Richardcyoung.com

The Online Home of Author and Investor, Dick Young

  • Home
  • How We Are Different
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • Your Survival Guy
  • The Great Reset
  • My Rifles
  • Concentrate on Dividend Record and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • The Swiss Way
  • Dick Young
  • Debbie Young
  • Key West
  • Paris
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Your Health
  • Old Confederacy
  • Main Street Conservative
  • BLM’s Marxist Agenda
  • Ron Paul
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Freedom Force
  • Dick Young’s Safe America

Another Lesson Learned about Self-Defense

November 27, 2012 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

You may find it surprising, but some of the most important lessons I learned at a handgun course at Sig Sauer Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, had nothing to do with shooting a handgun.

One lesson was not to rely on the police for protection. This was not a slight against the force. The instructor has worked with several officers and would tell you they are excellent at what they do. But the police are rarely in a position to act while an event is unfolding. Often, they can only be there for you after the fact.

I’m not saying you need to have a handgun at home. That’s a personal decision between you and your spouse. What it does mean is that you should do whatever you can to make sure you’re prepared to defend yourself and your family in the event there’s a threat.

I don’t see any harm in understanding how a handgun works. It puts you in a defensive mindset, and believe me, you’ll begin seeing holes in your circle of defense whether you own a handgun or not. You’ll be able to make significant upgrades to your self-defense situation just by learning more about the subject. You simply cannot rely on anyone but yourself for the protection you deserve.

Related Posts

  • McCain Attacks the Right of Self Defense
  • Everyone has the Inherent Right to Self Defense
  • Dallas Shooter Attended Self-Defense Course
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com
Latest posts by E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy (see all)
  • Your Personal Safety: Concealed-Carry How to Carry Your Freedom - January 22, 2021
  • PANDEMIC Pushes Military-Grade Surveillance on Americans Like YOU - January 21, 2021
  • A President Speaks: “Hard Work Never Killed Anybody” - January 20, 2021

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • Hillsdale College: What College Is Meant to Be
  • Is Senator Josh Hawley the Republican Party’s Future?
  • The Three Best Retirement Decisions I Ever Made
  • “Some Sixty Million People Died in World War II”
  • Can Ginger Combat Heart Disease and Improve Circulation?
  • The Armed American Family: Part I
  • Boom—Your Life Changes
  • Viktor Orban: No Immigrant Invasion for Hungary!
  • How S.D. Surged in Vaccination Inoculations
  • A Look at the Future of Main Street America

Disclosure

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • Your Retirement Life: Meet Your BMW Club Racing Program Director
  • Corporations Rush to Reap Equity Windfall
  • Do You Know Who’s the Largest Owner of Farmland in America?
  • Investors Are Being Conditioned Not To Recognise the Danger
  • I’ve Been in Richard Young’s Maximizers for Years
  • What Is the Stock Market’s Link to the Economy?
  • Smith Family Robinson in Live Free or Die, NH
  • Dick Young’s Safe America: Chapter 1, Part I
  • Whether Through Audacity or Ignorance, Stock Fundamentals Are Being Ignored
  • Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Absentee Ballots Not Verified

SARS-CoV-2: Probability of Outdoor Airborne Transmission Very Low

Your Personal Safety: Concealed-Carry How to Carry Your Freedom

Mostly Peaceful, Ungovernable Protestors

Biden’s Inaugural, the Most Confusing, Contradictory, Incoherent Ever?

Is the GOP Over? Not Even Close: Here’s Why

Copyright © 2021 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives