Guardian Survival Tools, LLC - Founded 2007

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE

This is Anthony McGaugh Founder/CEO and Chief Instructor of Guardian Survival Tools, and my "calling" and our SOLE MISSION is to keep good people like you and your family, SAFE!

We want to start a movement that transforms communities and changes the world, through giving good people like you and your family the tools, training, & legal expertise that have proven MOST effective in keeping good people SAFE (both physically and legally), in a fun, safe, effective, comfortable, and non-intimidating environment.

As one of the most experienced instructors in the entire state of Texas, with 15+ years as a full-time professional instructor, and having spent the majority of my lifetime training extensively with many of the top instructors and top firearms academies in the entire WORLD, I have far exceeded the proverbial 10,000 hours needed to become one of the leading experts in teaching self-protection, but I still dedicate myself daily to studying the most updated "real world" information, and continuously update our methods through ONGOING training with dozens of the world's leading experts EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

It is a well known fact, especially in this ever advancing industry, that the BEST instructors MUST ALWAYS be continuous students and NEVER stop learning, refining, adapting, and improving.

Our "no-nonsense" 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE allows you to try out our courses with ZERO risk.

Regardless of your current skill level (beginners to experts) if it's not blatantly obvious that what you learned made you and your family FAR safer, and was well worth the time and money you invested, we will make it right, or give you a FULL REFUND.

After over 15+ years in business, training everyone from brand new gun owners who have never touched a gun before (many scared to death of guns), to military and law enforcement professionals, military contractors, competitive shooters, chief's of police, SWAT commanders, and even an Army Ranger, we have accomplished the impossible by never having even one single dissatisfied client.

Come try out a ZERO RISK course, you'll be glad that you did, and the skills you gain will help keep you and your family ABUNDANTLY safer, every single day, for the rest of your lives.

 

TRAINING CREDENTIALS: 

I have spent the majority of my lifetime, thousands of hours, and over a hundred thousand dollars, training with most of the top instructors in the world:

  • Tom Given’s/Rangemaster 
  • John Farnam/Defense Training International 
  • Masaad Ayoob/Lethal Force Institute 
  • World Champion Robert Vogel/Vogel Dynamics 
  • John Lovell/Warrior Poet Society 
  • Aaron Cowan/Sage Dynamics 
  • Steve “Yeti” Fisher/Sentinel Concepts 
  • Brian Hoffner/Hoffner’s Training Academy 
  • Scott "Jedi" Jedlinski/Modern Samurai Project 
  • Gabe Suarez/Suarez International 
  • Greg Elifritz/Tactical Defense Institute 
  • US Navy Seal Jeff Gonzales/Trident Concepts 
  • Brian Hill/The Complete Combatant 
  • Mike Pannone/CTT-Solutions LLC 
  • Craig "Southnarc" Douglas/Shivworks 
  • Chuck Pressburg/Presscheck Training & Consulting 
  • Gabe White/High Performance Concealed Carry 
  • Chuck Haggard/Agile Training and Consulting 
  • Cecil Burch/Immediate Action Combatives 
  • Tatiana Whitlock/Training In Context & A Girl & A Gun 
  • Bill Blowers/Tap-Rack Tactical 
  • John Murphy/FPF Training 
  • Rob Pincus/I.C.E. Training 
  • Jon "Mochabear" Dufresne/Kinetic Consulting 
  • Jamey Caldwell/1 Minute Out 
  • Steve Moses, Guy Schnitzler, & Allan McBee/ Palisade Training 
  • Roberto “Justice” Narvaez/Elite TWO 
  • Diamond Elite Member of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute 
  • Tim Larkin/Target Focus Training (TFT) 
  • Tony Blauer/SPEAR System 
  • Austin Davis/Virtual Tactical Academy 
  • Lt Col Dave Grossman/Sheepdog Seminars 
  • Barry Young/Strategos International 
  • Anthony Bernabeo/Combat Nation 
  • Grandmaster Tuhon Guro William R. McGrath/Pekiti-Tirsia International 
  • Ernest Emerson/Emerson Knives
  • Numerous others from firearms & self-protection academies across the nation!

