Coaches Corner: Can You Be a Follower of Christ AND a Gun Owner?

Should Christians own guns?  

Welcome to the Coaches Corner Edition of The Rise Up Kings Podcast, where we tackle the questions most Christian men are afraid to ask.

In this powerful episode, we go deep on the controversial topic of faith and firearms. Should a man of God own a weapon? Does self-defense align with Scripture? Where is the line between trust in God and taking personal responsibility?

Join our coaches as they break down biblical truths, cultural challenges, and real-life convictions about manhood, protection, and spiritual leadership.

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00:00:00:00 - 00:00:21:08
Unknown
Am I not living by faith if I'm carrying a firearm? Am I living in fear? There's a difference between killing someone and murdering someone. So Jesus is saying, be prepared for what's coming, but don't be the one who acts out and violence unnecessarily. I'd rather have it not need it, then need it, not have it. It's critical to be properly and adequately trained to utilize those tools because that is what it is.

00:00:21:09 - 00:00:36:02
Unknown
It's a tool. Stay ready so you don't have to get ready. It's not about my self-protection. It's about what I'm called to do as a man of God, to help others. We live in a world that is more just because there are those who are willing to protect the weak. Do I need to go buy a gun to protect my family?

00:00:36:03 - 00:00:57:27
Unknown
Am I not a man if I'm not prepared to handle my family? What are your words to them? Really, when it comes down to gun ownership, I think it's me. Welcome to the Rise Up Kings Coaches podcast. I'm Michael Davis, I'm your host. You can call me Coach Mondo. We're so glad you're here. We have some incredible conversation waiting for you to tune into.

00:00:57:29 - 00:01:20:19
Unknown
And I'm really excited about the guys that we have on the show. These human beings are absolutely amazing, and they are brothers that I've grown to love deeply. So we have Coach Matt in the house. He is former Navy, former Swat and man, incredible human. We have coach John Wood. He's a former marine, former police officer. And then we have, Coach David.

00:01:20:21 - 00:01:39:27
Unknown
He is a consultant, pastor, coach and a brilliant human being. And then we also have a surprise guest at the end. So make sure you stay tuned in, because we got one of my favorite people on the planet, coach Jeremy McWilliams. Green beret served in the United States Army and has an amazing story. You're not going to want to miss it.

00:01:39:29 - 00:01:57:03
Unknown
Looking forward to seeing you on the other side. I'm going to read a scripture out of Luke. Chapter 27, verses 36 through 37. And then, man, I want to strike up a conversation about this, because I want to hear what you guys have to say about this.

00:01:57:06 - 00:02:17:05
Unknown
But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest and the leader, as one who serves for who is the greater one, who reclines that table, or one who serves it? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves. And that is not the scripture that I just said I was going to read.

00:02:17:07 - 00:02:33:15
Unknown
Yeah, it is not because. But it was still good to. Looks like it was very it was good. That is the greatest. And if you didn't read the one you said made me pay attention more. So just that your pocket is a trick for the beach heads. I saw your heads. I got to keep rolling your toes, man.

00:02:33:18 - 00:02:49:16
Unknown
All right. So hey, man, that's the beautiful thing. We're all human. Okay, so I said verse 20, chapter 20, chapter 22. That looks like a seven up there. That's why. Because there's only 24 chapters in Luke. So we go, oh man, I love it. Okay, so verse 30, not exactly sure what you were reading. So it's just like, all right, here we go.

00:02:49:18 - 00:03:14:03
Unknown
So this is in reference to the Scripture being fulfilled in Jesus starting at verse 36 of Luke chapter 27 two he said to them, but now let the one who has a money bag take it, and likewise a knapsack, and let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one. Verse 37 for I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me.

00:03:14:05 - 00:03:30:28
Unknown
And he was numbered with transgressors. For what is written about me has its fulfillment. And they said, look, Lord, here are two swords. And he said to them, it is enough.

00:03:31:00 - 00:03:40:16
Unknown
Curious. Talk to me about the context of the Scripture.

00:03:40:18 - 00:04:05:25
Unknown
So this is the shortly before Jesus's arrest. Right. So his crucifixion is spelled out in chapter 23. So 22 is leading up to that. So it's all it's all it's like that point in the story when you know it's about to get real. So that's the key context. That's what it's about. So what's the modern day application for someone listening to this and hearing about the sword?

00:04:05:25 - 00:04:19:00
Unknown
You're not going to walk down the street and see somebody walking with a sword. Talk to me about that. What does that mean in modern day vernacular? Oh, you just might. Yeah. That never happened. But, like, you just go ahead and jump in the room. Totally seen a guy walking down the street with a sword. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:04:19:00 - 00:04:34:27
Unknown
We have two police officers. I'm not I'm not surprised on the show, but. But talk to me about what y'all think that means for us. If it applies at all.

00:04:34:29 - 00:04:57:25
Unknown
The first thing that comes to my mind on that is, obviously, you said like the sword isn't exactly relevant for today's day and age, but, being ready for what comes next absolutely is applicable for all times, right? So, you'll hear a lot of people use this first. There's a lot of countries, Brazil, people say, hey, this verse is really it's it's not it's not literal.

00:04:57:26 - 00:05:21:13
Unknown
He's not talking about picking up a sword race, talking about arming yourself spiritually for what comes forward. But I believe that both of those things, especially for men, can kind of be hand-in-hand. Right. So as we prepare ourselves physically, as we prepare ourselves spiritually, they have a synergetic effect for for the entire man.

00:05:21:16 - 00:05:49:16
Unknown
It's interesting that right after this, Peter uses a sword and Jesus is like, nah, bro, and puts the guy's ear back on Malchus. His ear. Yeah. So so let's put that back together. So I love that that's brought up now, because in my experience, talking to guys about gun ownership or, training MMA, there's a distinct difference between, there's differences between killing someone and murdering someone.

00:05:49:18 - 00:06:11:21
Unknown
There's a difference between owning a sword and knowing how to use a sword. And actually using a sword. Those are those are very different things. And a lot of times in these conversations, people try to blend them all together, right? So Jesus is saying what I'm hearing from a say is be prepared. Be prepared for what's coming, but don't be the one who acts out and violence unnecessarily.

00:06:11:23 - 00:06:32:23
Unknown
And there's a difference there. And it's a fine line. But it's important for us to understand that as we're going into this conversation. And that's true for all things like and when, when we're talking about men and masculinity and protecting our loved ones and gun ownership and you know being fit and being a strong being a dangerous man, these things are all relevant.

