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Brady Pesola: Inside Executive Protection

KEY MOMENTS

0:00 – Intro: Brady Pesola joins the show
1:32 – Shadowbanned over a misattributed Marcus Aurelius quote
5:49 – Pay-to-play reach and building a real following
7:41 – Brady's career in executive protection
11:44 – Lou becomes a gun owner in New Jersey
13:00 – Growing up with guns in northern Minnesota
15:39 – From the Marine Corps to firearms instructor
18:37 – Don't carry when you're emotionally compromised
23:27 – Swallowing your pride and protecting your family
26:18 – A supermarket fight with a knife and a gun
28:46 – Homicide vs. murder vs. manslaughter
30:46 – George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, and manslaughter
33:28 – California's castle doctrine and duty to retreat
36:06 – Using lethal force: justification and aftermath
39:45 – New Jersey's carry permit process
42:14 – Constitutional carry vs. national reciprocity
44:07 – Concealed carry insurance
48:07 – Calls for violence and the Trump assassination attempt
50:02 – What a modern civil war would really look like
53:00 – Treating political opponents as fellow Americans
56:14 – Executive protection demand after the CEO shooting
59:25 – Cheering a murder, and protecting people you disagree with
1:04:01 – Luigi Mangione's fans and due process
1:05:52 – Where to find Brady and wrap-up

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

U.S. Marine Corps veteran, firearms instructor, and executive protection professional Brady Pesola joins Lou to talk about the heightened dangers of protecting executives and CEOs when people openly applaud assassins, Lou's own fears as a gun owner, and why starting a fight is a bad idea, especially for an old fart.

We also get into executive protection as John Grisham material, training civilians, law enforcement, and military personnel, his nonprofit for veterans' mental health through the outdoors, The Grayman Project, Stoic philosophy, and surviving the harshest environment you'll ever endure: your mind.

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