Hard Truth - Everyday Carry "EDC" Mindset

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• 1:31Shawn Ryan?

  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.

• 1:50Shawn Ryan?

  It doesn't matter what I'm carrying. You know, I've carried several different things. It doesn't matter what holster I'm carrying. 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, way too much emphasis going on, on that stuff. It's, you know, it, it, it's a tool. All of those are just tools. And, you know, while everybody wants, they want the best thing, right? They want the most reliable. Peace that they can get to protect themselves and I completely understand that but you know

• 2:30Shawn Ryan?

  what I'm getting at is there's just too much emphasis on on on the peace and is the peace stippled is the peace have a red dot on it does the peace you know have a modified trigger does the peace have a 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 one motto Glock

• 3:09Shawn Ryan?

  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 seeing what the latest and greatest shit is it's a flashlight it lights things up when it does that you can see it you know it's a red dot

• 3:51Shawn Ryan?

  if you learn how to use regular sights you don't need a fucking red dot you know 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 uh you know a we the people engraved on it or American flags or red or suede or any of that other shit find something that's comfortable and use it who gives a shit what I'm carrying you know um You know, I have a certain body type, whatever I'm carrying isn't gonna match your body type. It's not going to. And, and uh, you know, it's, learn how to use the tool. It's the mindset that everybody's missing.

• 4:34Shawn Ryan?

  Everybody's worried about what their tool looks like and not enough about the mindset or how to use it. You know, I mean, when I show up at the agency for deployment, I don't get to fucking pick what I'm using. No say in it at all. This is what happens. Hey, welcome, you're in country 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 uh, by the way, we're uh, out the door in five minutes. You ready? Go drop your fucking suitcase off and get ready to roll. I don't have time to bitch and moan about, you know, what, what kind of magazines am I using? And what kind of sites are on my tool?

• 5:19Shawn Ryan?

  And do I have a stipple job? No, there's none of that shit. You pick it up, you go, yep, I know how to use this thing. Press check it, load it, fucking 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 um, you know, there, it's, everyday carry, eh, what everybody's missing is the actual mindset. It's not a fashion show. It's, it's, it is a, a, 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.

• 6:02Shawn Ryan?

  And as long as you learn how to protect yourself from people that are trying to fucking kill you,

• 6:11Shawn Ryan?

  what the hell are you researching more for? What, what's the point of that shit? You just wanna blow fucking money? That's cool, I get that. You know, you wanna be a collector? Great, that's cool. But um, but uh, 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, um.

• 6:38Shawn Ryan?

  That's kind of my two cents on everyday carry. Being a minimalist is, that's, that's a, 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, I, I, I don't buy into it. I, I don't need it, you know?

• 7:06Shawn Ryan?

  When I was operating, there were, especially when you're undercover,

• 7:12Shawn Ryan?

  you can't be running around with all that shit. It creates a signature, you know, and which makes you a target. Once you become a signature and, and the more shit you have on you, the bigger the signature you're gonna create. And so, you know, I, I have not found a way to conceal all the shit that everybody else is running. I've operated in some of the, in 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, you know?

• 7:55Shawn Ryan?

  Not even in the same ballpark as what I used to do. So, um, you know, as far as being a minimalist,

• 8:03Shawn Ryan?

  I'm, I'm not gonna 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, I had no other choice. Um, but to be a minimalist. If I wasn't a minimalist, um, 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, um, you know, non-stop on all of, you know, our content, you know, platforms. And, uh, would have been a dead giveaway.

• 8:40Shawn Ryan?

  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

• 9:26Shawn Ryan?

  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,

• 9:41Shawn Ryan?

  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. And 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. You know, 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 the end. You stay proficient with it and that's it.

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