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What’s Going On:
- Open Carry/Range Party Feb 16 in San Antonio
- Beyond Concealed Carry
- March 2 Dallas
- March 16 San Antonio
- Free for Teachers
- ShootersClubMembers.com
- Support what Bob Mayne and I are trying to do
- You get exclusive content you’ll find no where else
Log on handgun and rifles shooting
- Malfunction rate
- How many between malfunctions
- What caused the malfunctions
- Ammo you like/the gun likes
- Total number of rounds fired
Training log
- What training you’ve been througH
- If you are a trainer add those classes you’ve taught with an outline
- Instructor contact info
- What was covered
- What you will use or adopt
- Blogs with info you are going to use
Equipment log
- Last time you cleaned your gun
- Sharpened your knife
- Tested your pepper spray
- Replaced the batteries in your lights
Vehicle serviced
- Oil change and checked out (I get my truck’s oil change every 5,000 miles and checkout every 10,000)
Checked your emergency supplies
- Found a pack rate living in my go bag I kept in the garage one time
- Rotten food
- Does the clothing still fit in the bug out kits
- Insurance information
- Life insurance (I’ve used Zander Insurance in the Past for life and health insurance)
- Will (checkout WillMaker software at Nolo.com or Legalzoom.com
- Living Will
- Who gets your kids
- Health insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Back up files and
- Lists of your stuff if there is a fire (I keep pictures on Evernote.com)
Stay Safe,
Ben
Lots of great info in this episode.
Two comments about the will stuff, from my experience as a paralegal: Even if handwritten wills are legal in your state, preparing a proper will (and, in some places, filing a copy with the probate court) will alleviate a lot of uncertainty about people’s ability to challenge the validity of the will. Also, if you use an online site or software package to prepare your will, strongly consider paying a lawyer to spend an hour or two looking it over and checking for problems. The law changes a lot more quickly than software packages are updated, and having a lawyer look over the final document is a prudent precaution. Even once your will is done, you should consider having a lawyer take a look at it every few years, just because the law can be so fluid.
As to living wills: Think very carefully about who you want to give your decision-making authority to, and try to make your wishes as explicit as possible. In a crisis situation, you don’t want your loved ones to have to make difficult choices because you weren’t clear about what you wanted. I need to update my will and living will to accommodate some life changes coming up here, and when I do, I’m going to give the decision-making authority to a friend who I trust and who has a little more objectivity than a closer family member.
Happy new year, and thanks for all that you do – and glad to hear your sister’s doing better!