Home Invasion: Stairwells
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- This clip is from the video vault in my Keep the Blaze Alive Coaching Squad (aka “The Squad”). The Squad has three levels of membership, and we meet weekly online with a 2-hour livestream where I answer questions and tell stories, and the Tier 1 members get two monthly two-hour Zoom calls where we talk face-to-face. I also host two 3-day events per year for my Tier 1 members. Learn more about The Squad at / coachingsquad
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Pat doesn’t just appreciate the art hanging from his walls, he uses it to his tactical advantage as a force multiplier for gaining more situational awareness throughout his home.
He also created it
Those are Pat's own artistic creations, so he does care about them, it's just that he takes advantage of them in a case of home invasion.
Thanks for repeating exactly what he said as if we didn’t just watch the video
@@nathancummins8728 You are welcome! Enjoy and rejoice.
@@v.german11b Pat Mac is truly a modern day Renaissance Man.
For stairwells I just went with the old paint cans tied to the railing method. Seems to have worked well for the blonde kid and he was like 8.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That’s fuggin funny!
That framed picture at the bottom of the stairs is oddly placed for art, but perfectly for force multiplier. Man's a highly trained genius.
Using picture frames to see blind spots is next level. Awesome video 🇺🇸
That should be common sense, you never used windows as a mirror or looked at windows to see the reflection of a cute girl instead of staring at her haha, and here’s another tip if people are inside a house and the lights are on more and likely they can’t see out the windows, if you’re doing recon or something around an enemy compound, I’m not military I’m just always thinking
👍love the reflection of blind spots, outstanding!
Loving the "nuggets" in your videos the placement of pictures/glass/mirrors to enable a better view. As always thank you.
Thanks Pat 😊
Pat places pictures on the wall for the tactical advantage… wowzers man next level
Dude you da man! Thanks
Very good. I always learn something. Thank you
Thank You Pat.
One take wonder baybeee! Thanks again.
Awesome. Now I just have to get a house with stairs.
You're doing great things man. Keep it up. I remember back in the day when I met you at Bragg, same ole guy with the same ole tenacity. Keep up with the videos man.
Thanks for the tip on illumination and thresholds. That's a huge one for me as a weapon light noob.
Good info. An important thing to think about when it comes to pictures or mirrors is if you shine your light at them and if you get the perfect angle you can actually blind yourself if you’re not careful
Thank you Pat as usual...for someone with your experience you are very easy to listen to
OTP now stands for One-Take-Pat! Loving every vid you put out, solid gold! Now I gotta go rearrange some pictures...RNR!
ive checked my stairs for creaks and luckily, the stairs in my house are pretty sturdy. HOWEVER, my ankles...not so much. those thing start popping/cracking coming down the stairs first thing in the morning, so the stairs wont give me away, my body would.
Lol sounds like a skeleton juggling bocce balls comings down the stairs
For ankle mobility give this a try: watch?v=IikP_teeLkI
Sounds like me when I got my physical at MEPS. I didn't join until I was 20 and playing football had already made an old man out of me. When the Doc made me do the duck walk it sounded like bubble wrap being popped. I was afraid they weren't going to let me in. He just laughed and said "You'll be OK."
We call that the crackle mantis.
Start wearing ankle socks with vaseline to lubricate them.
Great information. I love the bit about framed pictures. I live alone so I would never need to clear my home. I have it set up so all the cool goodies are out in the front rooms to steal. When I yell the police are on the way so GTFO, intruders best grab what they can and git. It’s all insured so if it gets stolen I get an upgrade. If the intruders try to come in the bedroom the police will need a mop and squeegee to collect their remains.
Always grateful for what you share!
When you have a birds eye view of that real estate.
Like your drawings Mac keep it up!
The most likely scenario for me is defending from the upstairs down. A lot of bedrooms, had to map out no shoot walls. I appreciate your points on domination, deliberate movement, fields of fire and viewpoints.
Never thought about specifically placing framed objects to act as tactical mirrors. That's gold right there.
Unless a cartel is looking specifically to murder u and ur family I'd say there are many many more important things to think about in ur life
Great pointers and tips Mac!!....TY for sharing :]
Thanks for putting this stuff out here for us Pat, much appreciated.
This is fantastic; shoot houses tend to just be concrete or plywood with very little or no decoration. In a house in the US, you're looking at lots of glass on the wall, and more often than not, gloss or semi-gloss paint that will reflect even the smallest amounts of light.
This was very helpful!