00:06:32:25 - 00:07:00:24
Unknown
So sitting on a show here with a marine that police officer, maybe that Swat, and it becomes a part of the fabric of who you are to serve our country and keep our community safe. So when you think about gun ownership and you think about gun ownership specifically in the US, tell me what your thoughts are around that.

00:07:00:27 - 00:07:26:14
Unknown
I mean, quite frankly, I feel it's a necessity. I really do. Kind of the climate of the globe and certainly in America it, I feel like it is it truly is a necessity. Like I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it kind of type thing is the mentality. But I also think that it's, it's critical to be properly and adequately trained to utilize those tools, because that is what it is.

00:07:26:14 - 00:07:52:17
Unknown
It's a tool. It's like chopsticks or fork. You know. And then quite frankly, I don't, I don't, you know, I, I believe that the firearm itself carries a lot of blame in instances of violence when it truly is a matter of the heart. Like the heart is the issue. Like I mean John could choke you out with your own shoelaces.

00:07:52:19 - 00:08:12:08
Unknown
Does that mean shoelaces is the problem. You know it's a I but again I think it's a fine line. I think it is a necessity in the interest of adequately protecting your family. Now does it always warrant the need for a firearm? No. Like what? What preclusion or have you taken in lieu of going directly to a firearm?

00:08:12:08 - 00:08:35:25
Unknown
Like, have you prepared yourself physically or are you physically fit due to healthy diet to where you can stay physically fit? Do you practice martial art? Do you? I mean, what is it you're doing that can lead to that? Like, you know, so like, are you preparing yourself to be physically ready so as to not have to utilize a firearm?

00:08:35:28 - 00:08:52:28
Unknown
Sometimes it just becomes a necessity. Yeah. I couldn't agree anymore anymore with him on that. I mean in order to do it in today's age I would say is almost a necessity. Also now if we were going to collect them all up I would, I would jump in that line to turn all the guns in. But I'd be at the back of the line, right?

00:08:52:28 - 00:09:12:04
Unknown
Like I wouldn't be at the front of the line. I'd be at the back of the line, because I believe that there is a lot of irresponsibility going around. But what you said, the end, really lands for me. The best is to have the ability and the competency so you don't have to use it. Yeah. So, like, what I would think of is, is if I told you A Tale of Two pacifist.

00:09:12:04 - 00:09:27:14
Unknown
Right. And I'll use an example. So what I would say is we can use the stereotypical like the Urkel character, you know, made famous in TV, right? So he got Urkel, right? And then I'll use it. I'll use an example of another man I knew. I don't know why he's on my heart today, but he is. So, you may know this guy.

00:09:27:14 - 00:09:45:26
Unknown
His name is Lawrence O'Neal. He played for. He's a fullback for the Saints, arguably for people in football. Probably one of the greatest fullbacks ever. Well, I had the pleasure of going to high school with him. He was a senior on the wrestling team. I was a freshman. And, that guy really made an impression on me right off.

00:09:45:26 - 00:10:02:12
Unknown
And I remember once we were, we're in the wrestling team, and we're all young guys, and we're doing shenanigans, and we're picking on each other. We're picking on somebody. You know, it's getting borderline. We're we're starting to bully somebody. And Lorenzo was like, hey, cut it out. And we cut it out like right there. Right? Like the guy was a beast in high school.

00:10:02:12 - 00:10:26:04
Unknown
Like walking around, like, I know you think he's like, six to, like 200 to me. He was like six, seven, 2,000 pounds. Like he was just an enormous man when I was in high school. So I tell the these two guys an example, who is better prepared to be a pacifist? Urkel or Lorenzo? Yeah. Lorenzo could be the most successful pacifist in the history of the planet, because nobody's gonna mess with that dude, right?

00:10:26:10 - 00:10:48:17
Unknown
Yeah. And it's it's the potential that he. The potential in the control. It's not in the application, if that makes sense. So stay ready. So you don't have to get ready. Exactly. Yeah. I'm cute. I'm curious real quick, let me get this stat real quick and I'm gonna give it back to you, man. I'm curious about the gun ownership statistics for the United States.

00:10:48:19 - 00:11:10:24
Unknown
What were you saying? Oh, no, I was just saying that, yeah. I just think Lorenzo's because of the man. He was right. He has influence. And that influence extends to protection, right? It's kind of like the US military, right? When was the last time, you know, a country invaded United States, right? Right. Like like never. Yeah. That's one.

00:11:10:24 - 00:11:42:24
Unknown
Right? Never. Why is that? It's because of the stance we have. Right. Yeah. Yeah. So as of January 2025 the United States has the highest civilian gun ownership rate globally. According to the Small Arms Survey. There are approximately 120.5 firearms per 100 residents, indicating more firearms than people in the country. Wow. I mean, that says something in itself, like people recognize that as, you know, 393 million civilian owned firearms.

00:11:42:27 - 00:12:13:11
Unknown
America. Wow, wow. So since since you can edit this out and which you probably won't, how many how many violent gun deaths are there in the United States per capita compared to the rest of the world? And while we're going there, we had a conversation about Switzerland. Yeah. And the gun ownership as it pertains to a man who turns 18 years old and enlisting in the military.

00:12:13:13 - 00:12:44:23
Unknown
Yeah. And their low crime rates as a direct result of gun ownership. So I'm curious about how that conversation lays on top of the US, especially being that we know now that the US has more guns as a nation than any other nation worldwide. Per capita, per capita. So to answer your question, PD, in 2022 there were over 48,000 firearm related deaths nationwide, averaging about 132 deaths per day.

00:12:44:25 - 00:13:12:03
Unknown
This total includes suicides, which are more than half of these deaths. The, with 27,000 individuals, approximately 19,651 were victims of homicide. And then there was unintentional injuries and legal interventions. But yeah, this was in 2022. I'm curious, as a per capita, though, because we have a we have a large population like the quantity itself doesn't prove.

00:13:12:05 - 00:13:30:12
Unknown
And while he's looking that up, I'm curious about bridging this conversation from two amazing humans that have dedicated their lives to the freedom that we enjoy. And every other veteran out there, I want to say thank you so much for being willing to serve our country. We applaud you. We honor you, and we're grateful. My father served in the Army for 20 years, and I'm so, so grateful.

00:13:30:12 - 00:13:49:27
Unknown
We are so grateful. And we honor every single one of you who have served in our military to protect our country and provide the freedom that we enjoy, which comes at a price. With that being said, bridging the gap between that conversation and being a Christian. How does that apply? If you're a Christian? Is it okay to own a gun if you're a Christian?

00:13:49:27 - 00:14:11:03
Unknown
Is it okay to go to the range and make that a hobby and develop that skill set to to be skilled with a firearm? Should you carry, should you carry on your person going to the grocery store with your kids, going to the park? What's that conversation sound like for people who are inquiring? I say, yes, ma'am, 100%.

