The Safety Solutions Academy Podcast
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0318 - Interview with Wade Stevens of TerraLUX Tactical Lights at NASGW 2012 [ 21:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (578)Sponsor of the Day: Templar Custom Arms
Today we wrap up our official SHOT Show coverage for 2012. Keep in mind that there will be more information continuing to come from SHOT Show as we have guns and gear on the way from manufacturers for testing and evaluation. In addition, we forged relationships at the show that will continue to be important throughout the year.
Today’s show showcases the kinds of connections we can make at a gig like SHOT. Today we will talk with Zach of Helix Arms. We got a chance to press palms with Zach for the first time at SHOT and there has been nothing but shenanigans since.
0268 - Interview with Zach Houghton of Helix Arms [ 33:08 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (452)
Today we have a chance to sit down with two outstanding professional shooters who are both members of Team Smith & Wesson Team Captain Julie Golob, and master of the wheel gun and just about everything else with a trigger, Jerry Miculek. We have a chance to talk about family, women in the outdoors, shooting, new shotguns, books and more.
0266 - An Interview with Julie Golob and Jerry Miculek of Team Smith and Wesson [ 18:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (546)
Yup, in just 5 minutes the mad rush will begin to find out about al the latest gadgets and gear at SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV. Â Instead, SSA will be heading into the show looking to find the Woman’s Tactical Association to find out how they help to provide quality training to female LEO’s
Enjoy the coverage of the Show. Â More videos are uploaded from range day and will be live soon!
Last week I did a bunch of teaching. Nothing unusual. I did have a great bunch of students in my IFHF-OHCCW which is a bit different than usual. Don’t get me wrong, most of the folks I come across are excellent people, but this group had a synergy that isn’t found very often in a class of people who don’t know each other before they show up. When You get a group of people that are learning well together and having a good time, things work more smoothly, everything makes more sense, the students learn more and the instructor learns more too. I have to say that was my favorite part of the class. You see, most folks who take a CCW course are either pretty inexperienced with guns and self-defense, or have a good bit of experience and are just showing up to check a box. People that are there to simply meet a requirement set by the state aren’t terribly invested in the class to provide quality feedback, and those that are inexperienced don’t necessarily have the background to know the quality of instruction they are receiving, good or bad. This makes it difficult for them to comment effectively. This group was a good cross section of folks. From never shot a gun before to very experienced. This group of people had some good feedback. One of the best comments I received on the class was in an email I received after the course. The basic point of the email was that as an instructor it was conflicting to say that reliability is paramount in a self-defense handgun on one hand and then on the other to offhandedly comment that I can’t remember the last time I cleaned my Glock. What an excellent point. Today we are going to talk about keeping our life saving tools properly maintained.