This is brilliant Pat 👏! I have new plans for the weekend now!! I have several children so the toys they leave on the floor in my living room are deadly as well 😝
You da man Pat! Awesome content, as always!
Excellent explanation of crime fighting through environmental design. Using reflective surfaces and considering their placement as such in your home or workspace. Also great realistic example that you will have areas of vulnerability. We cant always have zero risk or complete cover. CQB, whether team or solo is worst case and has inherent risks. Speed via dynamic versus slow and methodical is situational. PMac is an elite trained warrior, but even so cant negate all risks. I love these reality based videos brother. Please keep em coming.
This content helps me so much as a Dad/Husband AKA Agent-in-Charge! Keep it up Dude!
Very good instruction. Police, “so how’d you know the perp had a gun when you turn the corner if you hadn’t looked there yet?” Pat, “Picasso showed me, so I showed him a Picasso!”
Great info! Thanks!
Thank you
Great follow-up video brother, VERY important to address and deal with Chokepoints/ Fatal Funnels.
Great now I gotta invest in some tactical mirrors 😂 no kidding tho-i knew stairwells we're complicated to move thru Thanks for the info!
Thank you sir, I have zero
training on clearing rooms. This is very informative, I’m trying to prep my house and myself as much as possible lately. I’m going to check out your other home invasion training vids this evening.
I don’t have things for reflection but I have areas lit. So shadows are what I’m looking for
I can't remember the Colonel's name you might even say it in this video. But he is quoted saying the only way to clear a stairwell is to bomb it and then maybe it's clear.
Clint smith from thunder ranch says it very well lol
pat you're the goat
"I should've rehearsed this first." 😂😂👍🏻
Good stuff, brother.
Beautiful Nature drawing and add to security, Win Win, want that hobby, Nature drawing,
Christ I wish Pat would come to the North of Ireland and run a class, it would be such an honour to be a student of his.
Imagine breaking into Pat's house. Be the worst thing ever.
Outstanding
Pat probably even memorized the grain direction of the wood that the stairs and floor are made of for maximum movement efficiency.
Hell ya. Of course papa Pat has framed pictures for strategy 🤘
The “art” of war.
God help the poor sole who breaks into this man home.
The drawings are amazing man
Remember the creaking stairs. They're both a blessing and a curse. Know them, and take advantage of them. Silence is golden, let the AH make noise...
Thank you for the content sir! I would want to request for you to do dynamic cqb in compressed environment with a rifle🙏
told wife, if i'm not home, to flood the stairs with the fire extinguisher and retreat to the hunkerdown point with the kids, a phone, and a weapon.
for a long time, we left baby gates on the landings as an obstacle.
need a tactical bath robe with mag pouches!
Hey Pat great tactics, just like I remember training, BUT I wouldn't say a word, I'd clear till I made contact or lay in wait for he or them, to come back my way and then I ambush them with extreme prejudice and fire superiority.
Hey Pat, awesome thanks! Can you address a 2 story home stairwell where both floors Tee left and right? I'm sure many of us have homes similar to my description. Thank you for sharing your experience and time
Reflective surfaces are useful, as long as you remember that they work both ways (remember the end of Training Day?) Also, books are Real Good at stopping bullets. A couple of well placed book cases can provide solid cover from incoming fire. You can buy cheap books at the good will if you aren't a voracious reader....
Hopefully my Airedale is helpin me clear the house
This is how I approach , enter and exit my bathroom ~
Clint Smith stairwells ! Call in airstrike
If you've gotta go upstairs you're just screwed unless you guess where the intruder is correctly by incident. If you're watching the front and left or right, depending on where the wall is, you're not watching your back at the top of the staircase. Of course houses all have different layouts so maybe you have walls on both sides and there's no opening at the back of the stairs and all you gotta watch is in front of you but good luck at the top. It's a tricky scenario to have to clear a house and very dangerous if the people are armed like you.
So now we know what to do in stair wells, but what about stair bads?
this is what always got me, the fucking stairs
Played semi pro paintball back in the 90's , I can confirm stairwells are a bitch to negotiate.
I do not think this guy can go grocery shopping without clearing the place first.
This was a flood of information.
Question would I do the same thing with my rifle even though my barrel length is 11 inches?
Did you come up with the idea to use picture glass for corner mirrors??? Where the hell did you learn to do that? What an awesome idea! Now I feel dumb for not thinking of it lol
I just had a false door entry alarm go off. I have the same stair way... dont know if I did my clearing correctly because I was rapidly moving and on the offensive securing my area of protection.... all clear it appeared to be a false alarm no back doors disturbed. I guess I can move when I need to.