00:14:11:07 - 00:14:35:01
Unknown
Okay. Number one, if it's a hobby, if what you enjoy is going out and putting, ammo on a steel target or on paper or just just to just to do it like some people just like to do it recreationally. But then I also look at it like in the interest of should you carry, I feel if you're trained adequately and you've gone through the proper safety courses and you understand how to utilize the weapon, then yeah, absolutely.

00:14:35:03 - 00:14:54:12
Unknown
Again, kind of going back to the I'd rather have it not needed than needed not have it. Well and then from like a, like a tie in to being a man of faith like God was willing to do whatever it took to protect me, to protect. You know, he's a little bit more crafting, didn't quite exactly need a firearm.

00:14:54:12 - 00:15:18:04
Unknown
But I'm also called to love my wife as Christ loved the church. And as part of that, I accept the responsibility that is my duty and obligation to protect my wife. She is my most precious treasure that I have on earth, and I would take on hell with a garden hose to protect her. But if I have a firearm and it necessitates it, I'm going to use it.

00:15:18:07 - 00:15:42:10
Unknown
In if someone else is better equipped than me, then I've basically failed in my responsibility. All right, so inquiring minds want to know how do you respond to if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. We talked about Malchus ear getting cut off. Then inquiring minds want to know. Well, am I not living by faith if I'm carrying a firearm?

00:15:42:10 - 00:16:03:03
Unknown
Am I living in fear? Because I got a gun on me and I'm looking around every corner for danger. So where's the, where's the dividing line between. I'm walking by faith. And if it's my time to go with my time to go. Versus having a firearm on me at all times or in my vehicle. And I'm ready for danger lurking out of the bushes when my wife's trying to go for a jog.

00:16:03:05 - 00:16:27:04
Unknown
For for those who are thinking and threading the line of their faith versus being in fear, what would you say to that person? Oh, man, there's a lot to that. Gosh, I'd like to first start with, just building on what Matt said earlier is like, it's almost a necessity. So I think you could look at those numbers that Matt, the read off a minute ago.

00:16:27:04 - 00:16:47:07
Unknown
Oh my gosh, like, guns are bad, right. Like and I think we could all agree that if we could magically pick up every one of those guns and they all disappeared, then America would be safer and we have less deaths. I think we could agree to that. But at the same time, I would say that every one of those statistics, every one of those homicides is a reason why maybe you should be armed also to protect your family, right?

00:16:47:07 - 00:17:04:10
Unknown
Like every single one of those is just a statistic and a piece of evidence that kind of lays out what Matt said is like because of the day and age, it almost feels like a necessity. Now. I think Matt and I are two perfect examples here. I mean, I know Matt's got some May fights for both Brazilian jiu jitsu, jiu jitsu practitioners, the whole deal.

00:17:04:13 - 00:17:22:27
Unknown
Like if we took guns out of the equation, I would definitely elevate myself in the position of self-defense. Right? Like, my, I'm like six one, like 230 walking around, right? And I'm trained and believe me, it's a whole lot harder to get good at jiu jitsu than with a gun, in my experience. Right. So so it would definitely, equalize the playing field for me.

00:17:22:27 - 00:17:43:12
Unknown
Right. So, I thought you said you're gonna elevate yourself above Matt in terms of your ability to. No, no, no, no, I'm just say this guy be my wingman and, we could we could protect a small village, just the two of us. Right? And surely you could. Yeah. No, but I'm just saying that, as far as the the fear aspect is, man, I, I mean, being in the military, I got ten years of military.

00:17:43:12 - 00:18:03:10
Unknown
I got 20 years of law enforcement. I mean, I've carried a gun for the majority of my life, right? And, I've never been fearful. I've never carried a gun as a fear response. Yeah. And do I leave my house once in a while without my firearm? I mean, absolutely, like, right now, you know, I traveled, I flew, it wasn't worth the hassle.

00:18:03:12 - 00:18:19:28
Unknown
I left that thing at home and I'm not walking around like, oh my gosh, no, have my gun on me. Right. Like I feel like, it's and it's not about my self-protection. It's about what I'm called to do as a man of God to help others. Right. So let me let me pause right there, because you two are very unique individuals.

00:18:20:01 - 00:18:38:24
Unknown
You're highly skilled, you're highly trained, you've been through the military, you've been police. You, you, you, you have a skill set that there's very few on the planet that have. What do you say to the common man out here who's working a 9 to 5? He's sitting at a cubicle. He's just wanting to come home and provide for his family and be a good man.

00:18:38:24 - 00:18:54:26
Unknown
But he doesn't have military training. He doesn't have police training. He doesn't have access to that type of skill set. But yet he's trying to figure out as he's watching this, like, do I need to go buy a gun to protect my family? Am I not a man if I'm not prepared to handle my family and in the form of danger, what do you say to that guy?

00:18:54:26 - 00:19:12:06
Unknown
Because there's many more of those, than those who have enlisted in the military and or become a police officer. What are your words to them? Yeah, I don't I don't necessarily think it makes them any less of a man. It's just the path that they have been on. And really, when it comes down to gun ownership, I think it's circumstantial.

00:19:12:06 - 00:19:30:12
Unknown
Like, do you feel better by owning a firearm, protecting your family, or are you just fine, like, okay, cool. Well, I'm going to grab a kitchen knife or a baseball bat. Really? What's the difference? Because at the end of the day, there's still a measure of force protection to protect your family. It's. But it's. How do you want to do it?

00:19:30:15 - 00:19:49:06
Unknown
Like, for me, I once again, I'd rather have it not need it than needed not have it. Yeah. Like what John said. Like I don't operate from a position of fear. Operate from a position of knowing that I am skilled enough that if something happens I'm able to address that. Yeah. Above someone who like, you know maybe not.

00:19:49:06 - 00:20:05:19
Unknown
And it, does it discount them. Absolutely not. Just different parts. Great. I love it too. But I'm curious about your perspective. You've been real quiet. So process maybe you can see the. Yeah you can see the PD gear I got another I got another question and I'm like waiting to ask you but I need to hear from you first.

00:20:05:21 - 00:20:34:18
Unknown
So so my my first career before ministry was in defense and it was always warfighter support. Right. So I was on the logistics supply side and and it was like, I'm not a war fighter, but if I do my job well, there's there's a there's a. There's an assembly line from my work down all the way to a warfighter having what he needs, he or she in, in, in combat.

00:20:34:21 - 00:21:00:05
Unknown
And like I had no ethical issue with that because the world is a broken place. Yeah. And, if we we can idealize a utopia where nobody needs to use force. And that's where this is all going. Eventually that will be the new heavens and the new earth, where the guns will be as as logical as a buggy whip.

