Low Vis Ep. 1

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Low Vis Ep. 1. Low Visibility, what is it, why should I understand it? Some won't agree, but that's okay. Enjoy.

all right hey what's up guys so today

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let's talk about low visibility now when

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it comes to low visibility or being low

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VI in some form or fashion uh everybody

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has their own flavor on it now the way I

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look at it is as most of you guys that

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probably watch this or most of you guys

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that are watching anything that I do at

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least uh probably carry a firearm

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probably carry some tools on you on a

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normal basis and what that in that that

Low Vis

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kind of equals is you constantly trying

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to be uh a low visibility human right or

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uh working in a low visibility

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environment depending on where you work

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so think about it like this right you go

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on your day-to-day right you leave your

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house and you go to work whatever job

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you have if it is a job that is in a

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normal place where people don't expect

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you to have a firearm you are probably

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working in a Lois environment right if

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you are a copper and you wear it on the

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outside well definitely not a low viz

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environment but if you are a type of

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copper that does wear it where nobody

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can see it or you're trying to keep it

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obscured then yeah you're in the same

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kind of lowvz environment so uh whatever

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terminology you want to use for it but

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the way I look at it guys it kind of

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works in a bunch of different variations

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there's there's kind of certain levels

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so I'll try and put them up right about

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here right and different levels where it

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starts out as ay you're just you know

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low visibility right so there is some

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form of visibility of your uh what

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you're doing or what you're trying to do

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which is probably uh conceal a firearm

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conceal some tools um obviously to the

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right amount of eyes or the right type

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of eyes you're going to be easily viewed

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if you are wearing a shirt like this

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with some kind of flag on it and you're

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wearing a ball cap like this you

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probably are going to be somewhat

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noticed by other dudes that do the same

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thing all right you'll be noticed by law

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enforcement pretty easily you'll be

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noticed by a lot of folks that pay

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attention now the general public that

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doesn't care or doesn't realize or

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doesn't really think about it they're

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probably not going to notice anything

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just like on a normal basis that's what

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they do uh they don't even notice their

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own you know footfalls so when it comes

No Vis

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down to it like if that is your

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environment or that is something that

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you want want to dress towards you can

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right um there are also lower or nois

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environments where like man you have to

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wear a suit to work every day or you're

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wearing a button- down shirt every day

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because you have to or you have to look

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professional well obviously a t-shirt

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like this a ball cap like this ain't

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going to fit the the bill so you have to

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find a lower version of that visibility

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if you want to call it that right so I I

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usually go and put that in as no Vis

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right I have no visibility at that point

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um most people are going to look at me

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and bypass me because I'm just I just

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look like everybody else now back in the

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day I had to do that when I did certain

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types of security work especially down

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in different countries I had to look

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like the population if I didn't I would

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stick out like a sore thumb and

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immediately be known as an American and

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obviously they're going to know

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something's up so uh I am I highly

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recommend when traveling to different

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places or when working in those types of

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environments you try to blend in with

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the environment so a good example is

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when I go to Disney World right I do not

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want to be picked out as a person that

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is known or could be carrying something

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or just knows what they're doing in that

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way so I will wear a Disney shirt right

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I will wear something that blends me

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into that environment uh at the airport

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right I don't want to be noticed I I

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love being more low visibility at the

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airport and practicing that type of

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visibility level or really no visibility

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level and looking like a normal person I

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will wear just blank t-shirts I will

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wear jeans or shorts or just blank pants

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that don't scream anything I will wear

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shoes that don't scream anything anymore

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right now the reason this all came up or

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the reason this is a thing and may be

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something you're interested in is I have

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been

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caught I've been caught many a times and

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it has taught me lessons so for example

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I got caught one time at church right

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somebody noticed because my shirt was

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tighter than it should have been for the

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gun that I was carrying and guess what

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somebody noticed it and he even told me

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he was like hey man your gun showing and

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I was like dang like not the thing I

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want to happen I don't like that some

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dudes are into that stuff and being

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noticed by people go for it man you do

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you uh I on the other hand do not like

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being noticed at all I like I like

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living a more low visibility environment

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uh as much as I can right because I do

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videos and I try to educate people in a

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normal basis so there is a certain

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amount of I have to give it up but when

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I'm out in the general public most

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people don't notice me there's not

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enough people that watch this kind of

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stuff to notice me so I try to really

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keep that on a lower level and what ends

Changes

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up happening if I do get caught is I

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immediately change things right they

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just that person that random human that

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that came up and was like Hey that just

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taught me something so I will change

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something about my appearance or change

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something about the way I dress or

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change things out so the biggest one

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recently and the one that you'll

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probably notice the most is people's

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shoes right if they live and work in

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this kind of environment or they carry

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firearms on a normal basis or they're

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cop or their you know anything in that

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world they probably wear Solomon right

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Solomon boots or some merils or

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something that you would act like easily

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identify as cop shoes right or hey that

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that guy Carri is a gun right and I

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don't want that so I was recently caught

