“We don’t like to make mags that aren’t optimizing or increasing, or at least matching the performance of the factory magazines. So there’s a…

“So the motivation became I’m doing this now because of the people I love and the things I love and I don’t want to…

“It seems like you get around the personal protection industry folk and, as a newbie, you go ‘Yeah, I want to do this to…

“I’d been involved in real violence in my life several times, and never before in training had I felt that kind of pressure.” -Shawn…

“ECQC is designed to teach deploying a firearm at extremely close ranges. But when we think that through for a second, the solution is…

“[Being] able to go ‘Okay, I’ve seen this before, I have a mental map for how this might play out,’ and work through that…

“The problem is, I think, when you’re new to this, you’re confusing one with the other; you’re confusing that goal as the end state.”…

“Many ads do both; they kind of reflect that people have an interest in this thing, say a subcompact gun, but they can also…

“I would say that mastering yourself and both having the discipline to work on your issues, and the ability to figure out successful ways…

“I think the biggest thing when training the newbies is that the how’s matter just as much if not more so than the whats.”…