Retired firefighter/paramedic here. Plely,ase make sure your smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and home first aid kits are up to speed, have fresh batteries, and are fully stocked. Check with your local public safety agencies and see if they offer any classes on how to use it and where to store it. Quick class: Replace your smoke detector batteries every time you change the clock, and replace the whole device every 10 years. Mount a fire extinguisher *on the path of egress* from an area where a fire might occur (you don’t want to have to get past the fire on your stove to get to your extinguisher, you want to be on your way to fresh air, grab the extinguisher, and fight fire with safety behind you so you can still get to safety should the extinguisher fail to control the fire. Finally, store a large extinguisher near your front and back doors; fires that happen outside tend to be larger, and if you grab something to go help your neighbor, you want to bring a heavy hitter.
You left out possibly the most important thing. Always sleep with all bedroom doors closed. I have found occupants dead from smoke inhalation although they were very distant from a kitchen fire. Securely closed doors also prevent fire extending to those rooms for a significant time.
Flip those fire extinguishers over yearly and whack the bottom with a rubber mallett, the retardant can crust and cause the extiguisher to malfunction. You wont know until you need it.
Never miss an opportunity to be Batman. Truer words… I was driving to an after-hours call at a datacenter and see a van broken down and between the very old and very young nobody in it was in a position to do much. I got to push a van 8 blocks and be late to my work call. It’s not always glamorous - but you’ve got a responsibility to help those who are less able to help themselves. Acts of kindness are the rent we pay in exchange for our time in this world. It’s not optional. Love your content, keep up the good work!
Don’t forget the importance mans best friend plays in your home security prep. We have 2 GSDs and they will alert me and defend against an intruder that has breached my perimeter long before my cameras pick it up.
I used to have bulldogs, I got rid of them and bought Jack Russell terriers and absolutely nothing gets by them. As a matter of fact I have one that will patrol the entire house all night and sit in a window watching and has no problem waking me up
Lol I feel asleep last night with my front and back door unlocked and I forgot to close the garage. Woke up. Everything is fine. God I love where I live 😂
We had a situation here in VA several years back where a kid in HS had been out at a party after curfew and was locked out of what he thought was his dad’s house. His parents were split and he lived with his mom so this neighborhood wasn’t his normal one. He broke into the rear of the wrong house trying to sneak back in. The homeowner stopped him inside at the stairs up the bedrooms at gunpoint and the kid pushed past him. The homeowner shot and killed him to protect his kids and wife upstairs. It was ruled a justified shoot but the guy was despondent. Apparently a firefighter and he had spent his life helping people. As I understand it, he met with the parents of the kid he killed and their forgiveness did little to help him deal with it. Something to keep in mind about the mental toll defending your family could take.
It’s an unfortunate situation but it is justified. Me breaking into someone’s house naked at mine and brushing myself past the owner I deserve to get shot. I think your statement should’ve said reevaluate your surroundings don’t just act think about it. I understand people make mistakes but there’s something called verification
Good shit. Ya know Pat, I read your books about eight years ago, and I made the decision to become a sentinel for my family. I accepted that I couldn't count on anyone else to keep us safe, and also that I was not in any shape to keep my family safe either. I've been working my ass off since then, and I've come a long LONG way. Thank you for the wake up call. Cheers from Florida.
Waking up early never disappoints. First, I help my young son fall back asleep after a bad dream, awesome start to the day, helping my boy! Love being a dad....Second, I get to learn tips on keeping my casa safe for my beautiful bride and awesome little son. who by the way is learning and loving all the basic dude stuff! Rock on!
Hey not that it's any of my business but my son was having terrible nitemares as well come to find out it was melatonin we were giving him and I immediately stopped it jtluk if u are giving him a sleep aid.
@@scrappyhustler7467 , Hey brother, thank you for sharing. My son had a dream about his dog that passed away recently, he dreamed she was there with him and it woke him. Thanks for the info though man!
Every defense firearm must have a weapon mounted light. I know of one such case. Father shot his son who entered the house early am. Father shot the son, it was dark, no lights on. Mistook his son for a robber.
Soldier I served with as both a reservist and mobilized on active duty got into two nearly identical home defense shootings approximately 2 years apart. Shortly after 9/11 he was at home on the weekend and heard a loud banging at his off post apartment door, looking through the peep hole it’s nobody he recognized so he tells him to get away. Dude outside is screaming about something but is drunk and belligerent. Wife is on the phone with the cops as dude breaks down the door & my guy tells him to leave or he will shoot. Commands are issued to leave but drunk charges at the off duty MP so he 10 rings him one time with an 92FS. Guy successfully passes the room temperature challenge. Turns out the apartment is first floor and was the same apartment but the wrong building as the drunks own apartment. Seen a man in “his apartment” with “his wife” and crashed the door. Turned out this guy was a very well liked E-5 from an artillery unit that was working with us on gate duty. We ended up having to remove his battery from working the gates because of the animosity they had towards us afterwards. I did say this happened twice? The troop was originally in the reserves in my unit and the impetus for him to switch to active duty was a very similar situation at his old apartment complex 90 miles away.
Acquire and identify the threat(s). Be cognizant of all medications and how they’ll effect you, especially combined with sleep or waking suddenly from sleeping. Take a moment to gather yourself before making a decision.
Anytime my wife and I go anywhere, eating dinner or just walking around my head is on a constant swivel. She would always ask is everything okay you keep looking around but she knows now I do it for our safety. And I conceal everyday of course as does my wife! Can never be too safe. Love this channel I just found you today! Subscribed and watching all your videos!
