In this wide-ranging episode of the Taking Aim podcast, host Richard Nance reunites with his old friend Jeremy Stafford — former Marine Corps reservist (Bronze Star w/V), long-time LAPD officer, legendary Guns & Ammo handgun editor, and current Mossberg pro-staffer — for a candid, laugh-filled masterclass in real-world training and mindset. The two lifelong martial artists trace their journeys from chubby kids getting thrown around in judo dojos, through 1980s ninja-movie obsessions and Steven Seagal worship, to becoming career cops and combat veterans who helped drag law-enforcement firearms training out of the Weaver-era and into the red-dot age. Stafford pulls no punches on watered-down strip-mall martial arts, the evolution (and stubborn resistance) of police and military shooting doctrine, why red-dot optics are a literal game-changer for grip, trigger control, and hitting under stress, and the critical mindset shift every fighter must make: you have to already be okay with pulling the trigger before the fight starts. Packed with war stories, range truths, and hard-earned lessons from the streets of L.A., the sands of Iraq, and decades on the mat, and countless hours behind the gun, this is two old-school warriors passing the torch with zero filter and maximum respect.
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