Student of the Gun 1305 – Beyond the Boo Boo After-Action & Beware Counterfeit Tourniquets

An After-Action report from the beautiful city of Vernal, UT, fake Rapid Tourniquets, and Jarrad is gonna be at AMM-CON! All that and more during this week’s episode.

Episode Summary
Enhancing Bleeding Control Training

Professor Paul Markel shared a personal story about conducting a Beyond the Boo Boo course (BB101) class in Vernal, Utah. He discussed how Americans often avoid trauma training until an emergency occurs, noting that corporate first aid training is typically limited to CPR and basic life support due to insurance discounts. The class highlighted the importance of proper bleeding control techniques, contrasting with common first aid knowledge that focuses on CPR, which is ineffective for severe bleeding situations.

Counterfeit Tourniquet Awareness Discussion

The group discussed counterfeit rapid tourniquets, identifying them by their flimsy metal parts, lack of authenticity markings, and poor quality compared to genuine products. They advised against purchasing tourniquets from suspiciously low-cost sources and recommended buying from authorized retailers like ShopSOTG.com.

Self-Defense and Cultural Institutions

The meeting discussed a defensive gun use case in Texas where a homeowner used his firearm to deter an intruder with a machete, highlighting the importance of gun ownership for self-defense. The group also touched on recidivism rates and the manipulation of crime statistics in Washington, D.C. Finally, they introduced the “Warrior of the Week” segment, featuring a speech by Yuval Levin on the importance of institutions in addressing cultural conflicts.

Rebuilding Trust in Institutions

The meeting focused on a speech by Yuval Levin at BYU, discussing the decline in trust towards institutions in American society. Levin argued that institutions are failing to form trustworthy individuals, instead becoming platforms for performative behavior. He emphasized the need for a mindset change, where individuals take their institutional roles seriously and ask, “Given my role here, how should I behave?” Levin concluded that healing society’s divisions requires small, constructive steps towards rebuilding trust in institutions.