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with one of my pairs of Solomons even

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though they were like pretty messed up

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and I was wearing shorts and they were

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low cut ones that look like running

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shoes somebody noticed them and I was

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like man we got to change appearance

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again right so so my personal preference

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I went ahead I swapped out shoes and I

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go to a different type of shoe that

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isn't known to be law enforcement based

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or anything like that now that's my

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personal preference it is up to you and

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how you want to dress

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and but but clothing is going to be the

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biggest one of the biggest takeaways or

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giveaways really and your shoes are

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going to be the second biggest giveaway

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uh if not one of the one or the other so

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those two are going to be big ones uh

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also your attitude man if you are

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standing there like the dude in the

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corner at the

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party like that right people are going

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to notice that dude is he's like he's

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not enjoying himself he doesn't fit into

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the environment right you got to fit

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into the environment if you don't like

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parties and you don't like being around

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those kind of people man carry a cup

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around you know start mingling or just

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walk just do some laps in different

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directions around the party and you'll

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you'll be surprised like people just

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think you're just another person

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enjoying themselves or on your way to

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something else right and you you'll find

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your way of like fitting into those

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environments if you practice enough but

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some people don't don't know how to do

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that and uh you look like a stat that's

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trying to wait for somebody to like poke

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you so not worth it uh in my opinion but

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do you do you man if you want to wear

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your American flag shirt and uh and

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stick out like a sore thumb and be angry

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at parties or look angry or me mug

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people rock on boo boo but uh but

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personally I try to like I I look

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completely different or I try to look

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completely different from there and

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blend into my environment so that nobody

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notices me so that if violence does

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happen I come out of literally nowhere

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and that's what I want personally I want

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to be that kind of uh low viz or no viz

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if you want to call it that um the next

Bags

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one and and we can talk about this one

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at length is bags right types of bags uh

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whether it's fanny packs backpacks

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little man bags or man purses or laptop

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bags or whatever um if you wear one that

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is super obvious to other people that do

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this kind of stuff uh they'll notice you

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right away right you you're wearing a

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bag that's has Molly on it or is any

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kind of camouflage even a fake

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camouflage uh will start to give you

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away in certain ways so I I want to be

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observant of that aware of it in

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different ways and a good example of

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this I used to carry my uh carry on my

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night vision and my my helmet uh open

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almost openly it was strapped to the

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back of my bag that way it didn't take

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up capacity inside the bag and I could

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carry it on and it was just one bag and

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I found that that gave me way too much

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visibility and it bothered me people

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would notice people would ask me things

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about it people would like try to start

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conversations about it things I don't

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want so I started carrying a second

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carryon bag so I could shove my helmet

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and and small items into that bag and

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then carry my backpack with my laptop

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and my snacks and stuff like that and

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cordage and whatever other shenanigans

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that I need for my daily stuff but I

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completely switched it around and I

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don't carry a helmet on the outside of

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my bag anymore I want to be more low

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visibility things in tells like that

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that give you away

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all they do is is start conversations

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with people you don't want to start

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conversations with unless you like that

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stuff once again this all goes the

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opposite direction if you're not in that

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same uh mindset or environment that you

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want to be in all right so bags are a

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big one and you can go down the rabbit

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hole of bags but a general backpack

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that's you know all black or something

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that doesn't have any Molly or any

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indicators on the outside any velcro uh

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all those things will be easier for you

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to obscure yourself from normal people's

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Vision or eyes and make it something

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that just is in the environment versus

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sticking out of the environment so

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something you may want to look at and

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and pay attention to and there are

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definite differences when you start

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doing some traveling or just day-to-day

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stuff um if you work in like a business

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suit you may not want a backpack you

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want you want some kind of shoulder bag

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or some kind of laptop case that's

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easier and more uh low visibility or

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fits into into that environment really

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so it Blends it doesn't stick out once

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again and uh and if you wear one of the

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vertex bags we all know we all know man

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um the general public may not but we do

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so just something to be aware of and

Equipment

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then lastly is like your equipment that

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you carry on your body right if you

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carry enough equipment uh like most

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dudes do right your your first line gear

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or what you would consider your your

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everyday carry it's very important that

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you keep that um either as low or High

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Vis as you want but I would say there

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are certain things that are big no NOS

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uh so for one is carrying outside the

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waistband even open carry when you're

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just in the general public uh I I say

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that's a no no in the sense of like I

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know some dudes like to but you're

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you're not hunting you're not on a ranch

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you're not actively law enforcement in

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some way where there's a badge next to

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it so you one start to stir up some

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people's uh like regular human not just

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dudes that recognize guns and recognize

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the the what you're doing but like

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regular people you start to stir them up

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a little bit it aggravates people and

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that's not the kind of person I want to

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be I I I don't want to aggravate people

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I also don't want to be noticed so that

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is a huge like look at me also you look

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at the other side of things and not just

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normal people but you look at the

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criminal element you look at criminal

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element peeps they're going to look at

