Podcast 12 Black Friday and Crowds

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Black Friday and Crowds

What’s Going on at Modern Self Protection

• I’m Back from Vacation
• December 8, Beyond Concealed Carry Course
• December 9, Ladies intro to Pistol Course
• ShootersClubMembers.com

Should you go to large crowds?

• Could be dangerous
• Could be fun (always wanted to stand in line one night just for the experience)
• Crowds turn fast
• Wouldn’t go anywhere you has to run to get deal

Moving through large crowds

• hands up
• wall
• groups together
• Other groups

Mob Mentality

Moving Through Crowds

• Hands up
• move sideways to the flow
• Moving along walls
  • faster
  • crush danger
• keeping stuff close to body
• moving with a group
• other groups hanging out
• look up to see where you are going
• stay off your phone and pay attention
• don’t drop things
• move with a purpose
• know your exits and where you are
• be prepared to go where others won’t
• don’t bother cops and security with stupid questions someone might actually need help
• carry a way to break a window to get out

Know where you are going

• mall layouts
• Trick to get out of anywhere

Signs something may be wrong

• not enough people working
• Workers gone
• crowd surges
• someone does something wrong and people cheer
• law enforcement build up
• fires are started
• cops give warning
  • be first out
  • cop trick drive crowd around until they bored and/tired
• cops start using force

Stay Safe,

Ben