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    Civilian Combat The Concealed Carry Book
    Civilian Combat The Concealed Carry Book
    Civilian Combat The Concealed Carry Book
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    Civilian Combat The Concealed Carry Book

    By Skip Coryell

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    More and more people across the country are seeing the dangers in society and deciding to carry concealed to protect themselves and their families. Skip's book lays it out step by step, teaching you how to protect and defend the ones you love. Read his book and get the benefit of his 16 years of teaching experience and his lifetime of training for this important role in society.

    Civilian Combat is also a great teaching tool for other concealed carry instructors as well. It's a complete curriculum with a final test as well as important points to remember and a list of excellent resources in your journey to personal and family protection.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWhite Feather Press
    Release dateAug 24, 2016
    ISBN9781618081490
    Civilian Combat The Concealed Carry Book
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    Skip Coryell

    Skip Coryell now lives with his wife and children in Michigan. He works full time as a professional writer, and "Stalking Natalie" is his seventh published book. He is an avid hunter and sportsman who loves the outdoors. Skip is also a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of Cornerstone University. Skip is the former Michigan State Director for Ted Nugent’s United Sportsmen of America. He has also served on the Board of Directors for Michigan Sportsmen against Hunger as well as Iowa Carry Inc. He is a Certified NRA Pistol Instructor and Chief Range Safety Officer, teaching the Personal Protection in the Home Course for those wishing to obtain their Concealed Pistol Permits (www.mwtac.com). He also teaches Advanced Concealed Carry Classes for the more seasoned shooter. Skip is the President of White Feather Press and the co-owner of Midwest Tactical Training. Skip is also the founder of the Second Amendment March (www.secondamendmentmarch.com).

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      Civilian Combat The Concealed Carry Book - Skip Coryell

      Chapter 1 - What is Civilian Combat?

      Why is this book titled Civilian Combat? There are so many other things I could have called it … things less controversial, less prickly, easier on the ears. But … truth is, there’s nothing warm and fuzzy about being shot with a gun or stabbed with a knife. The transition from civilian to combatant is huge, and very few people can do it with grace and ease. To the contrary, most people find it difficult, simply because they’ve been trained up and conditioned to believe that others will take care of them. Part of that stems from the urban culture we now live in, coupled with all modern amenities and technology we have at our disposal. We live in an instant society where everything we could possibly need or want is brought to us by simply pushing a few buttons. Need food? Pick up the iPhone and order some take-out. Want to watch the latest blockbuster movie? Order it on NetFlix.

      But here’s the problem. People have been conditioned to believe that law enforcement can and will protect them from all harm and wrong-doing. But the sad truth is they cannot. When you call nine-one-one, police officers are not instantly transported through your iPhone to your location where they handily and instantly dispatch the bad guys and save you and your family. Depending on where you are, the response time could be over thirty minutes. According to FBI crime statistics, the average fire fight lasts only three seconds, so if you’re counting on the police to save you, you’ll be sorely disappointed. While all good police officers want to help you survive in a deadly force situation, they cannot always be there, and they are not legally required to aid you. (Refer to the case Warren Vs District of Columbia for details.)

      The book is titled Civilian Combat, because that’s the best description of what you’ll be forced to do when you’re attacked. In all likelihood you’ll be fighting alone against one or more attackers who are stronger, faster, younger and more aggressive than you. When I was a kid, I used to watch an old TV show in black and white called The Lone Ranger. At the end of the show, the good guy (Clayton Moore) always rode in on his white horse named Silver and rescued the damsel in distress or the down-trodden farmer who was being threatened by evil. The music they played during the preamble to the show and also during the rescue scene was the William Tell Overture and it just added to the excitement. But the truth of the matter is this: Evil exists, someday evil will visit your door. And when it does, the lone ranger will not be riding in on a white horse to save you, and you won’t hear the William Tell Overture in the background. You are a civilian, but you are now locked in mortal combat. There is no cavalry. It’s just you and whatever training, tools and mindset you brought along. You’re on your own, because now, you, are the lone ranger. So, with that in mind, saddle up and let’s get started.

      A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty Hi-yo, Silver, away!"

      Welcome to Class

      At the beginning of every concealed carry class I teach, I go around the room and I ask each person three things: What is your name? What is your favorite thing to do? and Why are you taking this class? I don’t do this because I’m nosy. I do it for two specific reasons:

      1) It helps the student bond to the instructor. I’ve learned over the past fifteen years of teaching, that personal protection is, by definition, extremely personal. With well over 6,000 students under my belt, I’ve come to realize that it’s natural for students to bond, in varying degrees, to the person who’s teaching them how to protect their mates and their children from harm and death.

      It’s not unusual for a total stranger to walk up to me and begin a conversation that goes something like this. Oh, hey Skip! How’s it going? It’s been a long time. It’s so good to see you again. What have you been up to?

      Almost always, this is a prior student of one of my concealed carry classes. I’ve become very good at nodding my head until I make the connection. But I always treat them as a friend, despite the fact I can’t remember their name, because I know that on one special point in time we spent a day together on the range. And there’s something incredibly bonding about shooting. I stood behind them, and to one side, as they began that most intimate of journeys, down the warrior’s path, as they transitioned from sheep to sheepdog. Shooting firearms for personal protection is a growth experience, an American rite of passage, and, the very act of standing beside someone holding a deadly weapon … is the supreme act of faith and trust. I trust they won’t shoot me, and they trust that I’ll do my best to protect them against their own inexperience and that I’ll teach them what they need to know to prevail in a life-or-death attack. Mutual trust and respect is the cornerstone of all the best relationships.

