.
And uh I hate uh I hate that wehad to take the break from the
podcast, but uh it was justsomething that I couldn't keep
(16:28):
on doing right at that moment,and I'm back right to the point
now where let's run.
SPEAKER_00 (16:34):
Yeah, life happens.
Every one of us have hadsomething on, and you know what?
We get through it and then wekeep on moving, and here we are.
SPEAKER_02 (16:41):
Yep, makes us stronger.
SPEAKER_00 (16:43):
Sure does.
SPEAKER_02 (16:44):
So all right.
SPEAKER_00 (16:45):
All righty Brian, thank you so much.
SPEAKER_02 (16:47):
And uh we'll look I'll reach out to you as soon as
uh we have uh a couple of uhguests coming up and got some
dates and everything.
SPEAKER_00 (16:54):
Great, thank you.
SPEAKER_02 (16:56):
Thank you, great day, Crystal.
All right.
SPEAKER_02 (00:02):
Hi, welcome to the Armed Guardian Podcast relaunch.
Uh today, Crystal and I will betalking about our up-and-coming
relaunch of the podcast and whatwe are envisioning.
So uh some of the things that uhwe want to see happen on the
podcast and just kind ofreintroduce ourselves.
Uh, my name's Brian.
I'm was a previous owner of theBlueberry Tactical and Training,
(00:26):
uh founder of the podcast here,uh, hoping to broaden and
enlighten people's uh withinformation for their personal
carry, for first aid, for uhanything firearm and
self-defense related, either outin the open, at home, or at
church, uh, you know, whereveryou're at out and about.
(00:49):
We want to kind of enlighten,make people make sure people are
aware of law changes, uh, thingsthat they can do to help protect
themselves, and also to makesure that uh people are properly
trained.
Uh you know, so first aid hasalways been one of my topics
whenever I teach a class is toum make sure you have some first
(01:12):
aid training for whether it'syourself or somebody else that
you know may be into uh anincident, uh, that uh church
shooting, uh God forbid, uh apublic event where you know
maybe some or multiple peopleget injured.
But no, there's somebody therethat you know knows a little bit
about what they're doing.
Um I've got a law enforcementbackground, uh military
(01:37):
background, so I I try to makesure that uh uh everybody that I
talk to in firearms stuff is gotsome some good got good
information, but as well as youknow being trained to handle the
the outcomes, uh the first aid,the psychological factors that
(01:57):
are going to come into play ifyou're involved in a shooting or
uh of any kind, uh whether it'syourself, your family, or out in
public.
So uh that's kind of mybackground a little bit in a
nutshell, and some of the thingsthat I'm wanting to see come to
life back from the podcast.
Uh Crystal, you got I want to doa brief intro and sure what what
(02:21):
you'd like to see us accomplishin the coming year.
SPEAKER_00 (02:25):
I sure do.
So I'm Crystal from I Got HerSix.
I specialize in uh woman'sfirearm training.
I also do workplace violentprevention programs, which does
cover active tutor.
And as you know, we've beenhaving a lot of incidents lately
in the news.
So uh I do address thoseconcerns.
And I'm glad you brought up thefact that um we need to have
(02:47):
medical training because assomeone who carries a firearm,
many times we're just focusing anon-marketmanship and things of
that nature, but we don't reallyconsider having bleed control
kids or any type of training,and it's so important because
you're more than likely um gonnause that before you are your
firearm in an incident.
So I think it's really importantthat we address that.
(03:09):
Um here in Florida, we're onthat.
We have some new changes to thelaw for firearms.
We're now open carry, we're alsopermittless carry, which is
causing a bit of confusion, andthere's gonna be people more
than likely arrested for thingsbecause they don't quite know
the laws.
Um so yeah, but yeah, I Ispecialize in women firearm
training as well as workplaceviolence.
(03:30):
I've been doing this for quite awhile now, and I'm looking
forward to the relaunch.
SPEAKER_02 (03:34):
All right, great.
Uh yeah, I've got a couple ofpeople in mind.
Um got a domestic violence withthis month being National
Domestic Violence AwarenessMonth.
Uh, I've got someone that'scoming, um, planning on trying
to get on before the end of themonth to highlight the domestic
violence and the importance ofyou know domestic violence
(03:57):
awareness.
Who this person is a priordomestic violence uh survivor.
Uh, she became a firearmsinstructor, a karate instructor.
Uh and no, she's got an amazingstory, and she just released a
book uh talking about uh hersituation, and I'm hoping to
(04:17):
have her on and recorded beforethe end of the month where we
can get that going and help herpromote her book uh of what
she's got going on.
So um uh got just got a fewother guests.
No, uh I'd like to have BrianMcLaughlin back on for uh first
aid, uh it's a first aidroundhouse.
(04:38):
Um uh several people in themental health aspect.
Uh Michael Sedini, I want to tryto have him back on as a guest.
Um trying to remember.
Let's see.
I've got a several people thatuh I would like to really have
(04:59):
on to you know talk aboutcertain topics.
Um so uh women in firearms, uhmaybe Sarah Albrecht um coming
on, or uh I'll have to look backthrough some of our prior guests
on some of the old episodes andsee what we can do to try to
re-invite those and some of theupdates of things that are going
(05:22):
on.
