1of100 A Deliberate Responder Are You Ready

1of100
A Deliberate Responder
Are You Ready

Most training talks about speed, accuracy, and mechanics.

Very little training explains what ready actually means.

This book does.

Ready Positions is not a collection of techniques. It is a clear, practical framework for how armed professionals and responsibly armed citizens should organize their body, muzzle, eyes, and decision-making while moving through real environments, real constraints, and real uncertainty.

Jim Shanahan, founder of Advanced Performance Shooting, breaks readiness down into defined, repeatable positions that prioritize safety, control, information gathering, and human terrain over performance for its own sake. Each position is built around what matters most in real encounters, protecting others, protecting yourself, maintaining retention of your weapon, and staying mentally ahead of the moment.

This book introduces a structured way to evaluate readiness using the APS Decision Engine,
Who can help me, who can hurt me, where am I going, and where are my people.

Rather than teaching you how to stand on a range, this book teaches you how to exist with a firearm in complex, crowded, and dynamic spaces, around vehicles, doorways, hallways, loved ones, and unknowns.

If you carry a firearm, train others to carry, or hold responsibility for armed decision-making, this book provides a common language and a clear standard for readiness.

Not fast.

Not flashy.

Deliberate.

Because if not now, then when, and if not you, then whom.