      2) As a concealed carry instructor, at that moment in time, for that day, I am the most important person in their lives, and I need to be reminded of that. I’m not important because I’m good, I’m important because I’m teaching them to protect the people who are paramount in their own lives.

      After teaching the same class for over fifteen years, the hundreds of repetitions can sometimes get to me. But I have to remember that even though I’ve said this same thing a thousand times before to others, this is the first and only time I’ll say it to this particular group of individuals. And that, in itself, is special and personal, and can never be underestimated. I must always be at my best. I must always teach with the same fervor and excitement as I did when I first started teaching. Anything less is a disservice to my students. They trust me, and they depend on me to give them the best training available. And I always work to fulfill that realistic and necessary expectation. After all… this is life or death.

      Chapter 2

      In this chapter you will learn the following:

      The 3 types of people.

      How to carry yourself in public.

      All about the pecking order.

      Chapter 2 - A Nation of Sheep

      America once stood for independence, self sufficiency and a can-do attitude that caused every other nation to envy us. There was no doubt about it; they either hated America or loved America. Because of that we had friends who wanted to be like us, and enemies who wanted to destroy us. I’m not sure America is like that anymore. Fifty years ago, we were locked in a life-and-death struggle with the evil empire, the Soviet Union. They hated us. But that was okay, because they also respected us. We also respected them ... not for their ideology, but for their thousands of nukes. That mutual respect and fear was enough to keep the world safe from nuclear annihilation.

      We no longer have that deterrence. Not in the world, and not even in our country or in the cities and towns in which we live. Respect for human life has eroded on a world scale. We have Islamic terrorism threatening world conquest, drug cartels taking over our borders, and race riots in our cities. And it’s going to get worse.

      Growing up in a rural neighborhood, we had something called free-range parenting. It didn’t have a fancy name back then, but that’s basically what happened. During the summer, we’d do our chores in the morning, then take off for parts unknown to play with the neighbor kids. Sure, we got in minor trouble on a daily basis, but we sometimes got caught and paid the price for our adolescent sins. This kept us in check, and we seldom went over the edge.

      Fast-forward to today. I don’t dare let my kids out of my sight. Not because I don’t trust them (I don’t) but because I don’t trust society in general. Raising and protecting my children is the ultimate responsibility, and it belongs solely to my wife and I. Never outsource your personal protection, and never outsource the raising of your children, not to the government, not to the hood, and not even to a full-time babysitter. It’s your job.

      Retired Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, a retired Army Ranger, is the world’s foremost expert on the topic of killology. While I was interviewing Dave for Frontlines of Freedom radio a few months back, I asked the colonel exactly what is killology? Dave told me Killology is the study of the legal use of deadly force; it is the legal taking of another human life. He went on to tell me there’s been tons of research done on serial killers, lunatics, etc. For some strange reason people are enamored with murderers; they want to know how they tick; why they kill; what caused them to deviate from the rest of the human race.

      Frankly, I agree with Colonel Grossman when he says, and I paraphrase, It’s more important to know how to defend against the killers, than it is to know why they do what they do. People have been trying to figure out insanity and mental illness for centuries with little progress. I doubt, even in our current state of hubris, we’ll be able to succeed where others have failed. Let’s be blunt here. I’m not that smart, however, I am smart enough to know that one good way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to kill him or throw him in prison for the rest of his life. I have very little faith in the criminal justice system, and rehabilitation is a rarity. It has long been known that a small minority of the human race perpetrates a large majority of the violent crime.

      Colonel Grossman calls these violent criminals wolves, and the wolves usually continue to prey upon the sheep with impunity until someone stops them, many times with the aid of deadly force.

      Sheep Anatomy

      In my classes, I often call upon mother nature to aid me in my teaching. The wolf sits on the hill and he watches the caribou herd. What is he looking for? He is searching for an easy meal: the weak, the slow, the sick, the young, the old; thus, we get the saying Look like sheep and you’ll be eaten by wolves. So the moral of the story is Don’t look like a sheep.

      And then I say, I’m going to demonstrate two people walking through a parking lot. Person A walks like this: I walk past the class with my head lowered, hands in my pockets, and my shoulders slouched. I never look around, and I appear to be lost in my own little world.

      Person B walks like this. Then I walk past them a second time. I raise my shoulders up and back. I hold my head high and my head moves around, scanning the crowd. I make brief eye contact with people as I walk past them, and I may even nod my head in acknowledgement. My hands are at my sides or higher up on my torso. And then I ask this simple question: Which person is going to get mugged?

      Instinctively, they all know that person A is the victim, but they can’t always articulate exactly why, because much of it is nonverbal. Let’s go over it now, item by item.

      Person A

      1) Head down – This is a big no-no. You should always be alert, scanning your surroundings, looking for trouble. How many times have you seen people walking through a parking lot while texting on their electronic devices? I routinely see people walking through parking lots while their thumbs type away in earnest on their cell phones. These people obviously have no idea what is going on around them. This is an invitation to disaster. They could be hit by a moving car, and wolves are attracted to people who aren’t looking at their surroundings. Former combat hero and army veteran Colonel David Hackworth (God rest his

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