YouTube has done some incredible things. Whether it was a chance to see someone’s incredible kitten you wouldn’t otherwise have seen, or some far off land, there are some amazing videos to be seen. Being a guy I use YouTube a lot of times for instructional videos whether it be guns, cars, or some other guy thing. It takes a little time to determine whether or not the person you are watching is credible and competent.

Lenny Magill strikes me as good. He’s many things, a body builder, a self-defense expert, a gun expert, and where I ran across him as the front man for the Glock Store. He’ll do videos you don’t see just gun guys do. One up on my cue right now is “Proper Handgun Etiquette”. Another one I really liked was “How to Lubricate Your Glock”, I think that’s something we all want to know. This video here encompasses several themes.

If I want to know how to fix a car I go to Chris Fix. If I just want to know the top to bottom aspects of a gun, I go to MrGunsandGear. If I want to know something a little more esoteric about gun culture or weapons and tactics, I look up Lenny. I was thinking about getting a Glock (aren’t we all?), and I wanted to know how to detail strip the slide, who better to go to then the Glock guy?

In this video above he goes through the 4 conditions you can carry a gun. Every other channel on YouTube will tell you you have to carry “cocked and locked“. Not Lenny. He intertwines some other very important points. We’re not law enforcement. This isn’t the old west where you are going to live or die on your fast draw. If you are going to daily carry every day for 40 years, maybe a few precautions are in order.

That’s why I like his ‘Condition 3‘. Magazine in, chamber empty, safety off (see that’s a joke, Glocks don’t have a safety).