Shawn Ryan Show - Hard Truth - Everyday Carry "EDC" Mindset

Episode Date: October 7, 2020

Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website - https://www.shawnryanshow.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnryanshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shawnryan762 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Sold the Genero. As Sold the Genero, touch isn't just for screens. Physical connection is so essential to how we communicate, it's infused in everything we offer. Since so irresistible, PDA is guaranteed. Textures are so luscious, skin is huggable. Get into a Sold the Genero state of mind. Receive 10% off on your first order on Sold the Genero.com.

Plus free shipping with the code Soldagenero10. Have you noticed that most ice creams now come in smaller cartons? Not Blue Bell. Blue Bell takes pride in providing our customers with full half gallons and full points of our delicious ice cream. We would never want to deny any one of all the rich and creamy goodness found in every carton. Bluebell wouldn't have it any other way. It's time to get away in a new Hyundai vehicle during the Hyundai Getaway sales event

at Woodhouse Hyundai. The Hyundai lineup of sedans and SUVs has the capability you need and technology and features you want, like the all-new 2023 Hyundai Powseade and Hyundai Tucson. This holiday season gets into a vehicle that will give you confidence with Hyundai owner assurance America's best 10-year 100,000-mile warranty. Visit us online at WoodhouseHundayOfOmaHod.com. All EDC means to me is getting the tools that you need to pull through a very shitty situation that hopefully you never have to encounter.

It doesn't matter what I'm carrying. You know, I've carried several different things. It doesn't matter what whole strung carry in. It doesn't matter what gun I have in the holster. It doesn't matter what kind of blade I have. It doesn't matter what kind of flashlight I have. There's way too much emphasis going on on that stuff. It's a tool. All of those are just tools. And while everybody wants,

they want the best thing, right? They want the most reliable piece that they can get to protect themselves, and I completely understand that. But, you know, what I'm getting at is there's just too much emphasis on the piece, and is the piece stippled, is the piece have a red dot on it? Does the piece, you know, have a modified trigger? Does the piece have slide cuts? None of that shit matters. None of that shit matters. And you know, me as a trainer, you know, when I used to teach, which I don't anymore, but when I used to teach, I always thought it was fucking awesome when the old

dudes would show up. And the old dudes show up with a Mark 1 motto Glock or something similar whatever it is and they're proficient with it and then you have everybody else on the line and all they're worried about is how fucking cool their ADC looks. It doesn't matter none of that shit matters You know it like I said it's a fucking tool Chances are it's gonna go bang, you know You need to make that decision. You need to find what works for you quit fucking looking on YouTube and see him with the latest and greatest shit is It's a flashlight it lights things up when the does that you can see it, you know, it's a flashlight. It lights things up. When it does that, you can see it. It's a red dot.

If you learn how to use regular sites, you don't need a fucking red dot. It's a holster. It carries your gun. Why did they even invent the holster? I'm pretty sure the holster was probably invented to protect the trigger guard. And that's it.

It doesn't need a you know, a wea the people engraved on it, or American flags, or red, or swade, or any of that other shit. Find something that's comfortable and use it. Who gives a shit what I'm carrying? You know, you know, I have a certain body type, whatever I'm carrying isn't going to match your body type, it's not going to. Learn how to use the tool. It's the mindset that everybody's missing. Everybody's worried about what their tool looks like and not enough about the mindset or how to use it. When I show up at the agency for deployment, I don't get to fucking pick when I'm using. No saying it at all.

This is what happens. Hey, welcome, you're in contra now. Here's your shit. I pick up my tool and guess what? You better be able to fucking use it, you know? And oh, by the way, here's your shit. And by the way, we're out the door in five minutes you're ready go drop your fucking suitcase off and get ready to roll I don't have time to bitch and mowing about

you know what what kind of magazines am I using and what kind of sites are on my tool and Do I have a stipple job? No, there's none of that shit you pick it up you go Yeah, I know how to use this thing. Press check it loaded Fuckin make sure you got extra ammo and you're good to go. That's it. You know, you stick it in a holster You tuck it in your pants and you go out the fucking door and do your job and You know, they're it's everyday carry What everybody's missing is the actual mindset.

It's not a fashion show. It's a tool that you need to be able to protect yourself from people who are trying to kill you. And that's it. And as long as you learn how to protect yourself from people that are trying to fucking kill you What the hell are you researching more for? Look what's the point of that shit you just want to blow fucking money that's cool. I get that you know You want to be a collector great? That's cool, but

But you know you need to be the one to make the decision. There's plenty of awesome tools out there. What matters is what fits you, what fits your hand, what are you comfortable shooting? You know, that's kind of my two cents on everyday carry. Being a minimalist is, that's a mindset that I've adapted. That's not, I think I'm fucking cool because I'm a minimalist and, you know, I just, I don't buy into all the shit that everybody's selling me. I don't buy into it. I don't need it, you know. When I was operating, especially when you're undercover, you can't be running around with all that shit. It creates a signature, which makes you a target once you become a signature.

And the more shit you have on you, the bigger the signature you're going to create. And so, you know, I have not found a way to conceal all the shit that everybody else is running. I've operated in some of the worst, you know, most dangerous places in the world as a minimalist and I have not been anywhere in the United States that holds a candle. Not even in the same ballpark as what I used to do. So, you know, as far as being a minimalist, I'm not going to change it. I don't need to change it. I know it works. I've gotten myself out of extremely hairy situations being a minimalist. And I had no other choice, but to be a minimalist. If I wasn't a minimalist, to be honest with you, in some of those situations, I would be fucking dead because I would have created the signature that I've been talking about,

you know, non-stop on all of our content, you know, platforms, and who would have been a dead giveaway. There are a million different tools out there. It's not the tool. It's the person. The person needs to understand how to use the tool. And, you know, to be honest with you, if you were proficient enough to know how to use that tool, then you wouldn't be on here looking around for what I have to say about tools or what the next YouTube guy has to say about tools. You know enough about the fucking tool.

You don't give a shit about what I have to say. You know what you're looking for in a tool. You find the tool that has what you're looking for. You purchase it and then you fucking use it to become the most proficient person you can be with that specific tool. To kind of sum up EDC and what I'm carrying and my mindset and everything, all EDC means to me is getting the tools that you need

to pull through a very shitty situation that hopefully you never have to encounter. So, when it comes to that, really all you're looking for is reliability and something that you can get really good at using your tool. If it's reliable and you know how to use it You're done with selection You know, so Once you figure out what you want Then you figure out how to use it and you use it really well and that's That's the end you stay proficient with it. And that's it.

Celebrate the Black Friday sales event at Woodhouse Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Blair. Step into a new Jeep that you can count on. From the awarded new Grand Cherokee to the capable 2022 Jeep Compass that Jeep lineup won't compromise on power, technology or comfort, delivering confidence and convenience for 29 years. Woodhouse Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Blair is your trusted auto partner. Visit us off highway 30 in Blair or online at woodhouse Chrysler Jeep Dodge dot com. The Bullwork Podcast focuses on political analysis and reporting without partisan loyalty in Blair or online at WoodhouseChristlerGeepDodge.com. Inside Washington and around the world. You document in a very compelling way all of the positive things have come out of this,

but it also feels like we have this massive hangover. No shouting or grandstanding. Principles over partisanship, the Bullwork podcast, wherever you listen.