Genuine. Some people take the time to thoroughly ensure the safety and survivability not only for their own but also for their neighbor and their followers. When somebody truly cares their genuineness shows and shines.
To me this is NOT paranoid. It is a life style that can be learned into and can become second if not first nature. This is life now. Watch and learn. I really like what this man does.
All salient points. First line of defense for me is also my cameras, then 911 then my handgun and/or AR pistol. That said, I have also installed a door armor kit on my front door and security film on the window next to my door. One great point you brought up was the areas of the house to consider if/when you engage a target; what is your backstop and what is beyond? This is a rule I think many forget or don't consider. And yes, always be a good neighbor and be ready to deploy your Batman tools when necessary! Thanks for all the great advice.
What is your backstop? That is a great point that I'd say the vast majority do not think about. I know a guy that has a 308 battle rifle as his home defense tool and he honestly believes that it's not a big deal. If you live in the country on a homestead or something, absolutely, blast away. If you love in an HOA situation where the neighbors are close enough to smell their cooking from inside your house, well, 308 might be a bit much brother. Lol
I know it sounds kind of crazy, but when I walk into an empty house after being gone for a while, I also smell the air. If someone is 'jacked up' on something and set on doing something bad, I have to believe they will be putting off some scent I'm not accustomed to smelling.
Something you left out, don't let people including family know what stuff you have. Everybody has that one cousin/niece/nephew/etc with a substance abuse problem. You show Uncle Billy your new expensive toy and word gets around to 'Junkie Johnny' and eventually to his friends. Been there done that when two jackasses got caught trying to break into my old place. My own cousin drew them the layout of my house. That brings up something else. Many times a home invader is in fact a relative and just because they're blood doesn't mean they won't harm you to get their fix. It happens a LOT more than people realize.
Way back when I was working at our county jail we had two young tweakers tie up and beat to a pulp their elderly uncle and his wife for some gold coins. My old neighbor had two fantastic young boys! They moved away for 3 years and upon returning I found out the younger had become a tweaker, attacked his dad, stolen a bunch of stuff to sell, and a bunch more. Parents had to get a restraining order against their own son. Sweetest young man I had ever met prior. Last I heard he was back to being a good kid after a long road to recovery.
Pat, I'm in the middle of writing a book and am 132 pages in at the moment. So far your videos and my book agree with each other 100%. I can't tell you how good that makes me feel. Rock on, Brother!
"make sure it's not your neighbor on Ambien" OMG things I never thought of, just another reason why this channel is so crucial to so many people and why it is good to be a good neighbor so that you can share and apply that which you learn with those around you!!!
"no I am not crazy, nor am I paranoid" I feel the same way and regardless of what other people think of me, I know I am doing all I can do to keep my home and family as safe as possible!
man I would give anything to hang out and talk with you one day and learn all I could from your wealth of knowledge and exp. You are a good ass dude thank you for all your service standard and spec ops I am sure some of the missions helps all of us and we may never know about so a big ass thank you PAT MAC
I appreciate everything you share with us Pat. Nice quick refresher there, and now I feel like I need to re-read my copies of "Principles of Personal Defense" by Jeff Cooper (my brother told me he got to train with Cooper when he was in the Corps) and "Sentinel" by Patrick McNamara. I"m assuming that most of us who follow Pat Mac have read those two books but if not, I highly recommend them. Both easy, quick reads and chock full of valuable info. Once again, thanks.
Pat Mac it’s such up bad ass. Super thorough in his plan. Very detail oriented. He’s not paranoid or a psycho. This behavior is normal as it gets for somebody he cares about their life their loved ones and the kids community. Appreciate the awesome information.
A lot of the things you do I’ve been doing for years, just out of the love for my family. The more aware we are on as many fronts as we can be, the safer we can make our PC and ourselves. It’s just programmed inside me I guess I don’t understand how other people who don’t practice these things can live so unaware. Thanks Pat all your videos and lessons are well Appreciated.
I always tell my loved ones, "Don't act like a victim and you won't be a victim." I know that isn't 100% accurate, but it's just a way to tell everyone to always be alert, and always have a plan for the unexpected. I would never be one to blame crime victims for the bad things that happen to them, but I also want to make my loved ones aware of the decisions that they made that made them more easily victimized.
I love Pat Mac and this is all valuable and reasonable advice, but I’d like a bit more on actually securing your home. Cameras are wonderful, combat parking is a must, not making it look enticing is another one. But a few things can help prevent it as well. Kicking in a door is easy, and picking a lock is not a phd level skill. Put long strike plates and long screws on your door! That’s a $1-$50 task that will make your door much harder to kick in. Having a $10 door reinforcement lock (on Amazon) will greatly improve your security while you’re home. Make sure you have one on every swinging door that goes to the outside. LOCK YOUR DOORS ALWAYS. Having a dog is incredibly valuable as well. The alert gives you time and time buys you options to call, get awake, and arm yourself. An ounce of prevention is worth at least 115gr of cure, and probably much more.
Everything you have here. And... LOL... I must be a tool, b/c I did not realize backing into parking was termed 'combat parking'. Learned it as a MP in the military, then when I got out, it's just easier to park the truck. I think someone else mentioned this, but when I worked in Midland/Odessa, those oil fields required us to 'combat park' for safety purposes. Thanks for the comment brother, you def got me thi king more about my situation. 🤜🤛
I recommend the layout of your bedroom needs to be at your tactical advantage. IE. mirrors in blind spots. Place a dresser where you can use as a door barricade. Also, come up with a plan of action with your family. Everyone needs to know where to go and what to do. Love the videos Mac. Keep up the good fight!