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Texas Department of Public Safety License To Carry (LTC) & Concealed Handgun License (CHL) Instructor
  • Texas Department of Public Safety "Guardian Program" School Safety Certification (SSCI) Instructor
  • Tom Given's RANGEMASTER Firearms Instructor
  • US & Texas Law Shield Certified Legal Instructor
  • United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Instructor
  • Tony Blauer SPEAR: Personal Defense Readiness (PDR) Instructor
  • NRA Certified Range Safety Officer
  • NRA Certified Pistol, Rifle, & Shotgun Instructor
  • NRA Certified Personal Protection Inside & Outside The Home Instructor
  • NRA Certified Refuse To Be A Victim Instructor

ALL NEW Professional Video "Scenario Simulator" Courses, Unparalleled Legal Seminars, Texas License To Carry (LTC) Courses, Firearms & Tactics Training (Novice to Expert), Court Ordered Gun Safety Courses, Private Training, Instructor Courses & Consulting


TAUGHT BY "WORLD-CLASS" RANGEMASTER, NRA, US & TEXAS LAW SHIELD, & USCCA CERTIFIED TACTICAL FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR

*********** Anthony McGaugh *********** (See credentials in lower left margin)


  • World-Class instructor with 16+ years of full-time experience
  • Most extensively trained instructor in the entire state of Texas (see credentials tab above)
  • Constant ongoing CUTTING EDGE training with dozens of the world’s top instructors & firearms academies every single year.
  • Top non-attorney expert on Texas self-defense law in the entire state, certified through an actual self-defense specialty law firm
  • 5-Star rating without a single dissatisfied client in over 16+ years in business
  • One stop shop for ALL your training needs from beginners to the most advanced training available anywhere in the world
  • Exclusive 100% Money Back Guarantee on ALL of our courses

ALL NEW Legal Self-Protection Seminar (Including LTC & CC) Get 10X More Education & Protection Than ANY Other Course TODAY ONLY $99 (Reg. $200) ________________________________ Advanced Tactical Concepts (ATC) Course Now TODAY ONLY Just $99 (Reg. $500)

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT COURSE DETAILS AND LEGAL QUIZ BELOW See "Schedule" above for dates, times, and locations. PRIVATE courses available for individuals and groups in your home, workplace, church, community center, or our private training facility.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR COURSES

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ALL NEW LEGAL SELF-DEFENSE COURSE

 

"LEGAL SELF-PROTECTION SEMINAR"

(Includes Texas License To Carry & Constitutional Carry Courses)

 

 

Isn't it time to ensure that you and your family don't become victims of our twisted legal system?

 

DON'T MISS OUR SELF-DEFENSE QUIZ AT THE END OF THIS COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

 

Who should take this course?

 

  • License To Carry (LTC) holders, even if you’ve taken a dozen LTC courses from a dozen different instructors.

 

  • Constitutional Carriers, even if you never intend to get your LTC or are ineligible.

 

  • Gun owners who keep a gun at home or in their vehicle for self-defense.

 

  • Family protectors, anyone who plans on defending themselves and their family when attacked by a violent criminal, even if you don’t own a gun, you still need to know when you can use force or deadly force legally.

 

  • Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs), your academies and departments typically do a terrible job at preparing you for how self-defense laws will actually be interpreted by the courts.

 

  • Defense attorneys and law school students, this course will include numerous examples of real world local cases, and how the laws are CURRENTLY being handled and interpreted at every level of the legal process, from the first officer on scene, to the detectives, the prosecutor, the grand jury, the judge, and the trial jury. It will also include defense options many prosecutors and attorneys are unaware of. 

 

  • License To Carry (LTC) & Firearms Instructors. You owe it to your clients to get the correct information. This course should become the industry standard (Certification and private instructor training also available as an add-on).

 

 

 

Why should you take this course?

 

  • If you’ve only had License To Carry courses, LTC Instructor training, gone through the police academy, or law school, you have unfortunately been set up for FAILURE, and that could mean 20 years to life in prison, or selling your home and liquidating every asset you’ve worked your whole life for, just to cover the crippling legal fees (and you could still lose and go to prison). This happens more often than most would believe. 

 

  • This is BY FAR the top course on Texas self-defense law in the ENTIRE state.

 

  • Covers over TEN TIMES more ESSENTIAL legal education than any other course in Texas.

 

  • FAR EXCEEDS the state’s basic requirements that License To Carry (LTC) courses teach. This course WILL get you your License To Carry if you decide you want it. Includes range fees, targets, eye and ear protection, lunch, drinks, snacks, and more than any other course could possibly offer.

 

  • The ONLY course designed to keep you out of legal trouble by protecting both your freedom and livelihood instead of just meeting the state’s minimum standard (which just sets people up for failure).

 

 

 

What are the instructor’s credentials?

 

  • Taught by the top non-attorney expert on Texas self-defense law in the entire state.

 

  • ONLY instructor certified through an actual law firm that specializes SOLELY in this area of law, who has been training under those expert attorneys, including reviewing cases, and studying case law, since 2009!!!