00:21:00:08 - 00:21:34:04
Unknown
Okay? Like they're just be useless because they won't. They won't be necessary between now and then. There's evil in the world. Yeah, and we have to. We we are blessed in our culture that we can delegate. Thankfully, in in the United States, we have a volunteer military and we have had for some 55 years or so. And that people don't aren't, don't have to be conscripted to be willing to take on the responsibility of protection.

00:21:34:06 - 00:22:03:11
Unknown
And you can get into all the arguments about, is it the United States job to police the world? Okay, maybe not, but it sure was necessary in like 1941. That's right. Okay. And in my opinion, and people might disagree, but 1991, there are times when the when the weak and the defenseless must be protected. And so we, we ask men and women to put themselves in harm's way, to go and protect the weak in the world.

00:22:03:13 - 00:22:24:00
Unknown
And, so when I, when I was in Europe about five years ago, I love history and I'm taking my, my sons and we're listening to all these and every but every story was and it was about to all fall apart. And then the Americans came and rescued us over like every, like multiple countries. And I was deeply prideful about that.

00:22:24:00 - 00:22:54:13
Unknown
I didn't fight that war. I wouldn't even alive yet, okay, in World War two. But but we live in a world that is more just because there are those who are willing to protect the weak. Send it. So I would this question kind of made me think of in Exodus 22 two, it talks about, it says if a man breaks and if someone if a robber breaks in your house at night and you're defending yourself in you and you have bloodshed and you kill him, then that's okay.

00:22:54:16 - 00:23:11:17
Unknown
But then it also says, but if if a man breaks into your home during the day, it's not okay to to kill that guy or to create bloodshed. And that was something that really when I first read that way. Okay, so it's okay to kill a dude at night, but not during the day. And I think it ties into what you're talking too about.

00:23:11:17 - 00:23:30:08
Unknown
Right here is the Lord has a little bit more, leeway on the amount of violence we inflict as men when we're unprepared, because at night we're more defenseless. All of us, no matter how. Because we're actually we're actually really easy to kill, right? It's. You don't like to say that, but it's true. Like, we're pretty easy to kill, right?

00:23:30:08 - 00:23:49:13
Unknown
We're very fragile, right? Compared to the universe. So when you're sleeping, you're very fragile. So there's, like, a little bit more, you know, a little more leeway in there for you. But during the day, what I hear is the Lord expects us to be prepared. And if you're prepared, you shouldn't have to kill somebody. And that's kind of where I think this conversation is going.

00:23:49:13 - 00:24:09:01
Unknown
It's like you shouldn't have too. Beautiful. Yeah. It's good. So it begs the question, how do you prepare? And then how do you keep the edge so you stay prepared? It's like it's like working out, you know, are you just going to get into it and get it done? Like you eat that first workout? You're going to be sore in the first time.

00:24:09:01 - 00:24:35:05
Unknown
Like if you're on because you're sometimes you take things for granted, like, y'all are not normal dudes. So you built a life out of this thing. Where you train on a regular is second nature is hard wired into your DNA, but there's a ton of dudes. There's millions of men out here who are just trying to get off the couch that may be watching this right now, looking for some practical solutions on how to get prepared to show up and be the man that they say they want to be, and that their family needs them to be.

00:24:35:07 - 00:25:00:25
Unknown
Yeah, so you're hitting the ground running. But man, can we take a step back though? Like, what is that guy on a couch need to hear so that he can even find a why? In terms of why it's important to show up, why it's important to show up and work, workout, get off the couch, stops the dating, take on some different skills such as Brazilian jiu jitsu, boxing, and prepare himself to be ready so that he doesn't have to get ready.

00:25:00:27 - 00:25:25:26
Unknown
Wait, what do you say to that dude in terms of why it's important to even do that? First off, let me try this because these guys are their rare breed. Yeah. So yeah. Let's just. Yeah. Right here. Yeah. So, I have it says the fastest in the room. This is a long, no one to get into the details, but, I was in a conflict with another man, and he wanted to hit me.

00:25:25:26 - 00:25:48:26
Unknown
This is just in the last few years, and he didn't. And I could tell that he decided it wasn't worth the risk. Okay, so I am not trained in MMA. Okay? But but he just looks at me, sizing me up and said, I don't know that I can win that fight. So the way we look is a defense in itself.

00:25:48:27 - 00:26:03:28
Unknown
Oh, that's so good. Talk about that. Even though I don't I it's a turret. It's a deterrent. It's a deterrent I don't carry I don't have the, the the one on one combat skills that these guys have. But this guy said I'm not going to do it because I don't know that I can win. How do you know that?

00:26:03:28 - 00:26:17:17
Unknown
He was thinking that. Did he tell you that? I could just tell in his eyes. You saw it in his face? Yeah. And I saw him, like, bow up and then. And then back off. So he was scared. Yeah. Like scared or scared. Yeah. There were three hours, but not four. It was three. Okay, so he was scared.

00:26:17:20 - 00:26:43:20
Unknown
Yeah. And I don't mean that prideful. I mean I mean, I'm here with three guys who make me, you know, not look as strong, but but like but it's all relative, right. So how do we show up. How do we come across versus the reality. Right. So our appearance itself can be a deterrent if we're prepared. Right. Like if we just have the physical strength to, to to be scary enough in a given fight.

00:26:43:23 - 00:26:59:16
Unknown
I love that. But what you're talking about, you're talking about posturing, right? People always talk about fight or flight, but normally before a fight you're going to almost always get a posture. And this is the strange thing about posturing. Do you know where I experienced the least amount of posturing as a group? Because I've worked with men my whole life.

00:26:59:19 - 00:27:18:21
Unknown
You know, the military cops, all of it. The population group that I experienced, the least amount of posturing in an MMA gym or in a Brazilian jiu jitsu 100%, or in a boxing gym. Those dudes and I mean, I've, I've trained with dudes wearing, like, fresh ankle bracelets right out of, like, just getting arrested. Right? I've, I've rolled with that guy jiu jitsu.

00:27:18:21 - 00:27:33:09
Unknown
Right. I remember, a jiu jitsu guy rolled in once, and, he's all lumped up and I'm like, what happened? He's like, oh, yeah, Marietta PD just took the stick to me last night, you know? And I'm like, whoa, okay. Right on. Yeah, but talk about a guy who doesn't posture. And that surprises a lot of people.