Thanks the video and reminders Pat. I have two of the best alarms in the world. Two yappy dogs. They can be annoying, but they are lovable and they will wake up the dead when someone is even outside around the cars.
Great info. 👍. Here’s my 2 cents: ▪️Watch what you put out on trash day because thugs know when your trash day is and they watch what you put out there (e.g., empty boxes for new computers, power tools, etc.). ▪️Keep your garage doors closed. No one needs to know what you have. ▪️Teach your family to keep the door leading from the garage to inside the house locked when not in use. ▪️Garages are easy to break into. Keep a camera or baby monitor camera in the garage and always verify via a monitor that no one is inside before going into the garage. ▪️High-strung toy breed dogs, like Pomeranians, make excellent watch dogs, but you gotta keep them inside the house. ▪️Cameras and monitors for live surveillance are good, but recordings can get you jammed up in court. Same thing with alarm systems that auto-dial the police. I prefer just live-monitoring capability. ▪️If you’re concerned about getting your stuff back after a burglary, chances are not very good. Better to beef up your homeowner’s policy or to keep irreplaceable items in a safe. ▪️I use Guardline motion sensors around the perimeter of my property. The system immediately sounds an alarm whenever someone steps foot on my property. Before going to bed I turn on the strobe light feature so would-be intruders know they have activated my alarm system before they even get close to my house. ▪️If you have a sliding glass door or any glass front door, apply 3M clear security film (8 mil). If they want in, they’re going to get in. You just want to hear them and slow them down a bit before greeting them accordingly.
Getting new carpet installed eventually... have to move the gun safes away from the areas so the contractors don't see them. Will be a pain in the ass but worth it for security reasons.
I went from living in a subdivision with houses so close together you could hear the neighbor fart to living at the end of a dead end road 15 miles from town, I feel much safer now.
It has all pros and cons. Chances are higher that it'll be on fire or that you have a medical emergency later in life and it takes time to get to you. If some are prepared, they can take all the time they want and as loud as they want.
7:08 PatMac is one of the few persons where this does not sound corny. His community is probably one of the safest to live in. He is the one Batman would ask for assistance. ;)
Trick I learned from my grandfather who was helluva safe home keeper. Always keep a whipped cream pie on the top shelf of your fridge. Nothing and I mean nothing is more shocking to a night time perp than getting a pie in the face.
I recommend using cameras that send Emails to your phone with real-time pics or video(I use the Amcrest brand). IF your hard drive/PC gets taken then those pics are within your email.
I recommend having an initial barrier of some sort at your property line such as a rollback driveway gate, a picket/rail/corral fence across the front, etc. If you’re like me living in the country you should have a sturdy cattle/ranch quality gate across your access road preferably reinforced by cut resistant cable in the event you will be away for an extended period of time and someone could bring tools to dismantle the gate hinges, with a fence/barrier on each side of said gate to prevent easy circumvention. These barriers offer a deterrent by making your house a less accessible target, and they also change the dynamic regarding the disposition of anyone who enters your property or space despite these barriers; locks and barriers keep honest people honest and remove all doubt of malice when they are breached.
In urban housing, rosebushes - or better yet Japanese Barberry - are great to keep neatly trimmed around your house's perimeter. Makes you less identifiable as a Tactical Timmy, and more importantly it canalizes intruders. Unless they want to get cut up by thorns, the path of least resistance they'll take will be to one of your doors which ideally will be well monitored and reinforced. Worst case scenario where an intruder makes it inside and flees the scene out a window, well now you have DNA evidence from them getting cut up on the escape.
@@mrminiguns yes absolutely correct that specific landscaping a d creating fatal funnels, particularly those with a safe backdrop to shoot at (green alleys of fire) is a great way to go. I cut the tops of our 36” white picket fence using a jigsaw then a router to make them just a touch taller than average with a fairly sharp point you wouldn’t want to use to hop over and spaced just too closely to be able to fit your hand on the flat. They also received a relief cut on the back of each picket at the top cross board filled with painters caulk prior to painting so if you try to use them to pull on to hop them, they snap off and you’ll likely fall onto your ass hard. Where the brick pillars are between the rails there are very pretty, very sharp English tea roses. House looks like mr Rogers lives there, you’re gonna hurt coming over the fence and that before you meet June, the 70lb territorial Plott hound! Lol
Thanks! I noticed the ladder in the background. I know a few people, one was an experienced tradesmen, 25 years, have that type of ladder slip out under them. Really bad compound fractures on all of them. I will never use an extension ladder without a ladder stabilizer.
You tha man. My family and I have had a plan in place for numerous situations for quite some time now. We live in an area in AK that police cannot be depended on for a timely response. We also live near others that are like minded and willing to help each other. Cameras are great, ability to record upon motion activation and send an instant notification to your phone is amazing, levels the playing field a little when it comes to responding to an intruder who would have otherwise gone unnoticed.
I like to provide some "external clues" that someone should really try another house. We have "beware of dog" sign as well as "protected by" security signs. Next, all external doors (with the exception of the front door) are solid doors with deadbolts. No way to smash out the glass and unlock from the inside. Motion sensing exterior cameras and lights that are inaccessible without a ladder. No posting to social media about being away from home until we return. We have a trusted family member that checks mail and packages while we're away and also turns on different lights during each visit to the house. As a final warning, I have a few old paper B-27 targets with my better groups tacked up on the walls of the garage. Someone entering the house through the garage has to see those first. Very effective for folks like repairmen or other outsiders that must access the house but may report back to nefarious types. Great content as always!!