 

  • Over 15+ years and 1,000+ hours of dedicated study specifically in Texas self-defense law. Other LTC instructors get just a few hours from the state, law enforcement officers get around 20-35 hours in the academy, and attorneys are lucky if they get 30 minutes on self-defense law in law school.

 

  • Certified instructor for US & Texas Law Shield law firm. 

 

  • Trained under attorney Andrew Branca, considered the nation’s leading expert on self-defense law and founder of “The Law of Self-Defense.”

 

  • Trained under Massad Ayoob considered “The Godfather” of legal self-defense training.

 

  • Full-time firearms and tactics instructor for over 15 years, this is ESSENTIAL to make certain that following the law never jeopardizes your safety, but instead enhances the safety of you and those you love most in this world.

 

 

 

Are there any guarantees that this course will be worth my money and time?

 

  • 100%!!! We have ALWAYS confidently offered a 100% money back guarantee on ALL of our courses, if you are not completely satisfied, we’ll make it right, or refund your payment in full (your choice).

 

  • This type of guarantee is ESSENTIAL because if you’re just relying on your LTC course, police academy, or law school, MUCH of what you feel 100% confident that you know about the law is very likely DEAD WRONG, and having the ability to try out our course 100% RISK FREE is the ONLY way most people will discover that.

 

  • We know this for a fact, because for over 15 years now, we’ve had prosecutors, judges, attorneys, LEOs, & clients that have taken several LTC/CHL courses from numerous other instructors, and they share with us all of the DANGEROUS misinformation they've been given, or how gravely incomplete their training was. Many of these things could have resulted in 20 years to life in prison!!!

 

  • We have never had even one single dissatisfied client in over 15 years in business! Statistically, that's impossible, but we pride ourselves on exceeding our client's expectations.

 

 

 

You owe it to both yourself, and the loved ones who rely on you, to get the RIGHT information, to protect your freedom and your family’s livelihood.

 

We GUARANTEE that investing one single day of your time will be WELL worth the confidence you gain in KNOWING you can make the RIGHT split second legal decisions under the stress and duress of a criminal encounter. This is also ESSENTIAL to your safety, because hesitation could get you and your family hurt or killed.

 

How fast you can draw and shoot is meaningless if you make a poor legal decision that bankrupts your family and sends you to prison for the rest of your life. It's better than dying, but not much when a one-day course could prevent that.

 

Come join us in this extremely interesting, educational, fun, and ZERO RISK course!

 

 

 

 

Renowned Family Safety, Crime Prevention, & Lifesaving Tactics Training

 

"ADVANCED TACTICAL CONCEPTS (ATC) COURSE"

 

 

 

How would you like to have a one-day course that taught you the skills that have been proven (through empirical evidence from many of the world’s top instructors) to be MOST LIKELY to save your life and the lives of your loved ones?

 

Our ATC course is exactly that, invest one single day of your time, and get a PhD level of education on how to best protect yourself, and those you love most in this world.

 

We've had EVERYONE in this course from COMPLETE beginners to the utmost EXPERTS, including skilled military and Law Enforcement, SWAT Commanders, Competitive Shooters, Chiefs of Police, and even Army Rangers. It's designed from the ground up to use training guns to train the tactics, with no live fire, so it's appropriate for EVERYONE. 

 

It has a 100% Money Back Guarantee and we've never had a single dissatisfied client.

 

It's seriously more information than anyone will be able to retain, but if you copy these bullet points, and take good notes, you will learn more about keeping everyone safe (and get more bang for your buck) than you would in any other course.

 

We focus first on how you and your family can avoid a violent criminal encounter altogether, which is almost ALWAYS your best option, but IF you get caught off guard, we give you REAL tools to help you win the most important fight of your lives and help get EVERYONE home safe.

 

 

 

Here's a LONG list of some of the NUMEROUS skills this course teaches:

 


  • The number one thing you can start doing IMMEDIATELY that will make the BIGGEST difference in preventing you and your loved ones from ever being the victims of violent crime, even when you are not carrying your gun.

 

  • Other simple “tricks” you can start doing TODAY that have proven to be effective in deselecting yourself and your loved ones as potential targets of violent criminal predators.

 

  • Why we as defenders are always in a position of disadvantage unless we actively do these three things.

 

  • Easily developing and improving “real world” situational awareness skills (hint: it’s impossible, exhausting, ineffective, and even counterproductive to try and just pay attention to “everything” all the time).

 

  • Using pre-incident indicators to predict up to 90% of attacks, and differentiate sneaky predators from harmless strangers.

 

  • The three most common ways criminals close distance and put you at a disadvantage, and how to stop them (you have likely experienced these regularly).

