{"id":5090,"date":"2016-07-14T18:07:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T22:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2021-08-03T09:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T13:16:59","slug":"dont-get-self-defense-advice-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/dont-get-self-defense-advice-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don&#8217;t Get Self-Defense Advice from YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not that long ago, if you wanted to find reliable information about using firearms for self-defense, your options were severely limited. If you couldn&#8217;t make it out to one of the country&#8217;s two or three shooting schools, there were a handful of books out there, and the gun magazines might offer a useful article every once in a while. Those resources became slightly more common as the 20th century came to a close, and then&#8230; the Internet happened. Today, we have instant access to some of the best information that&#8217;s ever been recorded on any self-defense topic you can imagine. And along with that has come an exponentially greater volume of\u00a0<em>mis<\/em>information. So how are we supposed to tell the difference? That&#8217;s the topic of today&#8217;s video.<\/p> <h2><strong>Why I Don&#8217;t Get Self-Defense Advice From YouTube<\/strong><\/h2> <p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzaNnyjcaPg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p> <p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p> <p>Here are a few of my favorite resources for reliable self-defense information.\u00a0There are, of course, a ton of other great resources out there (even on YouTube), but I think these four are some of the best and most comprehensive:<\/p> <ul> <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.activeresponsetraining.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Active Response Training<\/strong><\/a>: A blog run by veteran cop and self-defense instructor Greg Ellifritz. Lots of thought-provoking articles\u00a0and Greg&#8217;s &#8220;Weekend Knowledge Dump&#8221; posts are a great way to find out about other credible resources.<\/li> <li><a href=\"http:\/\/ballisticradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ballistic Radio<\/strong><\/a>: Listen live every Sunday at 7PM, or download the podcast. John interviews some of the most respected names in the self-defense world. You&#8217;re almost guaranteed to learn something valuable from every interview.<\/li> <li><a href=\"http:\/\/rangemaster.com\/publications\/rangemaster-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rangemaster Newsletter<\/strong><\/a>: Monthly\u00a0online newsletter from Tom Givens and the rest of the Rangemaster staff. Covers a wide range of self-defense topics including tactics, mindset, gear, and recommendations for training.<\/li> <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pistol-training.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pistol-Training.com<\/strong><\/a>: Todd Green passed away earlier this year, but his blog archives are still a fantastic resource for handgun shooters at any level who want to\u00a0get better.<\/li> <\/ul> <p>Full transcript of the video below:<\/p> <hr \/> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About a year ago, we decided to expand what we were doing on the Lucky Gunner blog and also start posting videos on YouTube on a more regular schedule. And one of our initial concerns when we decided to do that was that we might have to spend more time moderating comments. Because, as I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re aware, YouTube is notorious for how nasty and ignorant the comments section can be. But that actually has not been our experience at all so far. Most of you guys have been incredibly kind and supportive of what we\u2019re trying to do here and, while I don\u2019t get a chance to respond to all of the comments, I want to let you know I appreciate the encouragement. It does not go unnoticed.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s really gratifying when people acknowledge the effort that we\u2019ve put into this because we do try to go the extra mile to produce videos that are easy to watch and write articles that are enjoyable to read, but most importantly, we\u2019re trying to put out information that is reliable. And that\u2019s what I want to talk about today for just a minute because there is a lot of unreliable, just, garbage out there, especially in the realm of using firearms for self-defense. YouTube seems to have attracted a disproportionate share of that nonsense, but you can just as easily find it on Facebook or blogs or anywhere else online, and there seem to be a lot of people out there accepting it as fact without any question.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think a big part of this problem is a blurring of the lines between shooting as a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hobby<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and shooting as a potentially <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">life-saving skill<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. So, if I want to learn something that&#8217;s purely technical like how to take a gun apart, or maybe I just want to learn some gun history, or I&#8217;m interested in the specs on a new rifle that just came out, there are a ton of online resources for that kind of information. And I try to seek out reputable sources, but I don\u2019t have to be real picky about where that information is coming from because if they say something that&#8217;s wrong, there\u00a0probably aren&#8217;t going to be any serious real-world consequences for me.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But then, the closer those sources start to veer toward actually giving self-defense <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advice<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, suddenly the stakes are much higher and at some point we have to ask, \u201cwhy is this guy qualified to be telling how to protect myself?\u201d <\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So for example, anybody can go out and buy a gun, snap some photos, and write an article about their first impressions, and that may or may not be helpful information. But then when they say something like \u201cI chose the option with night sights because that&#8217;s essential for any concealed carry gun\u201d they are now implying that they are qualified to offer their opinion on using a gun as a tool of deadly force. And that is a bold claim to make, even though we don&#8217;t usually think of simple gun reviews in terms quite that explicitly.