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MAG-TAC Podcast

MAG-TAC Podcast

By Maglite Tactical

Featuring interviews and advice from top experts in law enforcement, military, and personal safety, the MAG-TAC Podcast is for both pros and everyday people who want to elevate their insight and knowledge in the area of tactical and practical defense. Brought to you by Maglite Tactical, the tactical division of the iconic Maglite flashlight brand trusted by police, first responders, armed forces, and more, since 1979.
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MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 16: Vehicle Counter Assault Self-Defense ft. Bill Murphy

MAG-TAC PodcastDec 09, 2019

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MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 16: Vehicle Counter Assault Self-Defense ft. Bill Murphy

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 16: Vehicle Counter Assault Self-Defense ft. Bill Murphy

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast series, Bill Murphy, Tactics specialist with a decade’s long police career and owner of Firearms Training Associates discusses using a Maglite as an effective tool for self-defense and which Maglite he prefers under what circumstances. He goes on in this episode to detail the Vehicle Counter Assault class and how to stop a moving vehicle with a firearm.

Dec 09, 201905:54
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 15: Best Home Defense ft. Bill Murphy

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 15: Best Home Defense ft. Bill Murphy

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast series, Bill Murphy, Tactics specialist with a decade’s long police career and owner of Firearms Training Associates discusses selecting the best home defense weapon. Specifically he covers how to train for using the home defense shotgun, why it is sometimes not the best choice unless you have a safe and finally, why a pistol is a better choice and how to use it to get to your shotgun.

Dec 02, 201906:19
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 14: Concealed Carry ft. Bill Murphy

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 14: Concealed Carry ft. Bill Murphy

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast series, Bill Murphy, Tactics specialist with a decade’s long police career and owner of Firearms Training Associates discusses the Concealed Carry Class which covers what kind of firearm that is best for them, how to properly carry concealed safely and how to deploy and use the weapon in realistic situational training.

Nov 25, 201905:47
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 13: About Firearms Training Associates ft. Bill Murphy

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 13: About Firearms Training Associates ft. Bill Murphy

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast series Bill Murphy, Tactics specialist with a decades long police career and owner of Firearms Training Associates discusses the General Handgun class offered at Firearms Training Associates in Corona and why taking and re-taking basic firearm rules such as firearm transportation, firearm cleaning, basic shooting rules and how to interact properly at a gun range.

Nov 18, 201905:57
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 12: Prof. McWeeney (Part 4)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 12: Prof. McWeeney (Part 4)

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast, Professor Thomas McWeeney, who teaches leadership and strategic planning at Cal State San Bernardino, laments that lack of action that is taken to prevent mass shootings even when the clear evidence is there that something is likely to happen and that the person in question is a threat.  More often than not, it comes down to a failure of courage and leadership.

Nov 14, 201906:55
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 11: Prof. McWeeney (Part 3)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 11: Prof. McWeeney (Part 3)

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast, Professor Thomas McWeeney, who teaches leadership and strategic planning at Cal State San Bernardino, takes son the challenge of answering how we stop mass shootings in the United States specifically.  Because it is highly improbable that a mass shooting in one particular place organizations are loathe to put in the effort to stop it, in other words because it is not a likely occurrence people simply refuse to focus on it and plan for it.

Nov 11, 201906:33
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 10: Prof. McWeeney (Part 2)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 10: Prof. McWeeney (Part 2)

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast, Professor Thomas McWeeney, who teaches leadership and strategic planning at Cal State San Bernardino, discusses the struggles he has had getting organizations to focus on and plan for events that have not happened yet and preventing them.  His solution was to force these organizations to confront these possible catastrophes as if they were imminent dangers and plan for them in real time.

Nov 04, 201906:44
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 9: Prof. McWeeney (Part 1)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 9: Prof. McWeeney (Part 1)

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast, Professor Thomas McWeeney, who teaches leadership and strategic planning at Cal State San Bernardino, describes his work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the days after 9/11 in changing the mindset of the organization to one of prevention of terrorist attacks and other violent incidents and not just apprehension of the perpetrators after the fact.  The theories presented in his teaching and his upcoming book applies directly to stopping mass shootings which are increasingly being recognized as terrorism.

