But, I mean, is that something, I mean, how do you keep from doing that?

I mean, what you're saying is very common.

And it's just a matter of, you know, unfortunately, a lot of folks feel like when they go to a class that they're checking off a block, you know.

that they're like, well, you know, this guy said I should do this, and I got around to it, and now I'm good.

And I fulfilled that requirement.

And it's difficult.

I'll give you a good example.

when you have a student coming in, well, you know, I was watching this YouTube video coach, and they were like totally doffus at what you're saying.

And what is the thing that irritates you the most about the influencers, Paul?

Oh, geez, how much time do we have? No, the problem I have with these influencers is, besides the fact that they're all a bunch of self-aggrandizing whores, is the fact that they, quote, influence the unwashed masses into doing reckless and negligent things.

And then when the unwashed masses do reckless and negligent things and end up injuring themselves or killing themselves, they don't hold themselves responsible or accountable.

It's like, well, this guy did what he saw you do on YouTube, and then he shot himself dead.

right through the leg and through his femoral artery.

They're like, yeah, but he, you know, he did it wrong.

Like, yeah, but he shouldn't have been doing it in the first place.

Do it.

Okay.

But that's what you program the human animal for.

to do, right? You forced them to put that movement in, you know, you programmed it into the, into the brain, right? You've got the prefrontal cortex, you have the cerebellum, you have the motor, you have your motor cortex, you have your basal ganglia, which is habit formation.

You have all these things.

So you put that programming into their brain.

And I've seen this over and over again on shooting ranges.

So you have a range where you have an amateurish instructor who forces their students to do press checks because they think that's what's cool or whatever.

Is there a psychological component in a gunfight? You think somebody says,

Are those businesses at risk or jobs at risk if they don't look for new markets or, you know, being forced into it now? Yeah, well,

absolutely.

You know, the interesting thing about, you know, the tariff, the counter-tariff side is that You know, it can have both a positive and a negative impact.

You know, in certain circumstances, you're going to see businesses that are laying people off, but at the same time, other businesses that have a skilled labor shortage.

And that's really the issue at hand here is that you've got all this uncertainty, but it's really business and industry specific.

What I've found from talking with most of our bigger manufacturing businesses is that because of what had happened through the pandemic and through the earlier stages of this tariff war, they found ways to diversify their supply chain as well as their markets.

And their job is to keep their doors afloat and to maintain profitability.

How does that help here locally? Well, again, I think

Yes, I did.

Yeah.

I mean, it was titled, Don't Tell Me What Not to Do.

And you're like, well, that's kind of weird.

But, well, in the firearm space, we hear people, you know, they make these YouTube videos or Instagram videos or whatever.

And they're like, oh, do this, derp, derp, derp.

But don't, but that's not what we do.

I'm very much aware of the fact that most people that train with you probably are never going to have to use a gun for self-defense just because it's part of the scientific method with self-defense with a gun or anything like that is awareness part of the scientific

And, Paul, with regards to the bus shuttle route, no feedback yet, but it did change a bit.

Yeah, I mean, we're getting feedback.

The feedback has been, unfortunately, not super positive, which is a shame.

I mean, we did work with the city last year.

They were going to enforce parking.

We convinced the city to only enforce part of it while we worked out some logistics for this year.

Part of that was coming up with a new transit process or program, which was actually a free shuttle system that ran from Park Place down through Allendale, through the waterfront, up to H Block, which is right behind the library, and then back through on about a 12-minute bus route.

Were you folks aware that the city was going to be enforcing?

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I said, "Somebody is gonna die because they're gonna emulate their favorite gun tuber, their favorite gun influencer." You know, they're gonna wanna, you know, monkey see, monkey do.

You know, you...

That's, I mean, that's, that's the culture.

You know, when I was in my 20s, I, I, I wanted to get the stuff that the, that the, you know, the older guys, you know, the guys I looked up to.

You know, if Massad Ayoob said this was a good gun or, you know, whomever, I'm like, "Oh man, this, that dude endorses it." And you know, I've been saying it for a, you know, and over and over again.

And it happened.

Right.

there now today, and they've been watching too much Miami Vice, and they think when you shoot somebody one time, they fly backwards 27 feet, and that's all it takes to put somebody down, is what you were telling me earlier.

Yeah, so it's kind of one of those situations where normally if a police officer does something hinky or dumb, I'm going to call it out.

Right.

I have no problem with that.

I wore the uniform and I wore the badge.

And you don't become a sacred cow and you're not infallible because you put on a polyester uniform.

But at the same time, we also and I see this in the gun community, the pylon, you know.

The, and,

So, please, let's talk about what you want to talk about now that I have set that up for you.

Well, I'm working on a new book.

It's called Super Lab.

And the subtitle is Application of the Scientific Methods of Firearms Training.

And there's obviously a lot in that book.

They talk about tactics and mindset and skill and gear and so on and so forth, methods of training, how and why we train.

And I'm working on a section about mindset.

Why do you think that has happened? Is it because we've lost some voices or is it just the next generation coming up? What do you think it is?

Anyway, anyhow, I know you've got something on your mind, so what's happening with

Paul? You and I talked last Tuesday, and we addressed the topic of what do you do if you're a righty and you have either a permanent or temporary injury or rehab or something, you know.

Like Jared had surgery and had to have his arm in one of those big padded puffy sling things because he has shoulder surgery for like four to six weeks.

So you're down to one arm.

And, you know, how do you go about training, practicing, preparing? Because, you know, if you're carrying a gun for self-defense and you're down to one arm, you don't need a pass.

It's not like someone's going to see you and say, oh, I was going to attack that guy.

I changed my mind because I'm being a bit merciful.

Drive out of it, but don't get

Anyway, you were about to tell me the criteria for, I guess, what would be a good gun to carry or what? Well, for concealed carry, yeah.

I mean, so I wrote an article for Rob at Shoot On.

These are the top five requirements.

for a concealed carry gun, regardless of whose name is roll stamped onto the slide.

Right.

Right.

I think what a lot of these people do is they're like, well, you know, which, which Smith and Wesson, which Ruger, which SIG, which whatever, you know, is the one that we want to recommend.

not what interests me.