Um Lana uh Brian for uh Right toBear, who's one of our sponsors,
have her on to talk about theRight to Bear program and stance
and everything.
Um just uh a lot of things thatI'd like to encourage people to
come listen to.
Get no, of course, we I'm fromGeorgia, you're from Florida.
(05:46):
Uh some of the things we maytalk about may not be specific
to the state that the listenersin, but no, it's some good
overall advice and to follow allto read uh as I have in my
disclaimer, or we have in thedisclaimer is no, this may not
be state, no uh good legaladvice in the state that you're
(06:08):
in, and always follow it up bychecking with your local law um
legislation and things like thatto make sure that uh what we
talk about is up to par in thatstate as well, because things,
like I said, things change fromstate to state, and different
states have differentrequirements.
(06:30):
So we want to make sure you'rewell vested, you follow the the
localities in the state thatyou're in that you may be
listening, and no, we may betalking about uh no, like I
said, uh Georgia and Florida,some of the things that are
coming up in them.
Uh there may be some changes inyour state that uh you may be
(06:51):
listening in that are not umthat we don't cover just because
we we're not in that state.
So um not that we're trying toexclude people in that state,
it's just we're not there's 50states and there's uh so many
counties and cities that havetheir own restrictions or pro or
(07:12):
against firearms.
So it's something that we putthe we give the nugget of
information out.
Uh it's your to your advantageto follow up with the legalities
in your local juraljurisdiction.
SPEAKER_00 (07:27):
So with that being said, yeah, you know Yeah, go
ahead.
No, no, I was gonna say, um,it's so true, even like where
we're at, so from county tocounty is so different.
So most people have heard ofPole County.
We have uh an amazing sheriffthere.
He's really pro-secondamendment, let's just say that,
and he's for the people notnecessarily criminals.
(07:49):
Whereas in my county, they'remore for the criminals.
I hate to say it.
So if you are a person that hasto use self-defense, um deadly
force, you know, you gottareally prove prove to them that
it was in fact a self-defenseincident.
And even then, there's a goodpossibility you will be arrested
or detained.
So you're right, county tocounty, state lines, all of
(08:10):
these things, we need to knowthe laws.
Right and what we're up against.
SPEAKER_02 (08:16):
Yeah, and no, that's part of the thing that no
training, encouraging you tocontinue on your training
because if you get training inyour local area, that training
is going to be tailored to whatis legal, uh what is currently
going on in the uh auspices ofthat jurisdiction that you're
(08:38):
in.
So there's no nothing to um thatwill uh what's the word I'm
looking for?
I'm kind of out of blank for aminute, but uh nothing that you
know precludes uh you knowsomething that in your area, uh,
because you know what we maytalk about maybe fine in Georgia
or Florida or a specific countyor generally in the southeast,
(09:03):
where things may not be legal,or you know, there may be some
uh changes in the thought or thelaws for uh California,
Illinois, um states uh that youknow are known to be not
pro-second amendment uh per se,but uh we're seeing great leaps
(09:26):
and bounds in a lot of theadvocacy for Second Amendment
and personal defense andeverything.
So just always follow up with uhtraining, continued training,
and contacting someone uh law orattorney-wise, uh in your local
(09:47):
area to hey, what's the currentlaws for XYZ?
And that attorney should beable, or that firearms
instructor that teaches basicself-defense should be able to
tell you some of the auspices ofyou know what's going on.
Uh USCCA's uh reciprocity uh isa great tool for some basic
(10:12):
information, states state tostate.
So um, you know, I encouragepeople to check it, check that,
you know, check the laws of thestate that you are going in or
live in.
And always if you're passingthrough traveling, know the
stuff laws of the state thatyou're gonna be going through
because there's so many changesuh that you may have to know
(10:35):
magazine requirements,ammunition restrictions, uh
things like that.
So just always it's always agood idea to check the laws of
the where you're at, whereyou're going through, uh, what
can you do, what can you not do,and um just uh follow through on
that.
SPEAKER_00 (10:53):
So yeah, we had some issues when we became
permittless carry.
Well, you know, constitutionalcarry, not necessarily, but um,
that's what they were referringto as constitutional carry, and
really it's just permitless,right?
So people didn't realize thatthey just couldn't cross state
lines because they didn't havetheir concealed weapon permit.
There's no reciprocity.
So we were dealing with thatquite a bit of people that
(11:14):
didn't understand the law, like,oh, I can't just go anywhere
now.
I'm like, oh, it doesn't workthat way.
SPEAKER_02 (11:19):
Yeah, it's like uh with me being so close to
Florida, uh where I was teachwas teaching at, no, I'm uh
Georgia is a permitless carry,constitutional carry state.
So people were and Georgia hasalways been no, you can carry
open carry uh in in Georgia, buttech letting people know that
(11:42):
hey, if you go to South Carolinaor Florida, Florida does at the
time didn't have open carry.
So if you're open carrying andyou travel into Florida to go
see a friend, a family, orsomething, just realize that you
know, once you cross that stateline, you've got a whole new
ball game as far as laws toabide by.