I love stairwells, in particular my stairwell because anybody is going to have a hell of a time getting up and into because there’s about six points of coverage from the top and I’ll be rolling everything down the stairs including the toilet
Make the first and second steps intentionally creaky so you can hear the threat ascending them... and your kids trying to sneak ice cream and cookies after hours.
What's happening with the VLOG? You don't seem to have done one for a while.
Don't get me wrong, I love these shorter, self-filmed videos too...
I always enjoy and learn a lot from you, a true expert on many things. I have never owned or shot firearms. But a thought occurred to me with the house-clearing routine. Given that most houses in the US are 2x4 and drywall walls, how common is it that the intruder is also armed? Even being careful and using walls as concealment/cover, if they are armed and shoot back, wouldn't a typical 9mm handgun still shoot through a typical wall? I might think (if I was armed) maybe if I were upstairs I might stay upstairs and stay hidden awaiting them to come upstairs, and vice-versa if I were downstairs. Of course, all bets are off if they see you or a loved one is in harm's way also.
So always assume your burglar is armed they are not going to bust in your house with nothing to protect themselves from being attacked while robbing you. They know its America and most people have guns. One thing to remember about thieves is they look for the path of least resistance so they are very familiar with how to do things. First things first.. They scope... . They are going to pick the path of least resistance, no cameras... no lights... nothing that has people home coming and going all the time if they can avoid it... They learn your habits once they have chosen your house they look for a time you are not awake or are gone.
MOST THIEVES DO NOT WANT A HOME INVASION SITUATION. THEY DONT WANT CONFRONTATION. So even if they can shoot through a wall unless they are being shot at by you through it they probably WILL NOT DO SO. There is no reason to take a simple burglary or B&E and elevate it to Murder. Criminals have lives too and are stealing because its easy money they are not stealing to risk their lives and get in a gun fight with someone but you cant assume as they could be higher than a kite on drugs and not care. Thats why they typically if armed just use the guns to intimidate the home owners into giving them their money and belongings and Leave. The Problem is you cant assume this. The Burglar may not be a simple Thief. As far as walls go...
Something that comes into play here is CONCEALMENT VS COVER. Typically the average person will not shoot at what they can not see. So in a situation where you are not able to be seen most people will not ring out shots and draw unwanted attention. If they fire youll probably fire. If they fire someone will probably call the cops which leaves them only a few brief mins to get out. Concealment is being hid Cover is being behind protection.
A typical 9mm will most certainly go straight through the wall yes. Some claim with insulation it can be stopped BS. It'll go right through especially if they are ball rounds. I'm going to direct you to Paul Harrels RUclips he has done many tests on this and you can learn a thing or two about concealment vs Cover. He does alot of tests on what is cover and what isnt from cars, dryers and kitchen appliances, to mattresses and blankets hell even canned goods.
@@ArmaGuyz Wow! What a detailed, excellent reply, thank you AemaGuyz! Much to think about. I will look at Paul Harrels videos as well.
*MORNING PAT 👊🤙*
Tactical interior decorating 101
What about a loft over the front door?? That’s a hard one for me.
Point of discussion: You have identified the threat, and the threat is aware of your presence. Do you call out the location of the threat to the rest of the family members? "Bad guy in the kitchen!"...Bad guy in the Kitchen!"
It's interesting that you live in a mutlistory home and have bedrooms on the first floor. I don't think I've ever seen that before. That definitely isn't a thing up in the part of the country I'm from. I wonder if it has to do with the heat?
Pat is basically a 6yo boy in the body of a high spec military veteran - which, yes: it means it hardly gets cooler than that
Pat, love your stuff. Can you talk about running your weapon mounted light? I feel that you’re running it with your trigger finger in this video. Shouldn’t trigger finger be ONLY for the trigger? Meaning you would be running your light maybe with left thumb (at least on TLR1 type lever switches).
What are your thoughts on cctv inside the home pat? Being able to wake up, and see immediately who is where is a big advantage.. or do you see this as going too far?
I go into homes all the time with cameras in the inside. Your castle 🏰. Might be a little weird to have them in places like bathrooms and bedrooms unless you're into that kinda thing.
@@Joe_Friday there’s got to be money in that market….if you’re into that…
@@jtr2087 LOL
Just like pictures with glass can be used as reflection tools both ways... So too can any electronic item if the criminal is smart enough.
