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Excellent point--and here's a partial solution. The sound is conducted through your cheekbones, so nothing blocks the ears.

On that topic, I'd love to see a hearable product (like Bragi's Dash Pro) that molds to your ear canal and incorporates active hearing protection. shutupandtakemymoney.gif

That having been said, situational awareness isn't taught or practiced nearly enough. It's at least as important as range time, especially since in the vast majority of instances it can help you avoid a kill-or-be-killed situation in the first place.

I've done conceal carry for almost 10 years and tried a lot of different things. Here are my recommendations:

Get yourself a Shield or Glock 43. They're both solid stock pistols and the overall most versatile concealed carry pistols in terms of holsters, accessories, and trigger/sight upgrades. Get a good pocket or IWB holster for it. If you want to carry IWB, get a proper gun belt. I do both and now lean toward pocket carry, as it's the most comfortable and most versatile for any given wardrobe. You will simply carry more days of your life if you have a pocket setup available.

Once you get a holster, practice the draw without any ammo every day until you accumulate 300-500 repetitions. Start slow to get your form down. Use videos from top competitive shooters on draw stroke technique [1], [2] to get an idea of the fundamentals. Also see Ben Stoeger's Dry Fire Training and Practical Pistol: Reloaded for more on core shooting skill. Check out the entire Tactical Preschool series for a primer on tactics and mindset.

Whenever you get budget for it, get some training. You'll want to look for someone with a Master or Grand Master classification in USPSA for core shooting skill and a former SWAT or military instructor for tactics and mindset. If you can find someone with both, great, but it's fine to go to different, specialized trainers.

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Well, the answers to your questions might be in his forthcoming book, which I am looking forward to reading.

And, your "therefore we have many laws" statement actually concedes his point as to the legitimacy of gun control laws. His question is whether it is ethical to use self defense as an argument against gun control law.

And correlation actually does imply causation, though of course, it doesn't prove it.

I frankly don't see good evidence that gun ownership results in a net reduction in injury rates (aka self protection), criminal or otherwise. Anecdotal reports of DGU aside.

The onus is really on the proponents like you. Can you prove that DGU results in a net increase in personal safety?