(12:04):
Um, and people just uh sometimesjust didn't think about it.
It's like uh a while back, umSouth Carolina was uh um right
to notify uh if you got stoppedby you had to notify them that
hey, I'm right away.
Yeah.
Um and if you didn't, you'refacing you could face a criminal
(12:25):
misdemeanor charge, but that haschanged in South Carolina,
although I think there are stillsome states that have that um
right to notify.
SPEAKER_00 (12:35):
Um Right, yeah, duty to inform them.
Yeah, we don't have to hereunless they ask.
Yeah, if they ask, we have totell.
SPEAKER_01 (12:43):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (12:44):
And then there's been you know different opinions
on what you should do.
Should you voluntarily give theinformation up, should you not?
And that is a whole notherargument.
Go back and work with it.
SPEAKER_01 (12:54):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (12:56):
But we we we really need to know the laws, and
that's what we're here to do.
And we're not an attorney, so Ialways tell people I give a
disclaimer, I'm not an attorney.
unknown (13:03):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (13:04):
It is your responsibility to know the laws.
Things change, you know, don'tgo out and have an incident and
come back and say, Well, Crystaltold me I could do this.
Yeah because I didn't maybe youinterpret it that way, but I
didn't tell you that.
SPEAKER_01 (13:15):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (13:16):
So you know, I'm gonna go take the stand and say,
Well, Your Honor, I thought Icould do that because my
instructor or my neighbor orformer law enforcement officer
told me this.
Yeah, they're not on trial.
SPEAKER_02 (13:27):
Yeah, yeah.
And I know Georgia is uh prettystrict as far as no giving
legal, actual legal advice.
So we we have to be careful whenwe're uh teaching law uh
teaching classes in Georgia.
What information we give, no, wecan kind of just you know make
sure we give um generalinformation and no, this could
(13:51):
happen.
Uh check with an attorney, uhalways always put that
disclaimer out there that hey,I'm not an attorney, but this is
what is typically recognized inGeorgia.
SPEAKER_00 (14:04):
And uh no what um what I what we do is we um
provide the the Floridastatutes.
unknown (14:12):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (14:12):
So here you go, these are the statutes.
Take it, take a look.
This is here, you gotta followthese guidelines, it's all right
there.
If you don't understand it,consult with an attorney because
sometimes that legal jar gar uhjargon is really difficult to
understand.
SPEAKER_01 (14:25):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (14:26):
And so that your interpretation of it can be
different than what it actuallymeans.
But yeah, we just have to bevery careful with that.
SPEAKER_02 (14:34):
Yep.
Um all right.
Well, I know wanted to kind ofkeep this short and um short and
sweet.
Uh you know, just kind of give ateaser that hey, we're coming
back live.
Uh we're actively working onbuilding up a guest list and
some topics and everything.
So some of the issues, some ofthe topics that we may have, uh,
(14:56):
like with David and I, we willgo back and maybe just you and
me or you, me, and David, ifhe's able to participate,
talking about whatever uh topicswe have at hand that we want to
discuss.
Uh, and if we have an episodewhere we have a guest that's on,
we'll have a guest where we'llkind of you know question and
(15:17):
answer, let them talk aboutthings that are going on in that
topic that we have them on for.
And you know, we'll just kind ofkeep that aspect or that um that
programming going on for youknow the new episodes
forthcoming.
And uh, like I said, primarilyit'll be you and me, Crystal.
(15:37):
Uh, I know there'll probably besome times where maybe I I've
got somebody that hey, I canonly do it on this day, and you
may not be available.
So um we we'll just do what thebest that we can to have uh you
and me on, and then Davidwhenever he's can be there.
But uh we'll just uh try to keepjumping.
SPEAKER_00 (15:56):
We'll make it work.
SPEAKER_02 (15:57):
We'll hit the ground running.
SPEAKER_00 (16:00):
Yeah, we will.
We'll we're gonna make it workregardless.
SPEAKER_02 (16:02):
So I'm glad to have you here.
SPEAKER_00 (16:04):
Brian, thank you so much.
SPEAKER_02 (16:06):
And uh thank you uh for coming back on and
participating.
And uh uh thanks for the supportthat you gave me through the the
time that I had last year, andit was very, very needed.
And uh I hate uh I hate that wehad to take the break from the
podcast, but uh it was justsomething that I couldn't keep
(16:28):
on doing right at that moment,and I'm back right to the point
now where let's run.
SPEAKER_00 (16:34):
Yeah, life happens.
Every one of us have hadsomething on, and you know what?
We get through it and then wekeep on moving, and here we are.
SPEAKER_02 (16:41):
Yep, makes us stronger.
SPEAKER_00 (16:43):
Sure does.
SPEAKER_02 (16:44):
So all right.
SPEAKER_00 (16:45):
All righty Brian, thank you so much.
SPEAKER_02 (16:47):
And uh we'll look I'll reach out to you as soon as
uh we have uh a couple of uhguests coming up and got some
dates and everything.
SPEAKER_00 (16:54):
Great, thank you.
SPEAKER_02 (16:56):
Thank you, great day, Crystal.
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