{"id":30923,"date":"2015-01-22T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T23:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=30923"},"modified":"2015-01-22T18:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T10:03:38","slug":"firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions &#8212; SHOT Show 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_30926\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ayoob2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\" title=\"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30926\" title=\"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ayoob2-351x300.jpg\" alt=\"Massad Ayoob is one knowledgable dude.  (Photo: Dr. ZMan)\" width=\"351\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ayoob2-351x300.jpg 351w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ayoob2-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ayoob2.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Massad Ayoob is one knowledgable dude. (<em>Photo: Dr. ZMan<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the highlights of my 2015 SHOT Show experience would have been catching up with world-renowned firearms and self-defense expert Massad Ayoob. I say &#8220;would have been&#8221; because, unfortunately, he didn&#8217;t make the show this year as his girlfriend came down with a bad case of bronchitis at the last minute. Mas, being the good guy that he is, stayed behind to take care of his better half as she convalesces (See, Mas can teach you more than just about how to defend yourself with a firearm, he can give you a valuable lesson in chivalry as well!). So, instead of chatting face to face and getting his one-of-a-kind stentorian voice on camera, I had to email him my questions. \u00a0The questions you may recognize as four out of the five centered around discussion topics I wrote this past year. \u00a0I wanted to get Mas perspective on those hot-button questions we debated.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the discussion articles for your reference followed by my Q&amp;A with Mas. Feel free to join the conversation in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/warranted-shoot-someone-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\" title=\"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHEN IS IT WARRANTED TO SHOOT SOMEONE OVER PROPERTY?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/shoot-first-attempt-de-escalate-home-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\" title=\"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SHOOT FIRST OR ATTEMPT TO DE-ESCALATE DURING HOME INVASION?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/pursue-fleeing-burglars-wait-police-arrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\" title=\"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WOULD YOU PURSUE FLEEING BURGLARS OR WAIT ON POLICE TO ARRIVE?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/carrying-openly-make-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\" title=\"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOES CARRYING OPENLY MAKE YOU A TARGET?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>S.H. Blannelberry: Under what circumstance would you shoot someone over property (assuming that there is no imminent threat of death or great bodily harm)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Massad Ayoob: <\/strong>None that I can think of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S.H. Blannelberry: Your home is being invaded, do you shoot first or attempt to de-escalate the situation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Massad Ayoob: <\/strong>Situation-dependent. If the &#8220;invader&#8221; is apparently unarmed, and known to be some &#8220;harmless character,&#8221; i.e., town drunk or neighbor with mental illness, and is not violently acting out: consider negotiating or taking at gunpoint. If obvious armed criminal, shoot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S.H. Blannelberry: Given your experience, training and expertise with firearms, would you pursue a fleeing burglar or would you wait for police to arrive?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Massad Ayoob:<\/strong> Definitely, wait for police to arrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S.H. Blannelberry: Do you think open carry makes one a target?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Massad Ayoob: I can&#8217;t say that it DOES, but it obviously CAN make you a target&#8230;not only of criminals, but of random showoffs, drunks, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S.H. Blannelberry: On the subject of concealed carry, what issuing standard do you prefer? Constitutional or permitless carry? Shall-Issue? Do you believe some type of training should be required before one bears arms in public?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Massad Ayoob: Permitless carry has worked out remarkably well in jurisdictions that have it. Permitless carry is not going to be politically feasible in some jurisdictions, however. I am happy with shall-issue. Substantial training requirements have a disparate impact on the poor and some others who need concealed carry most; if such requirements became necessary, I would rather see testing for competency than X number of hours required. Any live fire competency test should be something an arthritic great-grandmother could pass with an inherited gate-loading revolver, again because such people are among those most in need of concealed carry.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Big thanks to Mas for taking the time to answer some questions. \u00a0To learn more about how you can get in touch with this master gun instructor, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/massadayoobgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\" title=\"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MassadAyoobGroup.com.<\/a> Hopefully, I get a chance to chat with him in person at NRA this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firearms and self-defense expert Massad Ayoob answers five essential self-defense questions.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":30924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[242,216,239,240],"tags":[132],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-interviews","8":"category-s-h-blannelberry","9":"category-shot-2015","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Firearms and self-defense expert Massad Ayoob answers five essential self-defense questions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Firearms, Self-Defense Expert Massad Ayoob Answers Five Essential Questions -- SHOT Show 2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Firearms and self-defense expert Massad Ayoob answers five essential self-defense questions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-22T23:01:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T10:03:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ayoob.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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