alright welcome back folks. Due to a bunch of scary stuff happening around
the world right now, a bunch of people have entered into the gun world and you're now
gun owners. So guys, welcome to gun ownership. And the purpose of this video is to give you
kind of the next five steps, so we're gonna talk safety, comfort, training, all that jazz,
get you squared away. But first, a word from our sponsor. John: Alright whats happening folks, I'm here
with a new gun owner. This is... Bodi: Bodi, what's up bro, I'm from Pasadena. John: Congratulations, welcome to new gun
ownership. Bodi:Thanks, yea I got this badboy from like
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gun and we're gonna let you hold this Bodi:That's cool man, thats cool, I like this. It's like a toy. John: Umm... not a toy. So in the interest of safety. My safety. we're switching Bodi out now for a, uh...
banana. Bodi:Smart bro, thats smart. John: Very good, and so the first thing is...
actually just watch this video. We'll show him the ropes. So Bodi ended up being the worst. I could not fix him. And that's tough, you know. This is all I do – I travel the country,
I teach gun stuff, gunfighting stuff, I'm a former action guy, my name is John Lovell,
founder of the Warrior Poet Society, and we teach this stuff – but Bodi was terrible. But you're not gonna be, you're gonna be awesome. You will peel a banana before you eat it. Anyway, in this video we're gonna tackle a
bunch of stuff that you need to know now that you're a gun owner or you're about to be one. And that has to do with safety rules, operation,
clearing, unloading, handling, some general safety advice, some next steps. We're gonna tackle all of that in kind of
a little bit of a road map – a thirty-thousand-foot-view – so we're not gonna exhaustively delve
into any one of them. We're gonna give you a general thing, and
I'm gonna provide links down below that are other resources as well. So that you can have kind of further learning
by way of other videos that we have made. Alright so the first step I wanted to tackle
is all the safety stuff. I did a video on this where we went a long
time exhaustively into the Universal Firearms Safety Rules. And then a bunch of other just range etiquette,
and how to operate guns around other people, specifically at ranges and in a classroom
environments. I'm gonna go ahead and provide links down
below and the very last part of this video is gonna provide an in-screen link to that
video so you guys can check it out. I encourage you to do that. So this will be a little bit more of crash
course for you. The Universal Firearms Safety Rules, there's
four of them. And I'm gonna use this, this is not a gun. It's a piece of plastic, and you're not here
so don't worry about me pointing it at you, because again... you're not here. Anyway, for the Universal Firearms Safety
Rules, the first and foremost is 1. Always know the condition of your gun, and
always treat all guns as if they're loaded. This is a big failsafe. Everyone that's ever had a negligent discharge
or accidentally shot someone – they all did it with a supposed "empty gun". So for intents and purposes, there's no such
thing as an unloaded gun. And so we are always pretending, even if we
know the gun is unloaded, we pretend like it is loaded. And that keeps us from having any horrible
disasters. The second thing is 2. Keep your finger off the trigger until the
sights are aligned and the decision to shoot has been made. This is good trigger discipline. And you'll see my finger is completely straight,
over the trigger guard, and that's how it lives until I'm ready to shoot. And so, I line up my sights and I'm ready
to shoot, then I can put my finger on the trigger and shoot. Bang bang bang. Until I'm done and then finger comes off the
trigger and then I can come down and whatever or put my gun down. Right, so finger off the trigger until the
sights are aligned and the decision to shoot has been made. If you don't pull the trigger, then the gun
cannot go off. Again, they're not little bombs waiting to
explode. You have to pull the trigger to make this
gun go off, right. Alright the third rule is 3. Never point a gun at anything you don't intend
to destroy. And so imagine there's a little laser coming
out of this gun. You'd never let that laser cross any part
of your hand, or your leg, or anyone else around. Never point your gun at anything you don't
intend to destroy. Rule number four is 4. Know your target, what's beyond it, in front
of it, to the left and the right of it. And beware because bullets can go through
walls. So if I pointed this gun at this wall and
there was somebody in the room next to me, then I just broke that rule. I pointed a gun at somebody that I didn't
intend to, and I didn't know what was beyond my target, right. So those are the universal firearms safety
rules. There's a bunch of other rules that apply
as well. They're not the universal ones, but they're
just generally good ideas. Those are covered in a different video. Again, I'll provide links down below. Alright, so the very first step was about
safety. This second step is about operating your gun. So, knowing our safety rules, we're not going
to ever break those. If our gun is down on a surface here, we'll
make sure our finger is straight, hits the frame and we can go ahead and pick up our
gun as such. This is a training gun, so this is shooting
blanks right now. Pretty darn fun. Yay for that. And we'll basically just go over our general
safety and clearing procedures, right. So the very first thing is our gun is presumably
empty. That means there is nothing in the chamber,
and there's no magazine in the pistol grip. I'll take my magazine right here, which has
bullets in it. And if I wanted to load this gun, what I would
do is insert this magazine flush, and then I'll grab the slide – and you can do this
multiple different ways. One is you can grab over the top like this,
and pull it back hard. Or you can, instead of going over the top
like this, you can turn the gun sideways and grab like this, right. But either way however you want to do that,
you can go ahead and pull the slide back. And you want to do this violently so that
when you pull back your hand slips off of it. You don't want to go "ch-ch" and ride the
slide forward. So do this with violence – ready and...
