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FNP202 : Giving Guns as Gifts - Julie Golob Dec 20, 2022

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Julie Golob is a professional shooter. She is sponsored by Smith and Wesson and has been in shooting sports for over 25 years. Julie's accomplishments include winning the IPSC World Championship in her division. She was the US Army Athlete of the Year. Julie is also the first and only 7 division USPSA Pistol Ladies National Champion, plus she competes in all the major shooting sports. Julie is also a mother and author. She has written several books including "Toys, Tools, Guns & Rules" which is a book to teach kids gun safety. Julie is featured on Smith and Wesson's "Gunsmarts" videos which are broken down to the shooter's experience to teach gun handling, shooting and drills.

Links mentioned in the show:

www.juliegolob.com

FNP 201 : Best of Firearms Nation - Hwansik Kim Nov 30, 2022

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The episode is a replay of an interview I did with Hwansik Kim back in 2018. Right now, Hwansik is currently representing the USA at the 2022 World Shoot in Thailand. It's quite an accomplishment to make the World Team amongst all the great competitors in the United States. In this episode, Hwanski talks about the high-level training and mindset he uses and this, without a doubt, got him where he is today.

FNP 200 : Steve Anderson - The 200th Episode! Nov 16, 2022

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Steve Anderson is back to be my guest on the 200th Episode of the Firearms Nation Podcast. As always, we have a great talk on the mental aspect of shooting and competing plus Steve drops some awesome knowledge bombs! Thank you to all the listeners who have been with the show for all these years.

https://www.andersonshooting.com/

FNP 199 : John Simpson - Former Sniper and Flash Recognition Oct 31, 2022

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John Simpson is a former US Army Sniper and instructor. John also teaches at SniperCraft alongside Derrick Bartlett, who was on Episode 187. I had a great talk with Derrick about "Tactical Blindness" and when I heard that John teaches a technique called "Flash Recognition," I wanted to bring him on. Flash Recognition is a technique used with fighter pilots and has applications in the shooting/sniper world.

Links mentioned in the show:

John's LinkedIn Profile

John's Book "Foundations of Sniper Marksmanship"

Same book on Amazon.com

FNP 198 : Chris Kuras - Tactical Human Performance Aug 24, 2022

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Chris Kuras is a full-time police officer assigned to the Training Unit of his agency. Chris is also on the department's SWAT team where he utilizes his background in athletics to help push the officers to be better at shooting and fitness. Chris is also an instructor for Condition One Group which has a variety of training courses with a big focus on Close Quarter Battle or CQB. Military, Law Enforcement and Civilians all can train with Condition One and we discuss this in the episode.

Links mentioned in the show:

Condition One Group

FNP 197 : Josh Shaw - Shooting a Stock Pistol Aug 02, 2022

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Josh Shaw is a grandmaster shooting in USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association). He is also an instructor for Green Ops which teaches people how to shoot different firearms in both the tactical and competitive arenas. Josh worked for the Department of Defense as an intel officer and deployed multiple times overseas. Josh is also a Modern Samurai Project (Scott Jedlinski's company) endorsed Red Dot Pistol instructor. Josh recently wrote an article on shooting competition with a stock pistol for various reasons. In this episode, we discuss that concept.

Links mentioned on the show:

https://www.green-ops.com/

FNP 196 : Frank Proctor - Thinking About Shooting Jul 18, 2022

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Frank Proctor is a former Special Forces operator as well as a grand master competitor in USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association). Frank is a well know firearms instructor who also has the insight to create various products that have helped him as well as other shooters work better with their firearms. Frank has been a guest of this show back on Episode 122 and a live Q&A on Episode 134.

https://www.frankproctorshooting.com/

FNP 195 : Lanny Bassham - Replay With Winning in Mind Jul 04, 2022

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Happy 4th of July! This is a replay from the vault of a 2018 interview I did with Lanny Bassham. Here is a little about Lanny:

95% of all winning comes from the same 5% of the competitors. What makes them different than the rest of us? Their mental game is better than the others. Anyone can practice a sport or hobby and develop skill at that sport, but the ones with a better mental system will always win in the end. How does a person get a better mental game? My guest today started out as the guy least likely to get to the Olympics as a small kid in 6th grade. Fast forward to the 1976 Olympics where my guest, Lanny Bassham took the gold medal in small bore rifle shooting. But it wasn't an easy road. Lanny had previously gone to the '72 Olympics and choked in the gold medal match where he walked away confused and with a silver medal. In the next four years he would develop his trademarked mental management system that in the past 40 years has lead many students to world championships and other victories.

How do we learn about this system? Lanny goes over the highlights from the system and his book he wrote, "With Winning in Mind" today with me. "With Winning in Mind" is mentioned several times in previous podcasts as one of the tools that took good shooters to make them great. This system also has been taught to special operations and Secret Service. You'll learn today why you should value the process and not the outcome, highlight solutions and not problems and finally how to coach your kids to be winners.

I looked forward to speaking with Lanny for a long time.

Here are the links mentioned in the podcast:

Mental Management Systems

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FNP 194 : Mickey Schuch - The Carry Trainer Jun 20, 2022

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Mickey Schuch, who everyone knows at the Carry Trainer, is a widely known firearms instructor and social media influencer. Mickey travels the country teaching shooting courses with a distinct style and also has a massive YouTube and Instagram following. Mickey has some serious opinions when it comes to training as well as gun rights which he shares in this episode.

Links mentioned on the show:

Mickey's website "Carry Trainer"

Jon Becker - The Debrief Jun 08, 2022

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Jon Becker is the owner of the tactical equipment company Aardvark Tactical. Besides having a cool name, Aardvark makes cool gear including drones and breaching tools. Jon is about to release his new podcast "The Debrief" which has different guests from the special units in law enforcement and the military.

I really enjoyed talking with Jon and look forward to listening to his new show.

Links mentioned on the podcast:

The Debrief Podcast

Aardvark Tactical

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