00:27:33:11 - 00:27:57:05
Unknown
And it's because of the potential of violence that all those guys carry, the confidence they have. And they're not trying to prove anything to anybody inside of the gym, because everybody knows what the pecking order is in that gym. Right? Like if you had handed every dude in there a pad of paper and said, hey, rank the dudes in this gym from toughest dude to, guy guy that you could beat the easiest list amount.

00:27:57:09 - 00:28:15:11
Unknown
Everyone's list is going to be pretty darn close. There's no question about it. Right? What you're describing is there's a question there. They could two men beat each other in the wild, right? And and and they and there's some posturing that has to happen. Right. They figure it out. And that ties into what you're talking about. You don't have to train MMA.

00:28:15:12 - 00:28:44:02
Unknown
You don't have to own a bunch. You don't have to own 2.2 guns or whatever the stat was is, you know, we call it standing in power, standing in confidence, looking a man in the eyes, having a firm handshake, being aware, not walking around with your face in a phone. Right. All these things are things that you can do to just exude that, that strong posture that people are going to see and recognize and they're not going to have you to do with it.

00:28:44:02 - 00:29:08:12
Unknown
So good. So once a man has come to a place of being able to connect with that responsibility, and he's made the commitment to say, you know what I'm going to do? What's necessary to be the kind of man that my wife can look at and find confidence in, that my kids can look up to and follow that someone who's thinking about coming against me and my family is going to think twice and back off at that point.

00:29:08:12 - 00:29:25:00
Unknown
Once I've made that commitment, then what's the next step? You tell me, like, I know I'm not going there before I do. Yeah, yeah. No, I truly think like it. It's it's like you're talking about like like what does it take for that? I think number one is, is and you hit on it was like, what if they're not connecting with their.

00:29:25:00 - 00:29:47:10
Unknown
Why. Like what if you're not. That's a pretty critical element. Like if you know, like what is the most important thing for you and you have the clarity around that, are you willing to do whatever it takes to protect them at all costs? And that's going to start by getting yourself mobile like that first time in the gym, you finish up at the gym, you're going to be sore the next day, okay.

00:29:47:10 - 00:30:06:27
Unknown
But then you're going to break through that barrier and you can improve and you're going to move more and more and more. And it's no different from anything related to like a hand hand combat situation or even all the way to the use of a firearm. Like the more you train, the better you become. It's a matter of breaking the ice, doing the difficult thing and getting to work.

00:30:07:05 - 00:30:26:22
Unknown
Love it. But like but like you said, like being in touch with that. Why is so, so critical? Because, you know, I mean, if you don't have that and there's something that you don't love enough to protect like that, like I'm not throwing shit on anybody, but I'm saying, like, if, like if you have something you love that much, wouldn't you be willing to do whatever it takes?

00:30:26:24 - 00:30:44:09
Unknown
Yeah. I mean, I would. So once you get the edge and when I say edge, I'm referring to your ability to stay on top of your game, whatever that game is for you. Right? Showing up and crushing it with your wife and having a great marriage, being engaged with your kids as a father, showing up and killing it at your job or in your business.

00:30:44:12 - 00:31:04:13
Unknown
Once you have that edge, or you're in pursuit of the edge and you're on your journey. One statement how do you keep it? This how do you specifically I want to know practically, how do you keep your edge? Because you are not normal men. You are high octane, high level achievers. Each of you have done some incredible things in your life and are still much more to do.

00:31:04:15 - 00:31:14:29
Unknown
So what is one thing practically that you do to keep your edge? One statement.

00:31:15:01 - 00:31:51:03
Unknown
Acknowledge that it is fragile and it goes away if it's not maintained. Associations. That was so good. David just nuked my existence. Right there was saying that it's perishable. It truly is. It is? Yeah. And you can give it away. I think for me, it's knowing how blessed I am and recognizing and knowing that in that, like the gifts that I've been given consistently make me drive towards wanting to improve on every level in the interest of being able to protect them.

00:31:51:06 - 00:32:15:26
Unknown
Truly, that's how I keep my edge. So for me, we create a core value for our family using our last name, Davis. And this is something that I use for my kids to help instill principles in them that they can use when I'm not there. So D stands for doing the hard thing. A is advance. Constantly looking for ways to improve.

00:32:15:28 - 00:32:36:25
Unknown
V is that we're victors and we're not victims. In other words, we find ways to take responsibility. And then the I is for the I am who lives inside of us, working in us and through us to accomplish that which is pleasing in his sight. And then he says, keeping things simple. So for me, that first letter D doing hard things, yeah, is the way that I keep my edge.

00:32:36:27 - 00:32:52:11
Unknown
And that is waking up like I did with my son this morning to go to the gym at four in the morning and working out with him when I didn't feel like getting out of the bed. But we got up and we went to the gym and we got a great workout. I'm in the process right now of a challenge of seeing if I can do a split.

00:32:52:15 - 00:33:05:21
Unknown
I've never been able to do the splits in my entire life, so I got all of my kids and every night we stretch and we run a challenge over the next two weeks to see if we can hit a full split. Why is that important? Because if I gotta do something or I got to run, I don't want to cramp up.

00:33:05:22 - 00:33:37:24
Unknown
Can't do. Charlie was right. Like, I don't want to take myself out of commission because I wasn't physically fit. So I'm challenging myself to do little things that are hard, and I'm getting comfortable being uncomfortable. That's how I keep my edge. It's good. So as we get ready to close this out, I'm going to ask, is there anything that you would say to the man who's listening today, centered around what it looks like to be a Christian man who decides which is his right to do?

00:33:37:26 - 00:34:03:14
Unknown
Should I carry a firearm? Should I not? Should I get in shape? Should I not? What does it look like for a man who has not developed a habit to stay ready? But he has a deep desire to get ready? Is there anything that you would leave him with today that could potentially shift his life and his mindset to help him step up and be the kind of man he says he wants to be?

00:34:03:17 - 00:34:31:12
Unknown
Don't compare. Don't compare yourself to other men like we live in a in a society where social media now is a catalyst to so much like so many different ways of living. And there's influencers and you see like the quantity of military veterans coming out now that are really hardcore. And you look at them, they go, oh man, I can't be that guy, so why even bother starting.

00:34:31:15 - 00:34:56:29
Unknown
And so you, you fall victim to what you're capable of by measure of comparison. I'm not always the toughest guy in the room. I'm not always the biggest guy in the room. I'm not always the best equipped guy in the room. But I know that I'm still going to continue to pursue a better version of myself in the interest of stewarding the blessings that God has given me in my life.

00:34:57:00 - 00:35:22:00
Unknown
Love it. I would say that from my own experience, the the discipline of pursuing becoming the best prepared that I can changes the way I show up. So in in that fight that I might have gotten into, I had zero fear. Like I had a little bit of fear, like I was afraid of, oh this is going to be bad.