I would discourage advertising firearm ownership/enthusiasm, guns are valuable and a great target for thieves; might as well put up a sign that says “precious metal stored here.” If you live in a neighborhood, it’s easy enough for someone to stakeout your home, learn your patterns and give them plenty of time to cut into your safe while you’re gone (easier than you may think) and take those beautiful tools that made those great groups
@@Natedoc808 I get your point, that's why I don't have any brand or "gun culture" stickers on my vehicles or hard cases. The targets (there are 2) aren't visible unless you're actually IN the garage and just serve as subtle reminder that the occupants of the house are proficient in the use of firearms. Thankfully, I live out in the sticks with awesome and like-minded neighbors. It's assumed that EVERYONE has guns where I live. I often work from home, so we all try very hard to avoid patterns although it's impossible to eliminate them completely, especially if you have kids. I agree with you about the vulnerability of most consumer gun safes, which is why I don't use them.
No mentions of door jamb reinforcement? That's primary number 1. Good luck kicking through. Our dogs are not our first line of defense. When our dogs are engaged, so are we.
Years ago, I had two bored and eager cops enter my apartment at 2am because they saw my car door was ajar out front.; they wanted to check on me. The landlord let them in. Nice... walking through with their flashlights. I was not a gun owner at the time, maybe fortunately. I remember my visual sense kicked in before my audible sense.
Also good to put in a cinder block flower bed 3 ft high in front of every window. Fill them with sand except for the top 6 inches. You're house is now bullet proof in front of every window when crouching.
Awesome to hear a career Combat Vet stress to ID your target before taking the shot. Very wise man. I concur 100%. Already had a couple friends of my sons pop in without my knowledge of them coming late at night. They haven't been through my home training program yet. ;D
It’s the most simple of solutions but keep your doors and windows locked. Bad guys go around testing door handles and will just waltz on in because people forget.
A good perimeter fence with locked gate. In some states it’s not trespassing if gate is not locked, and law enforcement cannot cross without warrant or emergency. If you can’t afford the 8 foot chain link with 3 strand wire at top, and auto gate. I’ve got you covered, cactus fence. I seen it in Old Mexico with prickly pear, but have used it as far North as Mt Blanka Colorado with Walking stick cactus. Animals have know cactus millions of years longer than barbed wire, and if any one crosses anywhere other then your gate, or if you chase someone off property, they will have some cactus stuck too them. Moving the free cactus to the perimeter clear up the yard nice also. Water it one time, and it will paint itself every year with beautiful flowers, brother.
Retired firefighter/paramedic here. Plely,ase make sure your smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and home first aid kits are up to speed, have fresh batteries, and are fully stocked. Check with your local public safety agencies and see if they offer any classes on how to use it and where to store it. Quick class: Replace your smoke detector batteries every time you change the clock, and replace the whole device every 10 years. Mount a fire extinguisher *on the path of egress* from an area where a fire might occur (you don’t want to have to get past the fire on your stove to get to your extinguisher, you want to be on your way to fresh air, grab the extinguisher, and fight fire with safety behind you so you can still get to safety should the extinguisher fail to control the fire. Finally, store a large extinguisher near your front and back doors; fires that happen outside tend to be larger, and if you grab something to go help your neighbor, you want to bring a heavy hitter.
You left out possibly the most important thing. Always sleep with all bedroom doors closed. I have found occupants dead from smoke inhalation although they were very distant from a kitchen fire. Securely closed doors also prevent fire extending to those rooms for a significant time.
Flip those fire extinguishers over yearly and whack the bottom with a rubber mallett, the retardant can crust and cause the extiguisher to malfunction. You wont know until you need it.
Fucking AWESOME reply!!!
Most smoke detectors now come with lithium batteries that last 10 years.
@@MisterTwister88 most smoke detectors now are hard wired as well with the battery only uesd as a backup.
Having like minded neighbors is always a force multiplier as well.
I've been trying to wake my neighbours to the ever changing "Immy grayshun" and the different value problem, but they.... 🙈🙉🙈. 😥
It takes a village.
Our neighbors are on the ball. And they have enough ammo to head back to Okinawa.
Bruh I don't even know my neighbors, one just tried to steal my land not to long ago also. lol
Wish I knew my neighbors better
My neighbor and I have set up intersecting fields of fire with range cards.
"Experience is something we get... shortly after we need it." 😂👍
Imagine kicking in the door to home invade Pat Macs house and in the darkness hearing him say “rock n roll!”😬
Like Patrick Swayze did as "Ronald Reagan" while exiting the van to rob the bank in Point Break, lol
Bad idea by that intruder. Pat would take them out quickly
That’s hilarious!!!
The last words they’d hear would be “handling home intruders……BASIC DUDE STUFF LOL”
"Gitchyousum!" is the last thing you hear.
Never miss an opportunity to be Batman. Truer words…
I was driving to an after-hours call at a datacenter and see a van broken down and between the very old and very young nobody in it was in a position to do much. I got to push a van 8 blocks and be late to my work call. It’s not always glamorous - but you’ve got a responsibility to help those who are less able to help themselves.
Acts of kindness are the rent we pay in exchange for our time in this world. It’s not optional.
Love your content, keep up the good work!
Don’t forget the importance mans best friend plays in your home security prep. We have 2 GSDs and they will alert me and defend against an intruder that has breached my perimeter long before my cameras pick it up.
Absolutely
As Pat says, they don't have to be vicious, just vociferous.
I always tell my two sons that our GSD, contributes to our home security.
I used to have bulldogs, I got rid of them and bought Jack Russell terriers and absolutely nothing gets by them. As a matter of fact I have one that will patrol the entire house all night and sit in a window watching and has no problem waking me up
Paw Patrol!
