Melody Lauer

Our Own Worst Enemy? (Podcast – Season 4, Ballistic Radio Episode 173, August 7th, 2016)

“Emotional control is one of the hardest things to learn if you’ve never done any [intensive training or have experience] and you’re not going…

“Nobody [says], “I don’t carry a firearm because when the fight happens I’ll just pick up a brick or a rock or something and…

“Most of the guns we see turn out to be obese, to put it mildly. Guys will show up with all sorts of paraphernalia…

“If we do something that’s supposed to make us safer but ends up being negligent on our part we might as well not have…

If you can’t recognize the types of… pre-assault indicators, what a criminal might be doing… just before his assault you’re really no better off…

“On more than one occasion I’ve been driving to a class… and I’ve seen a vehicle on the side of the road in distress,…

“The standard take on people taking an interest in their own self-defense is that we are obsessed with violence. Well, we’re not; not anymore…

“If your de-escalation and avoidance skills are really good you never need any of the other skills.” — John Johnston John and JackJack…

“I’ve found everything works pretty good if you can shoot and nothing works good if you can’t.” — Chuck Haggard The legendary Chuck…

General, Mindset, Podcast, TrainingJune 8, 2016<June 8, 2016

“All I have is this time that’s in front of me and an [unknown] expiration date looming out there. So, let’s start, right now,…