 

  • What that “gut feeling” really is, when to listen to it, and essential actions to take when you feel it.

 

  • Using specific verbalizations as an effective "defensive shield" to deter or stop criminal attacks, defuse or de-escalate brewing aggressions, or create distance.

 

  • How effective each "non-lethal defensive tool" truly is, which ones are MOST effective, and which popular choices have proven to be completely USELESS and could get you and your family hurt or killed.

 

  • Everyday items that you can legally carry absolutely anywhere (on a plane, in a school, courtroom, workplace, etc.) and how to effectively use them to defend your life (WASP spray is NOT one of these and is COMPLETELY USELESS FOR SELF-DEFENSE, that is an internet MYTH)!!!

 

  • Why the things we have ALL been conditioned to do in an unarmed fight could get you killed when you are fighting for your life (even if you are a trained martial artist).

 

  • Winning against all odds, when you are unarmed, severely outmatched, outnumbered, or only your attackers are armed.

 

  • The most important considerations when selecting a handgun and ammunition for concealed carry (hint: the 2 most important factors in firearm selection are not brand, type, or caliber, and choosing the wrong ammo could result in you unintentionally killing an innocent person, or failing to stop a deadly threat in time).

 

  • Gaining a position of tactical advantage, and where the BEST places for your child or family members are (It’s NOT where the VAST MAJORITY of people instinctively believe).

 

  • The importance of properly using cover and concealment, minimizing yourself as a target, what ACTUALLY stops bullets in the real world, and the numerous things we believe would stop bullets that WILL NOT.

 

  • Proper training to improve your defensive firearm skills for the realities of a violent criminal encounter, instead of just shooting at the range.

 

  • Practicing SAFELY at home with your firearm, without ever firing a single shot, what skills are MOST important to practice, and why this "dry practice" training is even MORE important than going to the range.

 

  • The #1 shooting skill that makes the biggest difference in who wins and loses a gunfight.

 

  • Avoiding extremely common training scars we develop shooting at the range that will get us killed, and how to correct them.

 

  • The Goldilocks principal of self-defense, how to get it right, and how getting it wrong could mean prison or death (when to show your gun, when to keep it hidden, when to point your gun, when to shoot, and when to stop shooting).

 

  • What makes the biggest difference in determining whether you win or lose after the fight begins, and how to develop that skill for yourself!

 

  • Essential questions EVERYONE should ask themselves, think hard about, and answer honestly, BEFORE carrying a gun for self-defense.

 

  • Marksmanship and tactical secrets that I have traveled across the United States over the majority of my lifetime to gain, and spent thousands of hours and well over $100,000 to learn from many of the world's top firearms instructors.
  • A progressive malfunction clearance that solves all semi-automatic handgun malfunctions without having to try to look and diagnose which type of malfunction you have in the middle of a gunfight.

 

  • The best place to carry your gun and the best practices for drawing it quickly from concealment.

 

  • The best techniques for emergency and tactical reloads, and the probems with the ways the vast majority of instructors teach these.

 

  • The importance of a "close contact position" for up close or entangled gunfights.

 

  • Weapon retention drills to prevent your gun from being taken.

 

  • Common myths and misconceptions about gunfights, handgun stopping power, best calibers, & how long someone remains a threat after being shot.

 

  • The places most of us go every week where we are most likely to become a victim of crime.

 

  • Why drawing on a drawn gun is typically suicide and how to create successful alternatives.

 

  • The "action always beats reaction" principle and how to still have a chance when the criminal draws first.

 

  • Why movement is FAR less effective than most understand, and how to use it more effectively.

 

  • What most people instinctively do when they hear a noise in the house that leaves them virtually DEFENSELESS and can get them KILLED, and what to do instead! (a true predator will use this to their full advantage in order to victimize or murder you and your family).

 

  • When home invasions are MOST likely to occur, how to prevent them, and the best plans for you and your family to survive them (practicing clearing your house is the absolute worst option, but we also teach the most effective methods to do so as a LAST resort).

 

  • Properly “pieing” around corners and objects, and the “safest” way to clear rooms and move through a structure.

 

  • Using a simple flashlight as a criminal deterrent and as an essential self-defense tool, even when you have a gun.

 

  • Primary low light tactics since 40% of civilian shootings occur in low light or no light.

 

  • Safest and most effective practices for carrying in your vehicle, fighting from your vehicle, and how to prevent getting your gun stolen.

 

  • Preventing car jackings and what to do if you are caught off guard and have a gun in your face.

 

  • Beyond "Run, Hide, Fight," and best principals for surviving or stopping and active killer.

