Becoming a Self-Reliant Protector with David Acosta Jr.

How’s it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment.  This week Keith and I talk with the owner of Allegiance Defense Solutions and take an in depth look at home defense preparations and training. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here If you’re looking for ammunition that is accurate, reliable, and reasonable in price, New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA comes in six popular calibers.  Be sure to sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com which gets you 8% off all ammo purchases and makes you eligible for their truck giveaway in September. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or FB: Instagram   Facebook Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! 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You grew up with the dream of becoming a police officer.  How old were you when you knew that police work was your calling and what was it that drew you to the career?  You have talked about over your policing career you felt that victims “outsourced their protection.” That phase really resonated with me. Can you expand on what exactly you mean by that? (Growing up in the northeast does he think people do not choose to protect themselves because of the gun restrictions?) You held many positions throughout your law enforcement career including: patrol, low profile investigations, narcotics and undercover work, federal task force, warrant task force, fugitive task force, academy instructor, and SWAT.  If you had to choose what was your favorite role in your career? (Why? Stories?) Given your time in New Haven I have to know who has the best Pizza? Sally’s, Bar, Modern, or Frank Pepe? Have you been to Louis Lunch where the birth of the hamburger is claimed? You have some great content on your instagram regarding combatives.  If we were to take someone with zero skills and wanted to make them into a formidable asset what would the recipe be? (Physical fitness, guns, blade work, grappling, striking, medical training, etc) How can people protect themselves from paying for subpar training? What should we be on the lookout for when researching training partners? Tell everyone where they can find you online. I want to get to Run and Gun, but before we do, let’s talk about Ridgeline Defense.  Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities and their highly trained staff specializes in pistol, carbine, precision rifle, breaching, sniper operations, and low visibility force protection.  If you are looking to take your skills to the next level, you’ve found your new training partner. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com II. Run and Gun  III. Let’s Mix It Up Let’s Mix It Up is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco.  Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and we were super impressed.  It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, and use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off.   On this episode of Let’s Mix It Up, we discuss home defense preparations and training. IV. Outro  We want to thank David for coming on the show and sharing his story with us, as well as his insight on how to become more capable humans. Home defense is something very important, unique to each person's individual situation, and David has given some serious food for thought.  Allegiance Defense Solutions    Instagram    0 To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Discord so we can keep the conversation going.    We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes.  It doesn’t come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.