00:35:22:00 - 00:35:42:25
Unknown
And like there's going people are going to get hurt. But I wasn't, I didn't fear for myself. And that preparation caused me, I think caused me to posture in such a way as to communicate to the other guy, I'm not afraid and I'm ready. Let's go. Okay. And so the challenge for all of us is to what am I?

00:35:42:26 - 00:36:02:26
Unknown
It's just do the things today that will make me the most prepared for when that day comes. Right. And it doesn't mean that I'm going to be able to roll jujitsu with some 300, you know 250 pound dude. Right. But it means that I'm going to be the best prepared that I can be for what I've done between now and that moment.

00:36:02:29 - 00:36:28:03
Unknown
Love it. Those are two really great answers. So I'm going to answer what I wish you would have asked instead of yeah, if you actually have. Excellent. So I'd like to speak to the guy who thinks he's prepared. Oh right. So, in 2020, this there's a lot of this going around where you see, like some protesters in the street and maybe they kick somebody is Miyata, and then the Miyata driver jumps out.

00:36:28:05 - 00:36:49:03
Unknown
That's a joke. I don't know if my Miata drivers have guns, but the guy jumps out of his Miata with a gun and he starts waving it around at protesters. So I'd like to talk to that guy. So I would ask that guy to take a step back and ask what is true for him, right? Because there's a lot of bravado to fly around like, oh, you know, a guy, you know, kicks my car, I'm going to pull my gun out.

00:36:49:03 - 00:37:04:06
Unknown
It's like there's only one reason to be pointing a gun at somebody is to take their life. And is that true for you that you're willing to take somebody's life over kicking out the headlight of your of your car or whatever? I would hope that that is not the case, especially if you're listening to this in your in your Christian and you're trying to become more Christlike.

00:37:04:06 - 00:37:30:09
Unknown
So I'd say if you're preparing, ask yourself what is true for you and really give that some thought. Like, what are you willing to fight for? What are you willing to die for? And then let your actions in your tent carry you for what's true for you? So good. I want to add to that. I want to add to this the all the Christian theologians who who dive into this, the difference between violence and force.

00:37:30:09 - 00:37:59:09
Unknown
And then is it okay to defend yourself and all that they their conversation always centers around, is it okay to do violence in defense of the weak? Because for them it is obvious that it's never okay to do it in defense of yourself, and it's never okay to do it in defense of your property. The question is, is it okay to do in defense of the weak that that that's that's the hard question.

00:37:59:12 - 00:38:19:27
Unknown
If somebody kicks my car, I'm going to yell at them. Knowing me and my sinful nature, I'm probably going to like blow up on them. But heck no, I'm not going to pull out a gun because it's just my stuff. Who cares? It all gets folded up like a monopoly board at the end anyway, right? So it's not it's not worth doing something that has eternal impact because of my pride.

00:38:19:29 - 00:38:44:17
Unknown
So good. You know, it's funny too. It's like you can make people weak by not being skilled in it. Like there's I think there's like, okay, I have a gun. The world's a great place now. I'm never going to miss. But what happens if you haven't properly trained yourself and you go and you end up having to utilize that gun, but you can't hit your target, and you've made somebody weak who may be behind them.

00:38:44:20 - 00:39:08:21
Unknown
And now you've hit somebody you weren't supposed to man. So it just brings to mind preparation. Time is never wasted. Time. No matter where you find yourself right now I want to encourage you to start today. When's the best time to plant a tree. 25 years ago. 20 years ago when. The second best time to plant a tree today.

00:39:08:21 - 00:39:29:04
Unknown
Today. Yeah. So start today. Plant your tree, dig your roots and start today. No matter where you are, it might be you going to the gym or working out. If you can't work out. If you can't run, then walk home. Start today. Get up off the couch. Take something off of the calendar that has not been serving you well.

00:39:29:10 - 00:39:45:29
Unknown
Let it go. And remember, preparation time is never a waste of time, so I'll leave you with this if you're feeling overwhelmed. Just thinking, man, how am I going to organize my life in such a way that I can get the results I'm looking for? I just wanna encourage you. Just get 1% better, get 1% better for the next 100 days.

00:39:46:01 - 00:40:12:15
Unknown
And in 100 days, you will be 100% better in this organization, we have the army represented. We have the Navy represented, we have the Marines represented, and we have the Air Force represented. So I'm curious to know who who thinks they have the best training. One of our coaches. He's not me. Yeah. But even though for the Air Force, one of our coaches who it's a secret to who who's who's in the Air Force.

00:40:12:18 - 00:40:30:16
Unknown
You don't know who's in the Air Force tool. Yeah, man. Oh, you know, he's a pilot. I they're like their whole own breed, for that matter. Yeah. You're right. Technically you're right. But I had to use my brain. I had a category. Yeah, I know exactly. Yeah, yeah, I had them. Categories is something else. I'm sorry. I'm curious to know who has the best training veterans.

00:40:30:16 - 00:40:49:10
Unknown
I want you all to leave it in the chat right now for me. Let me know. Put it in the chat. Is the Army. Navy? Is it Air force? Is it Marines like? How do we know? We need all. We need all of them. I can tell you right now what the chats are going to say. What do seems like a 99% Marines.

00:40:49:13 - 00:41:14:00
Unknown
That's it. So I have I have an opinion on this. You probably wouldn't expect. Sure. I think the answer is the army. The army, because of their approach. The army of one. The army more than any other, any other service is very intentional about training up soldiers very quickly to make great decisions in the field if and when they're cut off from command.

00:41:14:03 - 00:41:38:17
Unknown
Wow. That it is. It is the whole approach as opposed to the other services. So I am curious about this and I love that quote. I rather be a warrior in the garden rather than a gardener in a war. Yep. And quote unquote, Coach John. Oh, we'll have an opportunity to show us as he has been training staff here on how to show up and develop skills when it comes to firearms.

00:41:38:20 - 00:41:58:23
Unknown
So two highly skilled men who have served our country, and I'm excited to see if we can settle this in a way that would be amicable. Coach Jeremy is in the house. Come on over, coach, I think I think we have a rock, paper, scissors. So we have we have coach Jeremy, you know, coach Jeremy McWilliams is in the house.

00:41:58:25 - 00:42:16:04
Unknown
Ladies and gentlemen, an exceptional human being. Hey, coach, just come on over here. Oh, do you see? Oh, dude, you're not getting away. Look, I would give you a hug. I'm out of here. Come on. Yeah. Come on, come on baby. Yes, coach Jeremy, that's hardly awkward. Oh love brother dude, you are. Yes sir. You get a knuckleball right there.

