Today we have a special guest; Louis Caras, a Tactical Response Small Arms & Tactics instructor who will join us to discuss a troubling situation. Why is it in the year of Our Lord, Two-thousand and Twenty-Five, that there are still so-called experts in the world of firearms who ignore the importance of traumatic medical training and gear?
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We have a question from an audience member that plays right into our Tech Talk segment from EOTech Inc. What is the difference between target focus and sight focus? Also, can an optic on a handgun be beneficial while moving and shooting or is it a drawback?
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During our Leadership Lesson, Paul has some suggested reading which can now be consumed via audiobook. Have you read the Morning Mindset book yet?
As usual, we have our Fighting Fitness segment. Paul gives an update regarding what we will call the Nick Orr Challenge. Do not neglect your leg strength. And, is eating protein a bad thing? Paul and Jarrad consider an OpEd that seriously questions the consumption of protein.
TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE
- Huge thanks to our Partners: EOTech | Spike’s Tactical
- 4 Universal Safety Rules +1 Poster: ShopSOTG.com
- [0:06:35] EOTech Talk – EOTechInc.com
- TOPIC: Sight Focus vs Target Focus
- [0:32:51] Warrior of the Week – James Yeager’s “Virtues of a Warrior”
- TOPIC: The Ultimate Armed Citizen: Using Pistols, Rifles, and Shotguns as Fighting Tools AUDIOBOOK https://amzn.to/47S8nXw
- [0:38:12] SOTG Homeroom – SOTG University
- TOPIC: What’s up with gun people continuing to ignore medical? – Special Guest; Louis Caras
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Enjoyed your discussion about red dot sights on firearms. In my case I am not the “one eyed man”, but close, because I had 20/170 vision in both eyes until 2001 when I had a cataract removed from my right eye. As a result my vision in my right eye now is 20/15, BUT only from about four feet out, while my left eye is still 20/170. I am right handed and my right eye is dominant, so . . . . I struggle to hold a sight picture when I shoot, and the conflict between my eyes plays havoc with finding and holding my sight picture. I wear corrective lenses with progressive bifocals, but the problem is even more exacerbated when I am not wearing my glasses. So I feel your discussion today.