 

  • What to do when you are outnumbered and facing multiple armed attackers (making the best of seemingly impossible odds).

 

  • The fight cycle and how to best navigate, find advantages, fight "UNFAIRLY," and "CHEAT" at every opportunity.

 

  • Essential “After Action” drills, why they actually are important, how to train them properly, and why they are MUCH more than just “range theatrics” as many instructors are starting to call them.

 

  • Safest ways to deal with a threat that crumbles to the ground, gives up, runs away, or complies.

 

  • The most important things you should do immediately after being involved in a shooting! These things can keep you alive and out of jail or prison (Calling 911 is NOT your first priority)!

 

  • What to say and what NOT to say to the 911 operator, the first officers on scene, the detectives, your family friends and loved ones, and your attorney.

 

Come join us and gain an INSANELY VAST level of real world knowledge guaranteed to make you and your family ABUNDANTLY safer.

 

REMEMBER we've ALWAYS offered a FULL REFUND if anyone doesn't feel like we delivered, we've still never had one single dissatisfied client, and we've had hundreds of well trained military, law enforcement, competitive shooters, and instructors come through our courses over the last 15+ years.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Your Knowledge with our Texas Self-Defense Quiz

 

(Please write down your answers and score yourself, our quiz maker is broken right now, answers at the bottom)

 

 

1) If you have your License To Carry (LTC), when you get into your vehicle, it is legal to take your handgun out of the holster and carry it (select all correct answers): 

 

A. Tucked between your driver’s side seat and the console.

B. In the side pocket of the door inside your vehicle.

C. Stuck to a magnetic holder product that holds it securely under the dash.

D. Under the front of your seat with only the grip sticking out for quick access.

E. On the passenger’s seat in plain view while traveling. 

F. None of the above. 

 

2) If you’re carrying under Constitutional Carry (CC), it is legal to carry (select all correct answers):

 

A. In the room of an open meeting of a governmental entity.

B. In any and all private businesses that don’t have 30.06 or 30.07 notices posted.

C. At a college football game that doesn’t have a 30.06 or 30.07 notice posted.

D. In a hospital that doesn’t have 30.06 or 30.07 notices posted.

E. In an amusement park that doesn’t have 30.06 or 30.07 signs posted.

F. In any business that has a “No Guns” sign as long as they don’t have a 30.05 sign posted.

G. None of the above. 

 

 

3) A person is very likely to be justified in using deadly force (Select all correct answers): 

 

A. To prevent theft during the nighttime.

B. To prevent criminal mischief during the nighttime.

C. To prevent someone trespassing into their fenced in back yard.

D. To prevent someone from breaking into their detached garage.

E. Against someone of your same physical ability who attacks you and punches you in the face.

F. None of the above.

 

4) If you are justified in using deadly force, and in shooting an attacker (Select all correct answers): 

 

A. Always shoot to kill.

B. Fire a warning shot if possible.

C. Try to shoot the gun out of their hand.

D. Make sure they are dead.

E. Never draw or show your gun unless you are going to shoot.

F. If you have to shoot, empty the mag into them.

F. None of the above.

 

5) If an attacker is trying to kick in your front door, attempting to enter your occupied home unlawfully and with force, you shoot them through the door, and they fall down and die just outside your front door, you should drag their body over the threshold and into your house before calling 911, and say you shot them inside.

 

A. True

B. False

 

6) If someone approaches you at a gas station asking for money, and they make you really nervous, it is okay to tell them to back off, that you are a LTC holder, and that you are armed.

 

A. True

B. False

 

7) If you are found justified in lawfully using force or deadly force in a criminal trial, Texas law prevents you from being sued civilly.

 

A. True

B. False

 

8) If you are justified in using “FORCE” under Texas law, you are also justified in using the THREAT OF “DEADLY FORCE,” as long as that is limited to creating an apprehension that you will use deadly force if it becomes necessary and is justified.

 

A. True

B. False

 

9) If you’re carrying under Constitutional Carry and drive on any public road or freeway within 1,000 feet of the property line of ANY K-12 public or private school, you can be charged with a federal crime punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a $5,000 fine, and can be federally prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm (even in your home) for the rest of your life.

 

A. True

B. False

 

 

10) If you get your License To Carry, you will be held to a higher standard legally, so it is better not to have your License To Carry or any other advanced legal training.

 

A. True

B. False

 

Each question is worth 10 points

 

Answers available at the bottom

 

Find out in our "Legal Self-Protection Seminar" which specific laws dictate the anwers to these questions, and why they are so tricky.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz Answers

1) F

2) G

3) F

4) F

5) B

6) B

7) B

8) A

9) A

10) B

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