00:42:16:05 - 00:42:36:07
Unknown
So all hug you as he's getting settled. Coach. Coach, go to have a seat. Just for a moment here. Coach Jeremy, an exceptional human being. I don't think I've ever met anyone like him in my entire life. And went to. Are you to study theology? 911 happen. I won't steal his thunder and tell his story because we're going to have him on, and he'll be able to share that.

00:42:36:07 - 00:43:06:11
Unknown
But Newton's existence, quote unquote. And the man became a Green Beret. He is exceptional. And I'm curious to know, with our last few moments here, we have about two minutes left. Coach, is there anything that you'd like to say? You've heard part of the conversation? What are your thoughts? I did, I came in, I came in the room a few minutes, a few minutes ago, and one of the things I heard was interesting talking about this idea of, like, preparedness.

00:43:06:13 - 00:43:34:08
Unknown
And it's interesting. You can buy a firearm like, someone can buy a guitar just because you buy a guitar. It does not make you Ted Nugent. Just because you buy a firearm, it doesn't mean you're proficient. And there's things that we can do in this life that end up like giving us this false sense of preparedness. And I believe I personally believe that buying a firearm is one of those things that people do.

00:43:34:10 - 00:44:00:16
Unknown
I think it's the most prolific form of false preparedness is buying a firearm and not buying the subsequent training to go along with that firearm. It's the exact same thing. And I mean literally exactly the same thing is buying a guitar and not taking lessons. And so like if I sit in my house and practice guitar, I can get better.

00:44:00:16 - 00:44:24:17
Unknown
Maybe just like if you take your firearm to the range, maybe you get better. The problem is your guitar can't hurt anyone else. This firearm can absolutely hurt someone else. And so, I would say that with this idea of preparedness that with, if we're talking in this vein here, the you are the weapon that your mind is the weapon.

00:44:24:17 - 00:44:52:18
Unknown
Your body is the weapon. Like you must train and like you, you possess the capacity for remarkable great things, even without equipment. One of the one of the core tenets of special forces is that men are more important than equipment. This is like something that goes like, systemically through everything that they do. Men are more important than equipment.

00:44:52:18 - 00:45:20:12
Unknown
Humans are more important than equipment. And so you can buy all the coolest gear. It's not going to make you better at whatever that thing is. It's when you possess skills and ability here, like when you possess a certain amount of skills, then better equipment will make you better. That much better. But you have to start with like collecting instead of equipment and gear, collecting skills and knowledge, collect acumen and then the equipment will start to show up and be effective.

00:45:20:13 - 00:45:46:19
Unknown
Love it. The subtle. This, wandering we have to do with the stifle, the wandering. So and in an endeavor in an effort to stifle the wandering, we have sort of outlined a small, competition of sorts. And so what we're planning on doing is taking the two prior service military men and the two prior service Leos.

00:45:46:25 - 00:46:12:20
Unknown
And we're going to give them, gantlet of sorts. And so they'll be like, effectively three specific events that take place and you'll be rated on number of rounds fired and accuracy, and time. And so it will be three grading criteria, number of rounds, fired accuracy and time. And we'll, we'll just stop the wandering.

00:46:12:22 - 00:46:43:00
Unknown
Yeah. To pick up your guest please. This was not my idea. I know exactly whose idea this is a troublemaker. Yeah. And so that's your gift. Oh, and just for the listeners who may not know that, coach Jeremy Leo, can you. We're using this line enforcement officer. Yeah. So Leo is, law enforcement officer. If those of you who don't know, these gentlemen aren't just military veterans, but they're also veterans of, law enforcement as well.

00:46:43:01 - 00:47:12:03
Unknown
Okay. So what do we have here? We have, so if you notice the orange tip at the end of that muzzle there, these are airsoft pistols, and they're of a decent enough, type end kind that we can have, a real competition where they shoot straight, they shoot hard, and, and, and we have holsters, we have holsters to mimic a service pistol.

00:47:12:05 - 00:47:40:13
Unknown
And we'll present to them a few, events and scenarios whereby, yeah, we'll have some scoring, and then we'll just determine based on results, we'll stop the wandering. All right, stay tuned. It's about to get real. Are you ready, or are you just saying you're ready? We about to find out. All right, what's going to happen here is our two competitors are going to be facing with, away from the target.

00:47:40:15 - 00:47:53:04
Unknown
And when we say go, they'll turn around, fire three rounds in three seconds. Best score wins are you ready? Sure. Ready.

00:47:53:06 - 00:48:00:12
Unknown
Go!

00:48:00:14 - 00:48:25:01
Unknown
The reset that trigger has all the desired. Oh! Shoot. Bullets. Look at these money. Does he go to. I'm not going to bullseye like you guys. I'm very impressed. What's two bozos got me? You got a nine and I got an eight. No, you got two. No, no, you got two. Bullseyes. Yeah, but we shot three. Oh, you got two right there.

00:48:25:04 - 00:48:44:27
Unknown
Wow. Oh, just a dirty little messed up by one. All right, listen, there can be no way to led to skill with these guys, okay? Wait. Trust that he didn't do that. He you do seed. That's two rounds. That's two rounds on the X man. They both shot three there. Most of you trust me. Jeremy. Do you trust me?

00:48:45:00 - 00:49:03:22
Unknown
Put your hands like that. The fact that I dare you guys. No. You know. Absolutely. That's a fluke. Among those. In fact, I think we should do it again and see what's up. I think we should do it again. Hold up, hold up.

00:49:03:25 - 00:49:10:21
Unknown
Go.

00:49:10:24 - 00:49:36:14
Unknown
Let me. Speed! What the actual heck? You guys are crushing. So he hit the same spot. He hit before he later shot the tape. All three rounds, center mass. And then Matt had two fires. He's got two nines. Do we go again? I think we have. That's a tie game, right? I think we have two dumbfounded. These guys are nasty.

00:49:36:14 - 00:50:03:07
Unknown
Dumbfounded. I like to consider myself the toughest guy at toys R us. I can take all the Boston yellow. All right. You think I'm good at this last team to take last round. So right now we have John up by one stroke because you guys make it. You guys all ready? All go.

00:50:03:09 - 00:50:33:07
Unknown
Time. Wow. Ooh. Big flier. Big flier. Still in a. Team. Did you hit the same spot again? Photographic damage one. Did you shoot three? Yeah. So you're just there to. Okay. The third. So down by one he's in the up by two. Yep. So you're up. You only for two rounds. I shot him like you called ceasefire.

00:50:33:08 - 00:50:47:00
Unknown
Yeah. Let's see al by al by the right. Matts up. Mats up by two, mats up by two. Going into the second event.

