Self Protection in 2026

Self Protection in 2026

Author: Michael Bane December 9, 2025 Duration: 47:11

The landscape for self defense is always changing, and it is up to us to avoid an escalation cycle that ends in your arrest. Know what you're "betting!"

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 252.
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Host: Michael Bane
Producer: Flying Dragon Ltd.

More information and reference links:

Risk Assessment in Personal Defense (Podcast)/Michael Bane

The Blue City Murder Problem/Heritage Foundation

Ed Monk/Last Resort Firearms Training

Experts Warn of Disturbing Trend on Random Attacks Across America…/Julia Bonavita, Fox KTVU

George Soro's Prosecutors Wage War on Law and Order/Charles Stimson and Zack Smith, Heritage Foundation

Salvation (book)/Kevin Creighton

The Music of Bobby Coxx and the Righteous

The Music of Amos Ever-Hadani


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