right there. And that should chamber a round. Now its ready to shoot. This is blanks. Alright, super fun. Now let's say I want to clear the gun out. Step one will be to drop the magazine. On the other side there is a magazine release
button, and what I'll do is I'll just push this in with my thumb. Observe. And it falls. Groovy. Now there's still a round in the chamber. And so what I need to do is clear that out. The way I'll do that is I'll grab the top
and again I'm gonna cycle it violently and I'll see the round fall out. Now it should be empty, but we like to double-check
everything. And so part of clearing or loading, unloading
a gun – we have our safety protocols, but we also have systems that help us clear out. So if step one was drop magazine, step two
is rack the slide, but we'll do it two times as a double-check. Very good. The third thing is, now that I know that it
is, or it should be empty. I still wanna put a visual check. So this is really like a third check. What I'll do is I'll lock the slide to the
rear. And on the other side, on the same side that
the magazine release is, there is our slide stop release. So what I'll do is I'll need to push this
up. There's a little notch right there, and so
my job here is to push this up so I have upward pressure while pulling this back. And you'll watch this notch get back all the
way up. And then I'll let the slide forward and it
will rest against this piece. If I pull this down, the slide will go forward. And if I push up... it locks against it. This is step three. Step four will be I'll visually inspect the
chamber. And some people will add a physical check
where they'll put their finger in there. So observe. I look in the chamber. And I can put my finger in there if I choose. And some folks will add a double-check where
they'll look away and then look back, just to have another look at the chamber. Alright, to put it all together. Looks like this. Step one. Two. Three. Four. Very good. That's how to clear your gun. Some people do it a little bit different. Like I said before, the big thing is to have
a system and stick to it. When it's time to clear a gun, you're not
talking to anyone, you're not watching TV, you're not doing anything else. You're ensuring that your area is safe, you're
not breaking the Universal Firearms Safety Rules, and you go through this exact system
every single time. So that was loading and unloading or clearing. Another way to load the gun is after you've
been shooting a little bit. The slide will lock to the rear on the last
round, so you'll have an empty magazine in there and it locks to the rear. Now all you have to do to simply reload again
is to drop the magazine, and again hitting the magazine release, drop that, find another
magazine, insert it and now you can allow the slide to go forward, either by pulling
it back and letting it go, or pushing down on this button. And right now it is loaded again and ready
to go. Alright so the very first step was about safety. The second step was about general operation. The third step is going to be about carrying
and storage and again, man I could do just a whole bunch of videos just on any one of
these steps. But again I'm trying to make a real quick
thirty-thousand foot view overview, a bit of a roadmap for you, so you can expand these
categories later, but at least they're placeholders and give you some general working knowledge
of them specifically. So I want you to think of a modern pistol
like a married pair. It's designed to go with a holster that's
fit custom for it. Right? This is a kydex holster – I'll have some
options down below – you don't want just kinda like a loose sock or a general purpose
one, you want something that really fits your gun if you're going to be carrying it. This is designed to be carried in the appendix,
which is straight down the front. And if you don't know what you're doing, this
can be dangerous. If you do know what you're doing, it is not
dangerous at all. So, anyway, this is how I generally carry
my gun, but anyway – this is an appendix holster. There are other ways to carry it; on the side
– three-o-clock, or four-o-clock, or on an ankle, or in a bag – all kinds of different
ways, but really what I want is good trigger guard support and some type of retention in
there. The thing about carrying is, because gun fights
come at you real fast, when you need a gun you need it a few seconds ago. So being able to be out on target really really
quick is a good idea. But you also want to be safe... in all the
other times, right? So anyway, carrying can be really important;
make sure you get a really good holster. That's a big deal. And you gotta fit it to your wardrobe and
lifestyle and I get that. So when we're not carrying we gotta figure
out how to safely store our guns. Some of us have little kids, and if they're
three months old, you can just put it up high somewhere. If you have unruly young teenagers that are
rebelling, you can't get away with anything, right. So anyway, you're gonna have to figure out
how to balance accessibility for security and safety for little kids getting, getting
hold of your guns.You'll have to figure that out. But regardless, you've got it on your person
for carrying. You can also get something of a little safe
like this. This is a really cheap safe. There's all kinds of little cases that you
can carry as well that are a little bit more sophisticated and secure. You also have big gun safes. And I'm gonna have some recommended links
down below, in case you wanna check out some of that stuff and see what works for you. But you'll want to secure some stuff. Other things, so if you're not carrying it
