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No One Should Live in Fear! The Self Defense Podcast for everyone! We talk about using a firearm for self defense and awareness.

Modern Self Protection Podcast Ben Branam

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    • 4.7 • 145 Ratings

No One Should Live in Fear! The Self Defense Podcast for everyone! We talk about using a firearm for self defense and awareness.

    MSP 346 Heroism Podcast

    MSP 346 Heroism Podcast

    For this podcast, I got with Rob Morse of the Slow Facts Blog, Self-Defense Gun Stories, and Gun Freedom Radio.
     
    We talked about some of the terrorist attacks in Israel and what you can do if those come to our shores.

    • 54 min
    When to Change out Carry Ammo

    When to Change out Carry Ammo

    When should you change your carry ammo?  Is it necessary? Will carry ammo go bad?  What could make it go bad?
    Check out show notes at ModerSelfProtection.com for anything you might have missed.
    P.S.  I'm riding to raise money to fight Alzheimer's and would love if you could throw a couple bucks at it.  Click here to help me and the Alzheimer's Association out.
    Get some ammo here.
    Stay Safe, 
    Ben

    • 33 min
    Battlefield Leadership; Prepare Now

    Battlefield Leadership; Prepare Now

    Be the leader now so that you can learn to be better if you ever have to defend yourself or your family.

    • 18 min
    De-Escalation Requires Practice

    De-Escalation Requires Practice

    Like every skill you have for self-defense, de-escalation should be practiced any time you can.

    • 13 min
    MSP 342 Tactics over Skills

    MSP 342 Tactics over Skills

    I'm here to tell you that tactics are more important than the gear and the skill you have with the gear. Your understanding of what is going on and your move toward what you want to happen is your tactics.
     
    A definition of gear is obvious, it's the stuff you have. The definition of skill is how you can use that gear. Your tactics are the overall mindset and how to employ your skills towards a goal. It's just bigger thinking...
    See the rest at ModernSelfProtection.com Tactics over Skills
     

    • 29 min
    Welcome to the Party

    Welcome to the Party

    I spent 10 years in the Marine Corps including a combat tour and being part of an anti-terrorism force. I left the Marine Corps to return to Iraq as a private contractor for the U.S. Government fighting terrorism. I gave a large portion of my adult life to fighting terrorism and the horrors that most people don't want to deal with. To me, a terrorist is about the lowest scum on earth.
     
    Then in 2008, I was called a terrorist for the first time by then-President Obama. The term domestic terrorist had just started and I was on the list. Being a white male, military-aged, former military, contractor, Christian, and gun owner I was on the top of the list. Everyone thought I was crazy for saying the United States Government could do such a thing. The truth is they have been doing it for a long time. Welcome to the party!
     
    Through the years it has only gotten worse. I know I'm on every watch list the government has which makes me both sad and proud. Yes, I will associate with the deplorable's, that is almost half the country. Yes, I cling to my religion and my guns. Yes, I'm proud to be an American. Yes, I think our government f's things up a lot. At least I'm not on the no-fly list... yet.
     
    All of these lists that you don't know you are on, how you got there, or how to get off are a threat to every free person in the world. And I don't know how to fix it.
     
    It is not time to fight the great boogaloo (which is now a terrorist word as indicated by a leaked FBI memo). I'm trying to get more involved at my local political level because I know local politicians grow up to be state and federal politicians.
     
    This blog is about self-defense. So you might ask how all that plays into your self-defense. Well, the "Justice System" hasn't been not been impartial for a long time, it has gotten worse. If the "they" of the world think you are on the wrong side it appears unlikely you will get a fair trial.
     
    Do you remember the Austin protester during a BLM protest that was carrying an AK openly and gave a weird interview with his rifle right before the shooting? Then an Army Sergeant driving for Uber, carrying a concealed handgun with a license smoked him after ending up in the crowd by mistake. The Army Sergeant got convicted of Murder early this year over three years after the shooting.
     
    I've known since I was a teenager that the deck was stacked against me if I have to use deadly force. It was what I was taught in Law Enforcement and it didn't take much research at the time to see that if the U.S. Government wanted you, they were going to convict you.
     
    So, you are out there, just trying to protect yourself. Take extra care in what you do. Be more mindful to stay out of places that might put you and your family in danger. Be more careful about where you insert yourself into other people's problems. And be more careful about who you argue with. All of this could end you up in prison for the rest of your life... and is more likely to happen now than it was five years ago.
     
    In conclusion, welcome to this shitty party that somehow we all ended up in.
     
    Stay Safe,
     
    Ben
    First published on ModernSelfDefense.com

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
145 Ratings

145 Ratings

Ctownz83 ,

Great show

Great show. I look forward to every new episode. Legacy Media is Dead! Podcasts are the only way to get news and info nowadays.

tattooedmike ,

Thanks!!!

You have been a great friend and a great teacher. Your pod cast and 5 minute Friday keeps be going. You have shown me that you aren’t to old to learn how to shoot.

Junky John ,

Modern Self Protection

Podcast: 300
This was a great one. Yes, plenty of Mind Set stuff out there, but you did this one with a great twist. You are getting better and creating your own style. Would love for you to have one aimed for older guys, like 75.

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