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That example is fairly innocuous, but there are plenty of people out who push it much further than that who will tell you what kind of gun you need to carry, when you need to carry it, how to shoot it, and what kind of threats you need to prepare for. And they will tell you all of that without citing any sources and without having had any relevant training or experience. But if the guy&#8217;s got a few thousand followers online and he can throw around some big words like \u201cgross motor skills\u201d or &#8220;bore axis&#8221;, then all of a sudden, he can pass himself off as some kind of authority on the topic. And that&#8217;s really frustrating for people who are making an effort to put out reliable information and also for consumers who are doing their best to figure out which sources they can actually depend on.<\/span><\/p><p><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not always easy to tell when someone is qualified to be talking about self-defense, especially if you\u2019re new to all of this. There are a few clues that I\u00a0use when I&#8217;m trying to determine whether I&#8217;m going to trust a certain source.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can start with the basics like professional background because most people will be pretty up front about that. Law enforcement or military experience can be relevant and a lot of the guys that I\u2019ve learned from the most have had distinguished careers as cops or soldiers. But you also have to be careful here because those professions don&#8217;t necessarily imply that they understand what the armed citizen needs to know. \u00a0Carrying a rifle into combat with armor and air support is a lot different from being attacked by a knife-wielding crack-head in the Wal-Mart parking lot. So I tend to be pretty skeptical if someone\u2019s sole qualification is just the mere fact that they were in the military or have\u00a0law enforcement experience&#8211; that by itself doesn\u2019t tell us what kind of\u00a0actual experience or training they&#8217;ve had.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When someone\u2019s got a background as a\u00a0competitive shooter, that\u2019s kind of convenient because there is already some objective measurement\u00a0in place. If they actually know how to shoot, then they will have had some success\u00a0in matches and that by itself lends\u00a0some credibility. Competition guys often give us some of the best information available on the\u00a0purely technical aspects of shooting. But again, context is important, and the lessons we can learn from shooting matches don\u2019t always carry over into the self-defense world, especially if we&#8217;re talking about gear selection or\u00a0which specific\u00a0skills to emphasize in our training.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another thing to look for in someone who\u2019s putting out self-defense information is what do other knowledgeable people think of them? Are there any reputable sources talking about their stuff or linking to them and saying \u201cHey, listen to this guy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if they&#8217;re not all that well-known, that\u2019s not necessarily a problem, just flip that question around. Are they saying things that tend to echo and support other well-regarded advice? Of course, even the most qualified experts don\u2019t agree on everything, but if somebody&#8217;s got\u00a0some kind of rogue opinion and giving advice that&#8217;s sort of out of left field\u00a0that\u2019s not being validated by anybody else in the self-defense community, that\u2019s usually\u00a0a pretty big red flag.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So really, it helps to look at several different sources, and eventually you will start to notice a good deal of overlap between the people who seem to know what they\u2019re talking about, even if they&#8217;re not explicitly referencing each other by name.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you\u2019ve been paying attention, at this point you should probably be asking why am I qualified<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0to be offering any self-defense advice. I don\u2019t have any experience with military or law enforcement and I have never really been a serious competitor. In fact, I\u2019m not any kind of self-defense expert at all, but what I have done is made it a priority to learn as much as I can from people who <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> experts. <\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last few years I have spent hundreds of hours training with dozens of different instructors to learn things like how to shoot like your life depends on it, and how to teach other people how to shoot, and even some less popular topics like how to de-escalate conflict and how to recognize dangerous situations so you don\u2019t have to use your gun. There is a list of most of the guys I\u2019ve trained with on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/author\/chris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my bio page<\/a> on our blog. I usually try to keep that up to date and I will leave a link to that in the video description. <\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not trying to make some big deal out of my training resume, I just want to get across the fact that almost nothing I say here is just something I\u2019ve made up myself. It\u2019s usually little pieces of things that I have learned from people who are actually experts that I have been able to verify through my own experience and observation and then repackage into little bite-sized internet video nuggets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also, thankfully, have the advantage that I don&#8217;t have any advertisers to answer to. Lucky Gunner pays me to do this, There are no other donors or sponsors that we have to keep happy. It\u2019s a pretty straightforward arrangement &#8212; if you like the content that we&#8217;re putting out, we\u2019re hoping that the next time you need to buy ammo, you will go to LuckyGunner.com to get it. That\u2019s not to say that people who have advertisers are automatically biased. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s usually the case at all, but I know that&#8217;s a concern a lot of people have when they\u2019re considering a source\u2019s credibility and fortunately,\u00a0that&#8217;s something we just don&#8217;t have to deal with.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, that is enough about me, hopefully for a while. Be sure to check out today\u2019s blog post for a list of some of my favorite online self-defense resources. Next time, I promise we will talk more about guns.<\/span><\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not that long ago, if you wanted to find reliable information about using firearms for self-defense, your options were severely &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/dont-get-self-defense-advice-youtube\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17,58],"class_list":["post-5090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toolbox","tag-self-defense","tag-training"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why I Don&#039;t Get Self-Defense Advice from YouTube<\/title>\n<meta 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