00:50:47:03 - 00:51:13:25
Unknown
Oh 11 2150. 21ft. That's what we want it. I'm going to roll it. Got. Yeah. It goes. No, no. That's good right here. We can try that age before beauty. Go ahead John. All right. This event is this event. So you know. So if you follow me this way actually what happens here is when they shoot at the target, the things fall off.

00:51:13:26 - 00:51:37:01
Unknown
But it makes it rotate. So it makes all the other ones hard to hit. This you're not going to get knocked out is a shooting star. You're ready? Sure. We get it.

00:51:37:04 - 00:51:52:21
Unknown
What do you tell you? How to adjust those? What you want to. Oh, so that's one. Oh, no, I'm telling you, I was hitting him. Well, you're hitting the bar.

00:51:56:19 - 00:52:07:12
Unknown
These are like real bullets where you can weigh.

00:52:07:15 - 00:52:38:10
Unknown
One detail. You know how we don't know how. They don't correct the problem with the problem. Correct. And out of time. Still go in there. That's what happens to the eyes. I just want to talk about it the whole time was in a. Well, it's it's a this is terrible. Do these things. Hey, careful. What your eyes.

00:52:38:12 - 00:53:07:00
Unknown
Do that. Oh, 132 oh. Oh, yeah. Let's go. Yeah. So far, leaving us there. That's terrible. How did you feel? Better. I feel like I have completely severed any possibility of quality marksmanship in this. In the sense that you do not create a problem to correct a problem. Like, you know, some people say like like it's like golfing, like, oh, cool.

00:53:07:00 - 00:53:28:04
Unknown
Like I slice the ball. So I'm going to aim there so it goes straight. This is like I had to aim like an inch and a half, right? For it to get near every trigger squeeze is a whole new experience. That's a that's like a box of chocolates. All right. Time is 113 math. All right John. Ready? Target screwed to hit the same target begins like singles.

00:53:28:07 - 00:53:38:15
Unknown
There goes my boy. Your time started all right.

00:53:38:17 - 00:54:06:00
Unknown
Do not want to lose. That's got cool. Yeah. And it's so cute. Did you just say it's cute? It's totally cute. I don't even I don't know who you are, so I want you to hear that. But that's dumb. Oh, no one's going. Yeah. How off is your fix? Creating a problem to fix the problem right here. You shot the bottom left.

00:54:06:02 - 00:54:37:28
Unknown
Yeah, that was interesting. No, you shoot the top one. So wasn't I at the top? Yeah. Yeah. This is my scenario. Like so. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. You should the bottom left. And then you had 2000 hell. Look out. Oh. Nothing I'm shooting. No that's it 104. Yeah. Well ups you know I'm if you look at this format, you call me a Star Wars.

00:54:38:01 - 00:55:03:14
Unknown
Star Wars start because I really missed I, you know how you feel about that. I feel insecure, I feel like my manhood is just being absolutely eviscerated. I feel like I need to do, like, a push up or something. Oh, don't do it. All right. Ready now? We'll be. Yeah.

00:55:03:17 - 00:55:20:28
Unknown
Where do you shoot from for this? Can't go in front of the. Yeah.

00:55:21:00 - 00:55:27:24
Unknown
That one. Hit it. Well, tough. Lo siento. And.

00:55:27:26 - 00:55:54:14
Unknown
Let's. Oh. That's crap. Dude. The food dude. It's kind of cool. Sometimes things happen by hand, by. Oh, man. I'm impressed that way. 35 seconds. All right, I got that on video. Do we need to see a replay to see if it really bounced off? I'm telling you, hit. You got some. I probably just got a hold on.

00:55:54:15 - 00:56:12:27
Unknown
I got some video right here. Hold on to center masses. Hold on, hold on. We got to see if this really hit. Oh, yeah. Went off here. I was like one, two, 3 or 4. Okay, Griffy. Hold on. We got this dude. Wait up for shots. SLO mo, wild stuff. Okay. Hold on. You shoot for one back shot one for you.

00:56:12:27 - 00:56:38:29
Unknown
Tried to shoot. I tried to shoot. I did try to come back after I hit this. My bad. I don't think I thought of that one. I don't know, bro. I didn't hear it. Click. I didn't hear it click. Yes. Oh, no. Oh, in fun mode. Three four. Dude, if I hear it for four. Missed that one. Here's the wild stuff.

00:56:39:01 - 00:57:19:10
Unknown
Lo siento. It was close up. Dude, that was impressive, boss. Ready? Go! Down down, down! Americans. Yo, boo, let me get you. You got to get cam lights. Two. Now. Three. Oh oh. Whoa oh. Come.

00:57:19:13 - 00:57:37:13
Unknown
Oh.

00:57:37:15 - 00:57:40:12
Unknown
Them.

00:57:40:15 - 00:58:21:24
Unknown
Oh! See? Oh, they. They did. Oh. All right. 5.64. Big time difference. Big time difference. And totally comes off. It totally comes up. Allegedly. I let it totally come down to hit it. Good shooting text. The difference in their strategy. Yep. Yeah. Oh, okay. Mobile number two. Yeah. John's like you know what I like John's all like contact shots.

00:58:22:00 - 00:58:44:10
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Exactly. When I slung this nine is when I realized did I needed a sure thing out of there. Oh, there's all about. All right. That was absolutely amazing. So we had all almost all of our branches represented at least three of the four that are most commonly discussed. And you guys saw for yourselves. Man, that was absolutely epic.

00:58:44:12 - 00:59:01:20
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I want you right now to give your boy a shout out. Go ahead in the comment section. Leave a comment, show some love. We want to hear from you all the branches. We love you all and we appreciate you all because you were willing to lay down your life to fight for the freedom that we so enjoy, and we are so thankful.

00:59:01:23 - 00:59:21:13
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As you guys know, this was a way to create some fun, create some content for you to enjoy. An epic opportunity to see some of our coaches who show up on a daily basis who are ready. They stay ready and are constantly helping others to get ready. So you can be one of those guys that shows up like that for your wife or your family, for the ones you love, and for the ones who are more vulnerable than you are.

00:59:21:19 - 00:59:45:02
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Be the kind of man that you say you want to be. Show up. Get ready so you don't have to continue to prepare to try to be ready. Which means stay ready because you never know when the threat is going to come and knock at your door. And when it does, you want to be prepared. So remember, get 1% better for the next 100 days, and in the next 100 days you can be 100% better.

00:59:45:04 - 00:59:52:28
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This is your boy, coach Mondo. Thank you for tuning in to this podcast. Go ahead and like, subscribe and share and we look forward to seeing you on our next show.