Lol I feel asleep last night with my front and back door unlocked and I forgot to close the garage. Woke up. Everything is fine. God I love where I live 😂
We had a situation here in VA several years back where a kid in HS had been out at a party after curfew and was locked out of what he thought was his dad’s house. His parents were split and he lived with his mom so this neighborhood wasn’t his normal one. He broke into the rear of the wrong house trying to sneak back in.
The homeowner stopped him inside at the stairs up the bedrooms at gunpoint and the kid pushed past him. The homeowner shot and killed him to protect his kids and wife upstairs. It was ruled a justified shoot but the guy was despondent. Apparently a firefighter and he had spent his life helping people.
As I understand it, he met with the parents of the kid he killed and their forgiveness did little to help him deal with it. Something to keep in mind about the mental toll defending your family could take.
It’s an unfortunate situation but it is justified. Me breaking into someone’s house naked at mine and brushing myself past the owner I deserve to get shot. I think your statement should’ve said reevaluate your surroundings don’t just act think about it. I understand people make mistakes but there’s something called verification
OK, but better thee than me. And if you're in doubt, you have to protect yours.
How do u get that fucked up smh
"Experienced is something we get shortly after we need it."
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Situational awareness for sure. Train. Carry legally.
You have a talent for teaching… or is it that your passionate about teaching which leads to practice and then good teaching… love watching man.
Good shit. Ya know Pat, I read your books about eight years ago, and I made the decision to become a sentinel for my family. I accepted that I couldn't count on anyone else to keep us safe, and also that I was not in any shape to keep my family safe either. I've been working my ass off since then, and I've come a long LONG way. Thank you for the wake up call. Cheers from Florida.
Waking up early never disappoints. First, I help my young son fall back asleep after a bad dream, awesome start to the day, helping my boy! Love being a dad....Second, I get to learn tips on keeping my casa safe for my beautiful bride and awesome little son. who by the way is learning and loving all the basic dude stuff! Rock on!
Hey not that it's any of my business but my son was having terrible nitemares as well come to find out it was melatonin we were giving him and I immediately stopped it jtluk if u are giving him a sleep aid.
@@scrappyhustler7467 , Hey brother, thank you for sharing. My son had a dream about his dog that passed away recently, he dreamed she was there with him and it woke him. Thanks for the info though man!
Great advice. We've had several incidents here in Florida where the home owner heard a bump in the night and took out their teenager. Sad stuff.
This is the problem when you assume everything could be a threat.
Every defense firearm must have a weapon mounted light. I know of one such case. Father shot his son who entered the house early am. Father shot the son, it was dark, no lights on. Mistook his son for a robber.
Soldier I served with as both a reservist and mobilized on active duty got into two nearly identical home defense shootings approximately 2 years apart. Shortly after 9/11 he was at home on the weekend and heard a loud banging at his off post apartment door, looking through the peep hole it’s nobody he recognized so he tells him to get away. Dude outside is screaming about something but is drunk and belligerent. Wife is on the phone with the cops as dude breaks down the door & my guy tells him to leave or he will shoot. Commands are issued to leave but drunk charges at the off duty MP so he 10 rings him one time with an 92FS. Guy successfully passes the room temperature challenge.
Turns out the apartment is first floor and was the same apartment but the wrong building as the drunks own apartment. Seen a man in “his apartment” with “his wife” and crashed the door. Turned out this guy was a very well liked E-5 from an artillery unit that was working with us on gate duty. We ended up having to remove his battery from working the gates because of the animosity they had towards us afterwards.
I did say this happened twice? The troop was originally in the reserves in my unit and the impetus for him to switch to active duty was a very similar situation at his old apartment complex 90 miles away.
@ Ben Wiele
This is also why so many people that don’t immediately think threat are taken by surprise. 🐑
Acquire and identify the threat(s). Be cognizant of all medications and how they’ll effect you, especially combined with sleep or waking suddenly from sleeping. Take a moment to gather yourself before making a decision.
Anytime my wife and I go anywhere, eating dinner or just walking around my head is on a constant swivel. She would always ask is everything okay you keep looking around but she knows now I do it for our safety. And I conceal everyday of course as does my wife! Can never be too safe. Love this channel I just found you today! Subscribed and watching all your videos!
Genuine. Some people take the time to thoroughly ensure the safety and survivability not only for their own but also for their neighbor and their followers. When somebody truly cares their genuineness shows and shines.
To me this is NOT paranoid. It is a life style that can be learned into and can become second if not first nature. This is life now. Watch and learn. I really like what this man does.
All salient points. First line of defense for me is also my cameras, then 911 then my handgun and/or AR pistol. That said, I have also installed a door armor kit on my front door and security film on the window next to my door. One great point you brought up was the areas of the house to consider if/when you engage a target; what is your backstop and what is beyond? This is a rule I think many forget or don't consider. And yes, always be a good neighbor and be ready to deploy your Batman tools when necessary! Thanks for all the great advice.
What is your backstop?
That is a great point that I'd say the vast majority do not think about. I know a guy that has a 308 battle rifle as his home defense tool and he honestly believes that it's not a big deal.
If you live in the country on a homestead or something, absolutely, blast away.
If you love in an HOA situation where the neighbors are close enough to smell their cooking from inside your house, well, 308 might be a bit much brother. Lol
Excellent Pat. We used to tell citizens nearly word for word what you described. (Retired LEO). ❤️🇺🇸
I love your raw "off the cuff" messaging in this Pat, it feels like a legitimate conversation. Thank you for the reminders and recommendations!