Did you know that there are sites which show the camera feeds of random homeowners the moment they buy them and install them because they dont set up a secured network?
A family was being monitored on one of these sites and a network TV special they did actually went to the house because of how easy it was to find them using their cameras.
Secure your routers and password them change that default password. Secure your PC make sure you have your firewall turned on and antivirus. Monitor your data useage on your phone any large spikes in data can be indicators youre not the only one getting that information.
Monitor your packets sent from the network know your Camera network like you know your own home so that if it is compromised you will know and can remedy the situation. Monitor your internet traffic. USE IP Tracker links to test if anyone else is clicking the things you are sending besides those who you want to and clicking the things you are sent besides you. ONLY PUT CAMERAS IN YOUR HOME IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO RESEARCH ON THAT BRAND AND THE SAFETY OF AND PRIVACY OF THEM AND TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO RUN A COMPLETELY SECURED NETWORK. Because if you are not willing to do so...
What you are doing is showing the would be criminal your every move and how you act and think. Someone in your network could gather soooo much information that they would never even have to step foot in your home to rob you. Think about it.
Pat, I’ve always thought of the stairs as a fatal funnel point to my advantage especially if I’m already upstairs. If I’m calling the police and announcing to an intruder that I’ve done so and they continue to advance towards and up the stairs, I would already be positioned and ready to start sending party favors their way. Is this also an advisable tactic or should you be moving down the stairs to engage?
Just my 2 cents: If you don't have a good reason for it stay in your advantageous position while on the phone.
If someone is downstairs potentially harming a loved one then you have to go down to look for them. The situations dictates what is advisable. Room clearing alone should be avoided if possible. The chances you get surprised by an intruder are far lower than a house fire. Have extinguishers in your bedroom, bigger ones somewhere central to help neighbours and for the garage.
I think you have answered your question. Why would you risk stepping into the stairwell and leave cover? Imagine several armed intruders with AR's in different shooting positions down there and here you come barely creeping downstairs with blurry vision from being abruptly awakened. They will have the tactical advantage. Stay in your position and fire a few warning shots in a safe direction or into the lobby if no friendly's downstairs to let them know you aint fuckin around, they will most likely think twice about sticking it out or proceeding your way.
Where did you get those pictures of the birds Pat? Pretty cool.
I think he drew them. I could be wrong, but he has quite a few that he did himself
I live in a one bedroom apartment so if someone comes in there’s no place to hide, and I normally keep a machete near my bedroom, I lived in trailers too so once again if you come in we will be face to face, must be nice having a big house haha just joking that would cost more to heat, see I already beat the system haha I don’t got stairs, and no one would want to break in anyway cause I got nothing fancy
I HATE clearing down stairs. Hard to get past your feet proceeding the shooty bits...
Hey a while back you had mentioned there was a guy that commented saying he made a mistake in life which who hasn’t but the way I understand the law anyone can purchase black powder revolver Felon or not so maybe that is an option for him
I'd honestly just suggest a repeating crossbow. Some are cheap, some are very spendy.
But at least it will fire everytime and you don't have to worry about chain fire or some user error blowing off your hand. And I believe those with mistakes can own crossbows
Would be really cool to have you as an uncle🤟🇺🇲
Domo Arigato Gozaimas SMGSAN!
People never talk about refections and strategic placement of photos and art for mirrors.
Funny how you can tell you are watching a man who doesn't have to tell ya to prove he has "done the things"
If there is no family upstairs you go out the front door and move away from the house. Losing some property is more desirable than killing a person/people and turning your world upside down. Less expensive too.
Everyone amazed that he's smart enough to use the reflection but no one realizes there's only a reflection because it's daytime.
Unless there's street lights or it's a really bright night there's not going to be much of a reflection at 11pm or 2am
he probably has a light switch
Everyone sleeps upstairs at my house. My plan of action if someone breaks into my house, is to set up at top of stairs and make them a fatal funnel for any intruder. I'll wait for police to arrive to clear home
Why would you call and not your wife in a home invasion? Unless your alone at home. Our plan is I go hunting while she dials 911 and is also armed and behind concealment. Am I wrong in this?
Liability, I would think.
In my area we're calling our neighbor - he's got the excavator. No way are we ever dialing 911 - they don't show up for a couple hours.
Sorry Pat but you don't see reflection without light so you said the lights were out....
How old is pat mac now?
Ha Tactical Artwork!! Sell it!
Stairwells suck, especially in a big building and it’s back to back heel to heel