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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rhart" data-source="post: 2815991" data-attributes="member: 16596">My take on the interview was that he was trying to sell everyone on "situational awareness" and getting training as responsible concealed carriers. This guy's business obviously doesn't cater to everyday folks, but to government agencies and large corporations. Most who frequent this and similar forums buy into being prepared and having situational awareness and probably feel they have decent situational awareness. I would say that most people in the US are not even minimally prepared to respond to a terrorist situation and totally lack an appreciable level of situational awareness most, if not all, of the time. Getting a fair level of training does not necessarily require taking an expensive tactical class - read books, watch training videos, watch documentaries on terrorist attacks and military operations, etc - the internet is a wealth of information. Yes, it is nice to be "trained" in person by subject matter experts to help ingrain lessons, but it is not absolutely necessary to achieve a reasonable level of competence IMHO. I have taken a couple of classes and I did learn a couple of tricks I didn't know at the time, but the classes were somewhat disappointing in that most of the techniques I was familiar with from my reading and watching training vids. The best part about the training was the instructor forced us to actually practice the drills, but if one is disciplined and practices drills observed in print or video a similar result can be obtained. Taking a class is not going to make the average person an expert - that comes from continually practicing what you learn in class thereafter. Also, a reasonable level of competence can be had from regularly participating in combat related sports like IPSC, IDPA, Steel Challenge, etc. The more matches one attends the more varied the shooting scenarios experienced. I believe every one should take classes if they can afford it, but if you can't then take advantage of the free material available on the internet. I would like to see local experts offer free seminars on situational awareness and surviving/dealing with terrorist and active shooter scenarios. They should view it not only as a community service, but also as a sort of infomercial that will garner them students in the future if they can impress with their material. If I was one of these experts that is what I would do. It would also be a great public relations strategy that might swing some borderline anti-gunners to our way of thinking about being armed citizens. And it just might make America a little safer...Edited to format paragraphs<img src="/images/smilies/new/patriot.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":patriot:" title="Patriot    :patriot:" data-shortname=":patriot:" /></blockquote>

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