I know it sounds kind of crazy, but when I walk into an empty house after being gone for a while, I also smell the air. If someone is 'jacked up' on something and set on doing something bad, I have to believe they will be putting off some scent I'm not accustomed to smelling.
It is one of your most important senses! Trust it!
I'll remember this
Something you left out, don't let people including family know what stuff you have. Everybody has that one cousin/niece/nephew/etc with a substance abuse problem. You show Uncle Billy your new expensive toy and word gets around to 'Junkie Johnny' and eventually to his friends. Been there done that when two jackasses got caught trying to break into my old place. My own cousin drew them the layout of my house.
That brings up something else. Many times a home invader is in fact a relative and just because they're blood doesn't mean they won't harm you to get their fix. It happens a LOT more than people realize.
Exactly. Great point.
Tweakers are tweaked blood or not. Had cousins steal from us when I was a teenager. Same two also stole from their little brother.
Way back when I was working at our county jail we had two young tweakers tie up and beat to a pulp their elderly uncle and his wife for some gold coins. My old neighbor had two fantastic young boys! They moved away for 3 years and upon returning I found out the younger had become a tweaker, attacked his dad, stolen a bunch of stuff to sell, and a bunch more. Parents had to get a restraining order against their own son. Sweetest young man I had ever met prior. Last I heard he was back to being a good kid after a long road to recovery.
Also, be careful who knows when you are out of town. Telling the whole world that your house is vacant for a week is a bad idea.
@@stilgar2007 Yup. I'm not a 'heavy' social media users, but if I am going to post pictures and stuff from a trip I only do it after I get home.
Thanks for the info. Making it better than it was.⚒️
Pat, I'm in the middle of writing a book and am 132 pages in at the moment. So far your videos and my book agree with each other 100%. I can't tell you how good that makes me feel. Rock on, Brother!
"make sure it's not your neighbor on Ambien" OMG things I never thought of, just another reason why this channel is so crucial to so many people and why it is good to be a good neighbor so that you can share and apply that which you learn with those around you!!!
“No I’m not crazy nor paranoid… I just wanna be Batman!” You are my spirit animal.
"no I am not crazy, nor am I paranoid" I feel the same way and regardless of what other people think of me, I know I am doing all I can do to keep my home and family as safe as possible!
“Never relinquish an opportunity to be Batman.”
“Basic dude stuff.”
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Thanks from Brazil Brother! I learn a lot with you.Thank you.
You owe to have your own show in a cable network. Valuable information content, every time. Appreciated, Pat 💪🏼😎🇺🇲
man I would give anything to hang out and talk with you one day and learn all I could from your wealth of knowledge and exp. You are a good ass dude thank you for all your service standard and spec ops I am sure some of the missions helps all of us and we may never know about so a big ass thank you PAT MAC
Love your overview! Great tips. I've shared it with several friends. Thank you brother! Stay safe! We are the good guys! Don't ever forget that. 🙏
I appreciate everything you share with us Pat. Nice quick refresher there, and now I feel like I need to re-read my copies of "Principles of Personal Defense" by Jeff Cooper (my brother told me he got to train with Cooper when he was in the Corps) and "Sentinel" by Patrick McNamara. I"m assuming that most of us who follow Pat Mac have read those two books but if not, I highly recommend them. Both easy, quick reads and chock full of valuable info. Once again, thanks.
Thank you sir also for the recommendations.
Good advice. Add a 6' chainlink fence with a couple of very alert mutts patroling and you have my spread.
Pat Mac it’s such up bad ass. Super thorough in his plan. Very detail oriented. He’s not paranoid or a psycho. This behavior is normal as it gets for somebody he cares about their life their loved ones and the kids community. Appreciate the awesome information.
A lot of the things you do I’ve been doing for years, just out of the love for my family. The more aware we are on as many fronts as we can be, the safer we can make our PC and ourselves. It’s just programmed inside me I guess I don’t understand how other people who don’t practice these things can live so unaware. Thanks Pat all your videos and lessons are well Appreciated.
I always tell my loved ones, "Don't act like a victim and you won't be a victim." I know that isn't 100% accurate, but it's just a way to tell everyone to always be alert, and always have a plan for the unexpected. I would never be one to blame crime victims for the bad things that happen to them, but I also want to make my loved ones aware of the decisions that they made that made them more easily victimized.
I love Pat Mac and this is all valuable and reasonable advice, but I’d like a bit more on actually securing your home. Cameras are wonderful, combat parking is a must, not making it look enticing is another one. But a few things can help prevent it as well. Kicking in a door is easy, and picking a lock is not a phd level skill.
Put long strike plates and long screws on your door! That’s a $1-$50 task that will make your door much harder to kick in. Having a $10 door reinforcement lock (on Amazon) will greatly improve your security while you’re home. Make sure you have one on every swinging door that goes to the outside.
LOCK YOUR DOORS ALWAYS.
Having a dog is incredibly valuable as well. The alert gives you time and time buys you options to call, get awake, and arm yourself.
An ounce of prevention is worth at least 115gr of cure, and probably much more.
Everything you have here.
And... LOL... I must be a tool, b/c I did not realize backing into parking was termed 'combat parking'. Learned it as a MP in the military, then when I got out, it's just easier to park the truck. I think someone else mentioned this, but when I worked in Midland/Odessa, those oil fields required us to 'combat park' for safety purposes. Thanks for the comment brother, you def got me thi king more about my situation. 🤜🤛
I recommend the layout of your bedroom needs to be at your tactical advantage. IE. mirrors in blind spots. Place a dresser where you can use as a door barricade.
