Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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If your handgun might one day save your life, what actually matters? Paul Markel (Student of the Gun) gets practical in this clip from Gun Owners Radio Ep. 513 — and it's not what the gear influencers are selling.

In this segment:
• The one question to ask in the mirror: self-defense tool, or game prop?
• Why serious training never disarms you or makes you press the trigger to clear
• Instrument of liberty vs. prop in a play — and why reliability beats accuracy and ergonomics
• Modern factory guns already out-shoot 99% of the people holding them
• The exception worth making: ditching Glock's plastic "dust cover" sights
• Sam's question — where's the line on hardware? (M-LOK, military crossover, and more)

▶ Watch the full episode: youtu.be/ieg77SAUabc
🔗 Student of the Gun: studentofthegun.com

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