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that as an opportunity versus a

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deterrent most of the time so be aware

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you can look it up how many people get

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their guns taken from them and killed

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with their own firearms and it's because

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they're noticed so just something you

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want to pay attention to and become a

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little bit more aware of if you are

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going to carry outside the waistband you

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should carry with a bigger or longer

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shirt or a jacket if that's the

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environment you can play in but uh

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honestly I'm I'm not an outside the

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waistband kind of guy when it comes

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to normal day-to-day stuff because it

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doesn't offer me the same uh concealment

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that I want out of regular things but I

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also live in South Florida where a

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t-shirt and shorts and sandals or shoes

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are a regular normal thing for me so up

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to you right in your environment once

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again now uh that being said also things

Pockets

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that are on your pocket right so people

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that slide knives into their pocket or

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pens all right and and carry like this

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kind of stuff down on the edge of their

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pocket that is a Telltale sign and

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people have picked me out for it before

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so they have looked at it and been like

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hey man you can't bring that in here and

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there's no metal detectors or anything

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it's just a rule they have for an area

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or something like at this beach

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restaurant that I went to well they said

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I couldn't bring my knife in there uh

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and he noticed it right away the little

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security guard that was there and I was

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like damn like it pissed me off that I

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was known or recognized for it and I

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should have I should have been more

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aware of that well simple things like

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obviously just drop it in your pocket

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but if you still want it to be available

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to you right Raven concealment makes

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things like this uh this is a sliced

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down version of it and you can clip all

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this stuff onto here and put it inside

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your pocket and make it way less

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recognizable that you have dropped

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it way less recognizable that you have

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something in your pocket that they may

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be interested in so whether it is a

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knife or it's just a pen or if it's like

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whatever um I I try to like now use that

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thing on a normal basis so it's not as

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easily recognizable that I have

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something clipped to my pocket which

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will obviously give me away in different

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ways so dudes you're going to notice

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knives and clipped on Pockets although

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it's just a tool and it's just literally

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a like box opener if you want to call it

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that uh it's still noticed so it's still

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a weapon or a possible weapon that could

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be noticed by other folks and I was I

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was ticked off that I was noticed like

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that and I was like well all right cool

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I need to hide that stuff better so I

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started using that pocket Shield more

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and protecting or at least obscuring who

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I am more and that's my personal

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preference but it is something that's

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available out there and you could do all

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sorts of things like that so when it

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comes to your equipment right your bags

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your shoes and your clothing you can get

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very very very normalized by it and give

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yourself a very Bland and very normal or

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Blended look to the environment that you

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you live in obviously you don't want to

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stick out like a sore thumb uh by

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wearing things that are somewhat normal

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but not seasonal and you also don't want

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to look like a tactical dude or

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a dude that carries a gun or be confused

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for a cop or something like that and

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coppers you know what I'm talking about

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because you guys look like cops when

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you're not a cop or you're not dressed

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as a cop H because of the way that you

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dress your shoes the way your your uh

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your sunglasses are right the way that

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you Orient yourself in different ways

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right if you want to blend in with your

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environment you need to learn to be more

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relaxed and be more open to doing

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certain things that you're not

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comfortable with or figuring out what

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social norms that you can do that help

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you blend but don't dis disregard your

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your safety measures or your security

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conscious mind so hopefully that makes

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sense guys it's a very simple thing or

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very simple conversation but at the same

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time has a lot of facets to it and it's

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something that for personally I'm

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very well aware of and try to be very

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aware of that's why you'll notice that

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like my hat the one I sell on my website

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just has a logo it doesn't say my

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company name it doesn't have a website

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on it uh if nobody knows what that logo

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is then they won't know it's a hat

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that's associated with a company that

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trains and consults for law enforcement

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military civilians all sorts of stuff so

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that's what I personally wanted that's

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why the hat is so Bland right it's so

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just normal um but I will say if if you

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wear you know Joe blow's tactical shop

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of killing things uh you you'll be

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noticed man people are going to notice

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it and they're going to they're going to

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either avoid you pick you out of the

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crowd pretty easily and uh and if

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they're paying attention or you're not

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paying attention enough they're you're

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easily a uh Target of opportunity for a

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criminal element that pays attention

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which if you think they don't they do

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and uh I think you're you're giving them

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way less credit than they're than it's

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worth and also you're uh doing yourself

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a disservice in that moment so give

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yourself a chance reevaluate the way

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that you look guys if if you care about

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this kind of thing if you don't rock on

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man keep dressing the way you like to

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dress but I think it's an important

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conversation that you should have with

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yourself and a mirror maybe and maybe

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some of your friends that are tell you

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the truth because if I look like I'm you

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know going to the range every single day

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uh that's not what I want to look like I

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I want to I want to avoid that as much

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as possible I do not want to look that

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way so hope this helps guys if you have

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any questions or have any follow-up like

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hey John I wish You' explain this more

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kind of conversation stuff and we can

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make another video about it let me know

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so take care