Also, come up with a plan of action with your family. Everyone needs to know where to go and what to do.
Love the videos Mac. Keep up the good fight!
Great advise good sir! Much appreciated.
Unwelcome dogs and/or skunks are very practical reasons to look around before coming and going. Not paranoid, just pleasant smelling.
Great point about stopping before entering and exiting.
Pat Mac, an American Legend.
Thanks the video and reminders Pat. I have two of the best alarms in the world. Two yappy dogs. They can be annoying, but they are lovable and they will wake up the dead when someone is even outside around the cars.
Got that flat-screen awareness lol. Grateful for what you bring to our internet’s table. Respect you brother.
Great info. 👍. Here’s my 2 cents:
▪️Watch what you put out on trash day because thugs know when your trash day is and they watch what you put out there (e.g., empty boxes for new computers, power tools, etc.).
▪️Keep your garage doors closed. No one needs to know what you have.
▪️Teach your family to keep the door leading from the garage to inside the house locked when not in use.
▪️Garages are easy to break into. Keep a camera or baby monitor camera in the garage and always verify via a monitor that no one is inside before going into the garage.
▪️High-strung toy breed dogs, like Pomeranians, make excellent watch dogs, but you gotta keep them inside the house.
▪️Cameras and monitors for live surveillance are good, but recordings can get you jammed up in court. Same thing with alarm systems that auto-dial the police. I prefer just live-monitoring capability.
▪️If you’re concerned about getting your stuff back after a burglary, chances are not very good. Better to beef up your homeowner’s policy or to keep irreplaceable items in a safe.
▪️I use Guardline motion sensors around the perimeter of my property. The system immediately sounds an alarm whenever someone steps foot on my property. Before going to bed I turn on the strobe light feature so would-be intruders know they have activated my alarm system before they even get close to my house.
▪️If you have a sliding glass door or any glass front door, apply 3M clear security film (8 mil). If they want in, they’re going to get in. You just want to hear them and slow them down a bit before greeting them accordingly.
I was well, now I’m better. Thank you, Sir.
Getting new carpet installed eventually... have to move the gun safes away from the areas so the contractors don't see them. Will be a pain in the ass but worth it for security reasons.
God bless Pat! Thanks for the good tips
I went from living in a subdivision with houses so close together you could hear the neighbor fart to living at the end of a dead end road 15 miles from town, I feel much safer now.
I lived in a small town and a city came to me. Jealous of your situation. It’s not overrated.
It has all pros and cons. Chances are higher that it'll be on fire or that you have a medical emergency later in life and it takes time to get to you. If some are prepared, they can take all the time they want and as loud as they want.
That was one of your best! Strong work, Mac.
We started having some car break ins in our neighborhood. I knew Pat Mac would have some good advice. 👍
That's a nice looking galaxy or Pontiac sitting in the garage.very clean.
In times like these I appreciate someone that knows teaching. Alphas are needed today, and you sir are a great teacher. Thank you.
Such a great teacher... thanks for the knowledge, Pat!🤘🏽
Thank you Pat, we appreciate you in our home!
26 years in law enforcement, and I stay in "condition yellow", my state of readiness at all times!
Good, practical, sound information! Thank you for posting and sharing, sir.
Outstanding advice. Thank you sir 🙏
7:08 PatMac is one of the few persons where this does not sound corny. His community is probably one of the safest to live in.
He is the one Batman would ask for assistance. ;)
Always appreciate your vids. You have great communication skills. Salient topics.
I hope everyone watching this video realize that his is fucking GOLD.
Thanks SGM! 🤟🏼
Trick I learned from my grandfather who was helluva safe home keeper. Always keep a whipped cream pie on the top shelf of your fridge. Nothing and I mean nothing is more shocking to a night time perp than getting a pie in the face.
“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” Patton
I recommend using cameras that send Emails to your phone with real-time pics or video(I use the Amcrest brand). IF your hard drive/PC gets taken then those pics are within your email.
Mac is on fire this week.
Well done Pat!
I recommend having an initial barrier of some sort at your property line such as a rollback driveway gate, a picket/rail/corral fence across the front, etc. If you’re like me living in the country you should have a sturdy cattle/ranch quality gate across your access road preferably reinforced by cut resistant cable in the event you will be away for an extended period of time and someone could bring tools to dismantle the gate hinges, with a fence/barrier on each side of said gate to prevent easy circumvention. These barriers offer a deterrent by making your house a less accessible target, and they also change the dynamic regarding the disposition of anyone who enters your property or space despite these barriers; locks and barriers keep honest people honest and remove all doubt of malice when they are breached.
In urban housing, rosebushes - or better yet Japanese Barberry - are great to keep neatly trimmed around your house's perimeter. Makes you less identifiable as a Tactical Timmy, and more importantly it canalizes intruders. Unless they want to get cut up by thorns, the path of least resistance they'll take will be to one of your doors which ideally will be well monitored and reinforced. Worst case scenario where an intruder makes it inside and flees the scene out a window, well now you have DNA evidence from them getting cut up on the escape.
@@mrminiguns yes absolutely correct that specific landscaping a d creating fatal funnels, particularly those with a safe backdrop to shoot at (green alleys of fire) is a great way to go. I cut the tops of our 36” white picket fence using a jigsaw then a router to make them just a touch taller than average with a fairly sharp point you wouldn’t want to use to hop over and spaced just too closely to be able to fit your hand on the flat. They also received a relief cut on the back of each picket at the top cross board filled with painters caulk prior to painting so if you try to use them to pull on to hop them, they snap off and you’ll likely fall onto your ass hard. Where the brick pillars are between the rails there are very pretty, very sharp English tea roses. House looks like mr Rogers lives there, you’re gonna hurt coming over the fence and that before you meet June, the 70lb territorial Plott hound! Lol
All of this good advice and I opened my door to the garage this morning to find that I had left my garage door open. All night.
