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the light my name's rob wardell i

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spent ten years in the marine corps

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fighting in iraq and afghanistan

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as an amateur rifleman when i finish

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that time i became a private military

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contractor during this time it was my

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job to teach today we're going to

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talk about some things that pertain to

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use drop that firearm on your body

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some things you may need to think

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about early questions you can answer welcome

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to the dc series

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so you've heard this before what should

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i carry how many magazine should i

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carry these are questions i can't answer

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for you but it's something you need

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to think about what does your idiocy

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mean to you i'm not here to

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tell you that all i can do

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is give you food for thought some

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things you need to consider when you

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select your

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firearm do you want something so compact

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that nobody's ever going to find it

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on your body or are you sacrificing

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too much accuracy and magazine capacity that

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perhaps it's a better fit for you

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to have a larger size weapon if

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you carry because you're preparing for a

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large scale attack on the united states

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well a six years probably not going

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to do the job for you you

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have to answer these questions on your

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own another concern

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federation is when you're selecting that firearm

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we look at all different sizes all

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different calibers and when you say well

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this one fits my hand best that's

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like purchasing a car because the driver

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seat feels the best when you sit

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in it that's probably not a realistic

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goal you should look at what the

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firearm is capable of how accurate you

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can be with that firearm how many

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rounds that magazine holds these are all

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factors

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the things you need to consider and

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greatly so how well can you hide

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that firearm on your body because if

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it prints are you in trouble these

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are things we're going to talk about

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a little bit later

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so what you carry can often be

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dictated by why do you carry and

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these are questions you're going to have

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to ask what is that moment of

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friction you're worried about is it a

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single person who might engage you or

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is it a larger scale attack that

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you're preparing for and that's going to

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dictate things like ammo capacity size of

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the weapon these are questions you have

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to think about before

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four you've encountered that moment of friction

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and in addition to that put yourself

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in that moment what's going to happen

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when you draw a very small gun

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out of your holster or you cough

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when you're going to survive that situation

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or perhaps is it worth it carried

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a little bit more weight in that

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firearm so you have more magazine capacity

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greater accuracy or a faster second shot

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on target these are things you're going

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to have

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consider before you strap that gun on

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your body

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so why do you carry a firearm

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let's picture a moment when you bend

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over in the coffee shop and somebody

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sees that firearm on your hip and

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they ask you what is that why

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do you carry that you didn't have

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an answer ready because in that moment

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you could be overwhelmed in the circumstance

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maybe your answer is i carry a

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firearm for my safety and for yours

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or

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maybe there's a deeper meaning we need

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to have an extra your answer ready

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to share with the world but we

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can also have a separate inter answer

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i might carry a firearm because due

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to my experience and background it's a

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comfort item for me or perhaps i'm

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preparing because of an experience i had

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my past these are things you may

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not want to share with the world

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but you need to have that answer

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for yourself and when that moment comes

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it might be

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because of the holster you chose if

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you've got a holster that hangs off

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your belt perhaps that means you'll get

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a faster draw perhaps that means you're

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more comfortable because it's not inside the

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pants however people are going to identify

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that if you're inside the pants perhaps

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you can get away with a little

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bit more discretion however is it going

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to affect your draw speed again these

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are things you're going to have to

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decide on your own

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so you've got a sub one second

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draw you can come out of your

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holster fast and engage accurately and precisely

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your target however what does that mean

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for you in the parking lot are

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you going to hit the command standby

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before threat and does that tell you

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it's time to shoot or have you

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looked at the circumstance have you decided

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when you have to engage

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or when the option exists to leave

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something i like to mention i'm a

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triple black belt in the nike technique

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i will run away from a situation

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because chances are i'll be safe afterwards

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if i don't have that option now

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i need to look at other considerations

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if i do draw my firearm what

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comes next and am i prepared for

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that and not just that moment but

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leading up to that

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that moment is my brain ready to

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strike am i prepared to not be

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a victim

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the perhaps for your idiocy means not

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just sharing a firearm but it also

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might mean a flashlight is limited to

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your imagination for you a pocket knife

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might be included pepper spray might be

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enough

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noted one thing i put a very

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high value on is that flashlight what

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is your ability to take down a

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threat or identify a threat if you

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can't see it in the first place

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and not only does it give you

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the opportunity to see that threat but

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when i come across the eyes of

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that target it gives me a second

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to react to what they're doing identify

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and they stun for a minute to

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buy me that time what you do

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what you strap on

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your body is something you have to

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figure out before you leave your house

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so it's a big responsibility not just

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strapping that firearm onto your body but

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what happens when you need to take

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that firearm off of your body what

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happens when you get home or back

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to your vehicle say you need to

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go to the hospital you can't bring

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your firearm into the hospital so where

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are you going to secure that firearm

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where are you going to secure that

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farm when you get home if you

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leave it on the car

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coffee table and somebody gains possession of

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it you might be responsible for what

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happens next and play that out how

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does that look who got hurt how

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many people got hurt and you might

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be responsible for those things so have

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a plan keep that firearm locked within

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your vehicle if you're going to abandon

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it makes you have a safe securing

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method and when you're at home

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home have a safe and have a

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plan for that safe that your significant

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other also knows about so you're able

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to lock up your firearm in your

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car but how far does it go

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do you keep a long gun in

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your car does that offer you more

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options and more capabilities if so do

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you also carry a trauma kit do

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you carry extra food water whereas the

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limitations of vdc and where does it

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stop

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these are things you've got to decide

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but one thing i can say whatever

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you do keep your vehicle is probably

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not smart to advertiser

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the day we posed a few questions

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weapons selection to include the holster equipment

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not limited to just your weapon safety

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first and foremost and the next few

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episodes we're going to cover many more

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topics to include when you draw your

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fire when it's appropriate

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to draw that firearm what equipment can

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help you in these situations and most

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of all the mentality behind those situations

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as you can imagine e d c

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has no ends so next few episodes

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we're going to break down some of

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these questions and look at some options

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we're going to help you way through

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what the right choices for you were

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going to cover topics like ammunition selection

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weapon accessories and many more topics in

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future episodes of the dc series

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the