S12E1: Fiction That Trains You: Firearms, First Aid, and the Mindset of a Protector w/ John Gilstrap
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🗓️ 24 June 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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About This Episode:
In this episode, we speak with John Gilstrap, a New York Times bestselling author known for his gripping thrillers, including the Jonathan Grave series. He shares how his background as a firefighter informs his writing, emphasizing accuracy in firearms and medical preparedness. We explore the moral complexities of his characters who navigate legal gray areas to protect innocents, while also discussing the contemporary debates surrounding gun rights. Gilstrap encourages listener engagement and highlights the educational potential of fiction, illustrating how thrillers can spark meaningful conversations about safety and responsibility.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Concealed Carry Podcast, Season 12, Episode 1. |
| 0:15.3 | And welcome to the Concealed Carry podcast, part of theconcilledCary.com network. |
| 0:20.5 | I am your host, Jacob Paulson, and I am not joined by my co-host, Riley Bowman today. |
| 0:24.9 | We gave him the boot in order to open up a seat to a much more interesting conversational |
| 0:31.4 | partner. |
| 0:31.8 | So we're going to introduce our guests here in a moment. |
| 0:33.9 | Today is June 11, 2025, as of the recording of this episode. |
| 0:55.6 | And we're really excited. This is going to be a very unique episode for the ConsulCarray podcast. We are broadcasting live on Facebook and on YouTube. And so we're hoping to get a couple of people chiming in with us as we go here. I just got the notification on my phone. So that's a good sign. And it's going to be fun. |
| 1:01.6 | Our episode title today, Fiction That Trains You, Firearms First Aid and the Mindset of a Protector. |
| 1:07.5 | This is an interesting episode we're going to have with this author, John Gilstrap. You can see here on the screen with me. Hey, John, how's it going? Everything as well. Thank you. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:12.6 | Awesome. This is going to be a fun chat. |
| 1:14.6 | Now, before we get into the Meat and Bones here, a quick sponsor message from HK. |
| 1:20.2 | In fact, we're going to be talking about some HKs, me and John today, among other things. |
| 1:23.8 | So I'm just really excited about this. But HK, we're just really grateful to them to be a title sponsor of the Consulate |
| 1:29.4 | Carey podcast. |
| 1:30.6 | They've been doing a lot of cool stuff here lately. |
| 1:32.5 | Not only have they opened up an entire manufacturing operation here in the U.S. |
| 1:36.0 | out there in Georgia, |
| 1:38.1 | but they've designed and now released a U.S. |
| 1:40.1 | manufactured pistol, |
| 1:40.9 | which is the HKCC9, which I am carrying right now. |
| 1:44.8 | The new VP9A1 series guns are also looking great, really enjoying those, and they have some |
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