and you're not locking it up, another way to handle your guns is to stage it. Some people do this by putting guns in sock
drawers. And by the way, if a bad guy is ever gonna
raid your house, they're gonna find it under your sock drawer, or the top of the closet,
or under your mattress – pretty predictable places, so just know it's predictable to the
bad guy as well. And your kids will eventually find that stuff,
and so anyway you gotta be real real careful about those things as well. But staging can become a really good way so
that you are really quick, ready to respond to threats, somebody breaking in or robbing
your house where you wouldn't have time to open up a safe, find your gun, find your ammo,
put it together and then back in action – you don't have that kind of time. One way that you can help add another layer
of staging your gun is the gun is hidden somewhere, high up and you're not worried about kids,
because you may not have kids, or they're out of the house, whatever. But an additional level of safety that you
can have is you can do something that I'll call aircraft loaded. Now aircraft loading is when I may have a
full magazine in the gun, but there is nothing in the chamber. So for me to make this work, I've gotta have
my gun stashed, I can pick it up, but to be able to get a round ready to fire I have to
pick it up and rack. Now for instance if you have a four-year-old
kid and they're not quite in the climbing stage, and you've got your gun way high up
and they have no idea it's up there, and you have your gun in this condition, where you've
got rounds in the magazine but nothing in the chamber, its going to be impossible for
most four-year-olds to be able to rack the slide. Many of you will have trouble even racking
the slide. So it can become an added layer of safety. Again, you've gotta figure out what works
for your house. If that just seems terrible and really unsafe,
then it's probably terrible and unsafe for you, but not necessarily for everyone else. Alright now, the fourth step speaks of future
training. Understand pistol shooting is difficult as
it is. You're going to line up the sights, think
you're good to go, pull off a shot and then boom, down and left. And you'll be like what, this thing sucks. I can't hit anything. The sights must be off. Or I got a bad gun. And just know, no you didn't, the sights are
fine. The gun is fine. You're just a terrible shooter. And its gonna take some practice. You're not going to immediately pick this
up and be good at it, so be patient with yourself. Learn and grow, get some fundamentals, you'll
start to find out about things like shot anticipation, which is the biggest reason you're missing. From jerking the trigger as well or not aiming
properly with your sights. All of these different things we call them
fundamentals of fire. Fundamentals of shooting. Any one of them out of sync or out of harmony
can have catastrophic impacts on where your shots are landing, right. So make sure you understand that shooting
can be hard and you'll probably want to grab some training after you've delved into these
other steps that I've already mentioned. After you get just general marksmanship stuff,
and you can hit what you're aiming at, appreciate that fact that bad guys are ambush hunters,
which means they're gonna come out of nowhere, its gonna happen in a very short amount of
time. You're going to have to draw real quick and
be able to shoot low percentage shots sometimes, and so that means you've gotta be able to
be fast and accurate. And while you're freaking out, and maybe low
light environment, shooting one handed while fending someone off with one hand. And so the bar keeps getting higher and higher. And I don't want to overwhelm you right now,
I just want to let you know that there are steps, that we're just going to be on a gentle
journey toward proficiency in and don't just buy a gun thinking now that I've got this
gun, I'm going to be safe, because that's not true. That's a false sense of security, so this
is your public service announcement knowing guess what, you'll need some training down
the line, so make allotment for it. Step five, I just wanted to cover some general
wisdom and I'd say hey guys, don't be in a hurry to accidentally do something terrible. Take it slow, there's nothing in the world
wrong with that. Don't be afraid to ask local instructors or
people who are further down the line from you. If they're doing anything that's contradicting
my universal firearms safety rules that I already conveyed to you, they're amateurs
– they don't know what they're doing, they're talking a big game but they're unsafe. STAY AWAY FROM THEM! But if they're good, they're probably a good
resource to help walk you through those first few steps. I care a little bit less about what gun you've
got. That's not the thing – it is indian and
not the arrow, so to speak – so it's not the gun's fault, its not the sights fault,
you don't have to go out and buy a whole bunch of stuff and upgrade a bunch of stuff. You really just need good practice and some
knowledge and some learning and some time as well, right. I'd also add check out some of our other videos,
because we have all kinds of good stuff on concealment and gun fights, product reviews,
gun reviews. Alright the last part of step five is I want
you guys in the comments to fill it in. What did I miss in this general thirty-thousand-foot
overview for new shooters. Offer some encouragement, let's not make everyone
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