Season 3

Coming home everyday becomes the epitome of routine. But the security measures you practice while entering your home, as well as the barriers you have created once inside, can be the most important steps you take to keeping yourself safe.

Mike, Rob and Mike show you how to prevent being taken by surprise as you enter the place you feel most secure; your home. Additionally, Mike Janich shows you how installing a solid-core, reinforced door may be the best security investment your money can buy.

If you carry a concealed firearm, or keep one in your home, it makes sense to train and prepare for what to do in the event that you have to use it. But once the smoke has cleared and you have survived the incident, knowing what to say and how to act with authorities can be the difference in justifying your actions and being charged with a crime. The Best Defense will take you through a self-defense shooting scenario and how to best respond to authorities who arrive on the scene.

We all have schedules; places to go at appointments to meet. Many times when people are behind the wheel, tempers flare. If someone is tailgating your car, or driving slow in front of you, it’s amazing how quickly we all can become agitated. But as Mike and Rob point out in this scenario, checking your ego is not only the best way to keep yourself safe… it may also prevent you from becoming the bad guy.

The right to keep a firearm for personal defense is, as we know, protected by the Constitution of The United States. In most states, that right includes carrying a
firearm while in public. While we all believe strongly in the 2nd Amendment, there are times when making your stand on principle may endanger your safety… even your life.

In an ideal word, everybody has full use of their legs and arms. That is not the case and for those with limited mobility, the challenges of self defense are huge. Michael Janich and Rob Pincus look at those challenges and how you might response.

Driving at night always requires a hightened sense of awareness. If we see someone stranded, waving for help, we’re inclined to try and do what we can. However, you can still help someone without placing yourself in danger, or falling for a trap.

In many states in the US, you can now openly carry a handgun on your hip. With open carry comes a new set of challenges for the firearm owners and also a whole new set of risks.

For many people, home is located in an apartment complex, possibly even a college dorm room. Being in this situation creates a number of different security issues; roommates and their friends, proximity of neighbors and the realities of the physical barriers that you can actually put in place. While there may be challenges in setting up your best defense in this type of environment, there are also a number of measures you can take to make your apartment a safer environment for you and the people you care about. Mike Janich walks you through the things to look for when choosing an apartment, as well as things you can add for security.

Every day we interact with dozens and sometimes hundreds of people without any
problems. This good experience can cause us to let our guard down. When an interaction suddenly turns into a threatening or worst case violent encounter, your first goal is to stay safe.

Some times in our every day life, we have to use elevators. When being attacked in this metal box, your escape options can be completely cut off.

How to keep safe in the midst of chaos.

Possible confrontations in a parking garage.

In episode 7 of season 3: We bring you the best from this season based on feedback from our viewers. As a companion show to the hit program MidwayUSA’s The Best Defense, the survival edition of the series travels the United States visiting military and civilian training centers to educate the viewer through life-threatening scenarios.