Thanks! I noticed the ladder in the background. I know a few people, one was an experienced tradesmen, 25 years, have that type of ladder slip out under them. Really bad compound fractures on all of them. I will never use an extension ladder without a ladder stabilizer.
Thank you for your time
Thanks for doing these and sharing your knowledge. It's much appreciated!
Golden advice. Stop look listen. Bravo
Always excellent advice.
I shot my flat screen TV years ago. The best decision I've ever made!
Love this channel! Thank you Patrick!
You tha man. My family and I have had a plan in place for numerous situations for quite some time now. We live in an area in AK that police cannot be depended on for a timely response. We also live near others that are like minded and willing to help each other. Cameras are great, ability to record upon motion activation and send an instant notification to your phone is amazing, levels the playing field a little when it comes to responding to an intruder who would have otherwise gone unnoticed.
I like to provide some "external clues" that someone should really try another house. We have "beware of dog" sign as well as "protected by" security signs. Next, all external doors (with the exception of the front door) are solid doors with deadbolts. No way to smash out the glass and unlock from the inside. Motion sensing exterior cameras and lights that are inaccessible without a ladder. No posting to social media about being away from home until we return. We have a trusted family member that checks mail and packages while we're away and also turns on different lights during each visit to the house. As a final warning, I have a few old paper B-27 targets with my better groups tacked up on the walls of the garage. Someone entering the house through the garage has to see those first. Very effective for folks like repairmen or other outsiders that must access the house but may report back to nefarious types. Great content as always!!
I would discourage advertising firearm ownership/enthusiasm, guns are valuable and a great target for thieves; might as well put up a sign that says “precious metal stored here.” If you live in a neighborhood, it’s easy enough for someone to stakeout your home, learn your patterns and give them plenty of time to cut into your safe while you’re gone (easier than you may think) and take those beautiful tools that made those great groups
@@Natedoc808 I get your point, that's why I don't have any brand or "gun culture" stickers on my vehicles or hard cases. The targets (there are 2) aren't visible unless you're actually IN the garage and just serve as subtle reminder that the occupants of the house are proficient in the use of firearms. Thankfully, I live out in the sticks with awesome and like-minded neighbors. It's assumed that EVERYONE has guns where I live. I often work from home, so we all try very hard to avoid patterns although it's impossible to eliminate them completely, especially if you have kids. I agree with you about the vulnerability of most consumer gun safes, which is why I don't use them.
@@vettepilot427 amen and keep up the good work
Thanks for that crucial advises and for that tutorial video
Thank you. Agreed a light is a must. I'd rather lose a little advantage than injure a buddy/kid's friend/ etc.
Excellent Brother! Thanks!🤟🇺🇸
All that + 3 dogs! Love my K-9 home security system.
Did you know they make specialty items to treat gunshots on dogs?
Big thanks buddy. Great work.
Absolutely great advice thank you!!
No mentions of door jamb reinforcement? That's primary number 1. Good luck kicking through. Our dogs are not our first line of defense. When our dogs are engaged, so are we.
Years ago, I had two bored and eager cops enter my apartment at 2am because they saw my car door was ajar out front.; they wanted to check on me. The landlord let them in. Nice... walking through with their flashlights. I was not a gun owner at the time, maybe fortunately. I remember my visual sense kicked in before my audible sense.
Also good to put in a cinder block flower bed 3 ft high in front of every window. Fill them with sand except for the top 6 inches. You're house is now bullet proof in front of every window when crouching.
Pat your beard cut my face threw the screen!
Hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend. Much love and Respect🙏🏼🇺🇸🙏🏼
Always good common sense from Pat Mac.
Keep a Good home and be a good neighbor
You are awesome dude PatMac...Love these videos..
Great content. I’m not a member of the Squad, but considering it. Thanks for all you do.
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome to hear a career Combat Vet stress to ID your target before taking the shot. Very wise man. I concur 100%. Already had a couple friends of my sons pop in without my knowledge of them coming late at night. They haven't been through my home training program yet. ;D
3" screws on exterior doors for the strike plates and hinges so they go into the studs. It's good to have a metal door.
Love ya pat Mac , God bless you and your family . 👍 love basic dude stuff ! 😁 thank you for your service .🙏
It’s the most simple of solutions but keep your doors and windows locked. Bad guys go around testing door handles and will just waltz on in because people forget.
Just a basic walk through with your family goes a long way. Know your role. It's that simple.
A good perimeter fence with locked gate. In some states it’s not trespassing if gate is not locked, and law enforcement cannot cross without warrant or emergency.
If you can’t afford the 8 foot chain link with 3 strand wire at top, and auto gate.
I’ve got you covered, cactus fence. I seen it in Old Mexico with prickly pear, but have used it as far North as Mt Blanka Colorado with Walking stick cactus. Animals have know cactus millions of years longer than barbed wire, and if any one crosses anywhere other then your gate, or if you chase someone off property, they will have some cactus stuck too them. Moving the free cactus to the perimeter clear up the yard nice also. Water it one time, and it will paint itself every year with beautiful flowers, brother.
You did a good job of panning around what appears to be your 64-65 Pontiac (hopefully a GTO but a Le Mans is cool as F too). Great tips
I do believe that’s a 65 goat