Self Defense Nonsense; What Pistol Do Professionals Carry?

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🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

-- What really matters in self defense, and why much of what we hear today is nonsense. Noted trainer Ken Hackathorn cuts through the marketing and BS to reveal what we should ignore and what we much pay attention to.

-- A surprise answer when a professional is asked what pistol he carries.

-- A new bill would expand the gun carry rights for former law enforcement officers. Why should there be a "special class" with expanded rights?

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0:00.0	The Ruger Light Rack Security 380 is easy to shoot and easy to rack.
0:05.7	Small enough to carry concealed or in a purse, big enough to absorb recoil.
0:11.2	Learn more at Ruger.com.
0:14.4	Sometimes it's the little things to get people upset.
0:17.9	Questions like, do you do a press check?
0:20.3	Online, there's just all sorts of questions, comments, innuendo,
0:26.9	outrage, press check.
0:29.1	Basically, you're sliding the slide back on your semi-automatic pistol just a little bit
0:34.9	so you can either peek in or press your finger in to feel it to make sure to
0:39.5	guarantee that you have a loaded round in the chamber.
0:41.6	You do that each time.
0:43.1	Except some people say you shouldn't do that.
0:44.8	Some people say it's dangerous to do that.
0:47.4	I got my thoughts.
0:48.9	Larry's got an idea about it.
0:49.9	He called in Springfield, Missouri.
0:52.1	Larry, you got the floor on the subject of press checks.
0:57.0	Yeah, burner, I press check every time I load my sidearm without sale.
1:02.8	It's just something that's always been second nature.
1:07.7	What got you started doing that?
1:16.9	Well, it was actually a military training that started me doing the press check but it just seemed so natural to make sure the round was there and why people don't
1:22.7	do it's just beyond me well don't you think people just take it on faith?
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