Oct 28, 201907:43
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 8: Practical Defense ft. Bryan McKenrick (Part 4)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 8: Practical Defense ft. Bryan McKenrick (Part 4)

Bryan McKenrick, the leader and owner of American Tactical Defense, LLC., an Active Shooter Training Company, has spent a career in law enforcement doing drug interdiction operations with the Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies. Bryan now trains law enforcement personnel on active shooter events and joins the MAG-TAC Podcast for Four (4) episodes. In this episode, Bryan talks about improvised weapons and the reality of facing someone with a gun. There is a difference throwing a stapler at someone and introducing serious pain with a Maglite flashlight.

Oct 22, 201906:13
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 7: Practical Defense ft. Bryan McKenrick (Part 3)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 7: Practical Defense ft. Bryan McKenrick (Part 3)

Bryan McKenrick, the leader and owner of American Tactical Defense, LLC., an Active Shooter Training Company, has spent a career in law enforcement doing drug interdiction operations with the Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies. Bryan now trains law enforcement personnel on active shooter events and joins the MAG-TAC Podcast for Four (4) episodes. In this episode, Bryan discusses the tactics and practice of upping the Hide part of Run, Hide, & Fight, into barricading. How do you barricade? When do you barricade in a tactical situation, when you don’t and why?

Oct 19, 201906:56
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 6: Practical Defense ft. Bryan McKenrick (Part 2)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 6: Practical Defense ft. Bryan McKenrick (Part 2)

Bryan McKenrick, the leader and owner of American Tactical Defense, LLC., an Active Shooter Training Company, has spent a career in law enforcement doing drug interdiction operations with the Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies. Bryan now trains law enforcement personnel on active shooter events and joins the MAG-TAC Podcast for Four (4) episodes. In this episode, Bryan discusses hiding, the importance of distinguishing from concealment and cover, and the tactics of using both.

Oct 15, 201907:12
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 5: Practical Defense ft. Bryan McKenrick (Part 1)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 5: Practical Defense ft. Bryan McKenrick (Part 1)

Bryan McKenrick, the leader and owner of American Tactical Defense, LLC., an Active Shooter Training Company, has spent a career in law enforcement doing drug interdiction operations with the Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies. Bryan now trains law enforcement personnel on active shooter events and joins the MAG-TAC Podcast for Four (4) episodes. In this episode, Bryan talks about the importance of reacting to what is happening. Discusses not hoping for the best, but being ready for the worst. He then covers the basics of safety and the theory of Run, Hide, & Fight

Oct 14, 201906:24
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 4: Dave Shearman

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 4: Dave Shearman

In this episode of the MAG-TAC Podcast by Maglite Tactical, Dave Shearman who received a Law Enforcement Hero Award from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and Maglite - Mag Instrument, Inc., shares his story of being a volunteer law enforcement veteran who served with the armed forces during the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns, following 9/11.  Shearman and his friend and fellow officer James “JT” Taman, who also served and grievously wounded in an IED attack, wrote the book Outside the Wire in Blue about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sep 06, 201907:49
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 3: Tactical Defense ft. Bill Murphy (Part 3)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 3: Tactical Defense ft. Bill Murphy (Part 3)

In this episode, Bill Murphy (owner of Firearms Training Associates) talks about some new and exciting tactical products that will be coming out from Maglite shortly in the future, as well as discussing his low light training courses. Low-light training is a specialized area of emphasis with Bill’s training center at Firearms Training Associates in Corona, California. One important note of instruction is the tip not to leave your light on continuously, but to use it strategically and not to make yourself a target.
Aug 19, 201907:02
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 2: Tactical Defense ft. Bill Murphy (Part 2)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 2: Tactical Defense ft. Bill Murphy (Part 2)

In this episode, we discuss Weapon Mounted lights – the pros and cons are presented by Bill Murphy law enforcement and tactical training professional. Then Bill Murphy (owner of Firearms Training Associates) jumps into the reality of what happens in a low light home invasion situation, what the average homeowner will do in fact, and how they can get more effective in defending themselves and their loved ones.
Aug 12, 201907:05
MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 1: Tactical Defense ft. Bill Murphy (Part 1)

MAG-TAC Podcast - Ep. 1: Tactical Defense ft. Bill Murphy (Part 1)

In the first episode you will get introduced to the host of the podcast Lou Desmond and his semi-regular guest-host Bill Murphy. Bill is the owner of Firearms Training Associates and trains civilians and law enforcement officers alike, albeit to different purposes and differing levels of proficiency. Bill has a decades long career in law enforcement and speaks about the importance of tactical training and some of the basics. Bill explains why he loves Maglite, the company and products such as the ML150LR and other great Maglite offerings. You will also hear what Bill has in his every day carry arsenal including his choice for a concealed carry pistol and why.
Jul 30, 201907:23