Episode 20: How To Choose a Firearm
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2015
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the MIND OF THE WARRIOR podcast, doc gives his personal opinion on how to approach buying a firearm for personal protection, utilizing the METT-TC mneumonic.
Serving over 3 decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as an Emergency Medicine Physician assigned to Special Operations, Mike Simpson is well acquainted with what it truly means to be a warrior. As a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician, and a practicing fight doctor, Mike works extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical medicine and combat sports medicine, he is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor. Now, as host of the Mind Of The Warrior podcast, Mike shares his knowledge, and that of his guests, in an effort to spread to warrior ethos to the general public.
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| 0:00.0 | The Since the dawn of time there has existed an elite warrior class |
| 0:18.8 | those with the courage and the will to achieve victory have always set themselves apart. |
| 0:24.1 | Today, these warriors can be found not only on the modern battlefield, but also in the |
| 0:28.7 | sports arena, in the boardroom, and in the classroom. |
| 0:32.3 | Now join our host Dr. Mike Simpson, |
| 0:35.0 | former Special Forces Operator and highly regarded |
| 0:37.5 | mixed martial arts fight doctor, |
| 0:39.0 | as he takes you inside the mind of the Warrior. |
| 0:51.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Mind of the Warrior. Great response to last week's episode, just really overwhelming. |
| 0:56.2 | Having Mark Devine on the show was exceptional. |
| 0:59.5 | Woon over a lot of great stuff. If you have not heard that episode, stop what you're doing right now. Go back, listen to episode |
| 1:06.9 | 19, talking to Navy Seal and best-selling author Mark Devine, |
| 1:11.1 | Pearls of wisdom, really transformative stuff that you absolutely need to listen to. |
| 1:16.4 | For this week's show, we're going to be talking about firearms, as I said last week. |
| 1:21.5 | I get a lot of listener email on this subject asking me for advice on |
| 1:26.3 | firearms. It's a little bit hard to do when you don't know somebody personally |
| 1:30.0 | and when you can't sit down and talk to him face to face. You don't know a lot of details about him. |
| 1:34.0 | I mean, were they in the military for a couple of years? Have they fired firearms before? |
| 1:39.7 | Did they grow up hunting? These are all questions that need to be asked. So it's really |
| 1:46.5 | difficult to speak in blanket statements about this. I am going to give you my |
| 1:50.5 | opinion on some different firearms, pluses and minuses, some different ways to |
| 1:55.1 | approach this subject. Although I consider myself to be pretty knowledgeable on this |
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