Coming off the weekend of the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump, Lefty gathers 4 of the best Executive Protection Agents in the business to educate us on what exactly Executive Protection is, how it's supposed to be done and Lefty gets the guys to share some awesome and funny on-the-job stories. Plus we get everyone's take on how and why the Trump Rally Executive Protection was such a disastrous failure.

Daniel Fielding: (Kid Rock) Author of The Asset Mindset: A Special Forces Perspective for Achieving Success. Daniel is a former Green Beret with the 7th Special Forces Group. He was with the Department Of Defense during GWOT training MARSOC and various other military groups. Daniel has been Kid Rock's head of Executive Protection for several years and, through Kid's unique friendship with Donald Trump, has had several opportunities to work directly with Trump's security details.

Bryan Seaver: (Dolly Parton) Provides full spectrum personal protection for celebrity icon headliners on multiple musical world tours. Bryan has conducted tour security, venue coordination, facility protection and estate security for seven years as the Director of Security for CTK Management, LLC and its clients. A graduate of Executive Security International (ESI) and owner of a Nashville, Tennessee based security consulting company, Squadron Augmented Protection Services, LLC. Bryan provides dignitary protection and specialized security support to high-risk individuals, celebrities, corporations and the defense industry.

Jim Erwin: (Slipknot) Veteran of the U.S. Special Operations Forces, including service as a 1st SFOD-D (Delta) Operator. He was part of the 1st SFOD-D selection course – where he was ultimately one of five candidates chosen from a class of nearly 100. Erwin was awarded the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his U.S. Army Sniper Course while serving with 2/75 Ranger Bat. He also served as the ranking NCO for a military free-fall platoon with a Long Range Surveillance Company. After leaving active duty, Erwin provided close protection and security for high-profiled clientele across the globe including many high-threat environments.

Andrew Coussens: (Technical Advisor - Terminal List: Dark Wolf) Author of A Failed State: An International War On Terror Novel & RELAPSE: The Cost of War. Andrew spent over eight years deployed as a contractor for the CIA in a classified program that is still active in numerous areas of the world in the War on Terror. He spent four years simultaneously training partner nations in counter-terrorism tactics for the US State Department's Global Anti-Terrorism Assistance program. Since leaving these programs, including his time with an elite federal search and rescue program, Andrew has been employed as a consultant for a field trauma medical company as well as representative for a K9 centered executive protection and hostage negotiation retrieval firm.

In July's edition of the Talking Lead AK KONRER presented by Pioneer Arms USA: Historian, Author and former Spetsnaz Soldier Marco Vorobiev talks about the history behind the kit and gear of the Soviet Soldier. Philosophies of use, types, different ways to configure certain chest rigs , pouches and satchels and we answer your questions. Plus we announce the winner of the Pioneer Arms USA railed 5.56 AKM with collapsible stock. Use the code: "AKKORNER" at pioneerarmsus.com for extra $$ off your firearms purchase plus get extra magazines!

Ryan "Koup" Kuperus spent 17+ years in the Infantry, Reconnaissance, and Force Reconnaissance Communities before being Medically Retired in 2017. He has always had a passion for the outdoors and hunting, and that passion has only grown over the years. Koup is a highly decorated combat veteran including a Navy Commendation Medal with Valor and a Purple Heart Medal.

In 2007 he was in Humvee rollover breaking his femur, his back, and as he sat at home he realized he was broken physically and mentally. He needed to do something to avoid spiraling out of control. So he picked up a bow, starting hobbling around in the woods with a back brace. What he found was healing not physically, but mentally and spiritually. Being in the woods was better therapy than he received from any doctors office or any prescription medication.

The Reason Outdoors was founded by GWOT veterans to take veterans, first responders, and their children on hunting trips, fishing trips, and other outdoor adventures for the sole purpose of sharing all the healthy and positive reasons we hunt and fish.