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"Train, Practice, Compete
are the key elements in the development of humans."
-- John M. Buol, Jr.
----- Mindset -----
“Woman must not depend upon the protection of man,
but must be taught to protect herself.”
-- Susan B. Anthony
"The Cheshire Man", written By John Connor
https://americanhandgunner.com/guncrank-diaries/the-cheshire-man/
As a man thinketh, so he is.
Time Lag in Combatives by Kelly McCann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnpWypc7B3A
Someone's opinion of you doesn't have to be your reality.
When buying a self-defense weapon system (pistol, holster, belt,
flashlight, magazine and flashlight pouch, ammunition, cleaning gear,
etc.), some people think, "How much money am I going to spend on
something I will probably never use?" But, they should be thinking,
"How much money will I spend on something that my life and the lives
of my loved ones will depend on."
Of course, any weapon system without a trained operator is a
danger to everyone within range. And only a well trained and practiced
operator would be competent with the weapon system. That's just reality.
-- Two rounds to the center of mass may not stop the attack.
Consider the two following articles. --
Why one cop carries 145 rounds of ammo on the job by Charles Remsberg
https://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/why-one-cop-carries-145-rounds-of-ammo-on-the-job-clGBbLYpnqqHxwMq/
Excerpt:
". . . officers involved in a shooting will not remember to do
basic things due to the trauma, adrenaline and anxiety. Write down
simple instructions like wake up, eat breakfast, etc."
Bad guy was hit 14 times, 3 hits to his head, and survived.
Video: Man charges at Texas LEOs with knife after being shot 7 times
from Houston Chronicle
https://www.policeone.com/officer-safety/articles/video-man-charges-at-texas-leos-with-knife-after-being-shot-7-times-5qjg4niwJFV707rJ/
Bad guy was hit 7 times before knife attack. He was shot
several more times after the knife attack. Suspect survived.
Year Of The Gamma Rat
https://americanhandgunner.com/guncrank-diaries/year-of-the-gamma-rat/
I have heard many pastors preach this sort of attitude.
My pastor says, you can't control what happens to you, but you are
always in control of how you react to what happens to you.
The most prized desire of civilized man is to be left alone.
Unfortunately, the uncivilized wish to enslave you. So, you will
have to fight them off.
"Fear is an instinct. Courage is a choice."
-- Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, USN
----- Safety -----
Don't go to stupid places.
Don't do stupid things.
Don't hang out with stupid people.
Be in bed by 10 PM. Your own bed.
Don't look like a freak.
Don't fail the attitude test.
-- John Farnam
The “Date Night” Restaurant Robbery by Greg Ellifritz
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/the-date-night-restaurant-robbery
This is a sober calm analysis of a high stress situation.
The kind of analysis you need to think about now, before you
are faced with such a situation. Because you may not be able
to make good decisions under stress during the situation.
Being a hero is not a thing to be strived for. Remember,
every medal awarded for gallantry is awarded for conspicuous
gallantry. In my experience, the vast majority of gallantry
is inconspicuous. Real heroes don't want to be celebrities.
Because normal good folk don't want to be celebrities.
Celebrities are targeted by the wackos for murder, e.g.
John Lennon. The children of celebrities are targeted for
kidnapping. Hence, the gray man; gray family, gray children.
How to Win the Bullet Surprise by Kathy Jackson
https://www.corneredcat.com/article/running-the-gun/how-to-win-the-bullet-surprise/
An explanation of extractors and ejectors.
"The fast and / or emphatic reholster is an awesome way to shoot yourself."
-- Chuck Haggard
----- Training -----
If you want to be competent with a pistol,
you really need to do a 4 or 5 day class at one
of the prestigious gun schools. (If you don't
graduate, repeat until you do. I took the 4 day
Defensive Handgun class at Front Sight four times
before I graduated. As my father told me, "After
a few years, nobody will care when you got your
degree. Nobody will care where you got your
degree. No one will care how long it took you
to get your degree. All that matters is that
you have it. [I paraphrase, because he was
talking about the bar exam.])
If you want to stay competent, you need to:
dry practice daily,
shoot a match monthly, and
take a class annually (preferably from a different
instructor every time).
Ya, actually, I do this. Otherwise, I'd be a
terrible hypocrite.
If you want to contribute to your community,
teach a few classes every year. You'll learn a lot.
The classes need not be formal. They could be informal
coaching of friends and relatives. What matters is that
you do it. Love is action. Love is the things we do.
"Reasons for training:
1. You don't know what you don't know.
2. Much of what you know is wrong.
3. It's good to have some of the answers to the test before taking it."
-- Claude Werner the Tactical Professor
HE’S GOT MY GUN! by Steve Moses
https://ccwsafe.com/blog/31532
Quoting Paul Sharp and Fletch Fuller. I've taken classes from these gentlemen
at Tac Con. Real world practical.
"The real value of training, though, is that it improves competence,
which leads to a higher level of confidence."
-- Rehn & Daub
Special Supplement to Church Shooting Reality Check Video by Brad Ackman
https://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/2020/02/17/special-supplement-to-church-shooting-reality-check-video-watch-learn-forward-and-grab-the-freeguncourse-im-giving-you-with-no-strings-attached/#vid2
May I invite your attention to the first two videos on this web page?
"You train for the people who love you."
-- Tatiana Whitlock
Your Tactical Training Scenario - Three Difficult Disarms by Greg Ellifritz
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-three-difficult-disarms
What is your overall opinion of competition preparing you for a real gunfight?
by Claude Werner
https://www.patreon.com/posts/33975252
This is on Claude's Patreon page, but he opened it up to the public
because it is important for you to read and understand.
What to Look for in Defensive Firearm Training by Paul Carlson
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/13/what-to-look-for-in-defensive-firearm-training/
Excerpt:
Simple training leads to high confidence and low competence.
Complex training leads to low confidence and high competence.
Retention Shooting and the Downward Angle by Cecil Burch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyTwoNhPybs&fbclid=IwAR04Be8p2AzCk3bm3rCXiiTTlRf-EsCV8c6j4NYrBaOajPDd0iOS1mi9-h8
As to what is responsible, downward angle.
Body language and threat recognition by Massad Ayoob
https://www.backwoodshome.com/body-language-and-threat-recognition/
Oldie but goodie.
In my last blog posting, in the Training section, was
"Introducing a Firearm to a Woman in Crisis"
https://www.agirlandagun.org/introducing-firearms-to-a-woman-in-crisis/
I admit to giving a pistol and ammo to a lady who was in fear for her
life and the lives of her children from an ex-boyfriend. Protective
orders were issued by the local court. I asked my friends, who were
the local Constables (Lowest level of law enforcement in Tennessee),
the County Sheriff, and her across-the-street neighbor (a graduate
of my Defensive Pistol class) to look in on her.
I should have given her 50 hours of training:
20 hours of theory, in the classroom
20 hours of practicum, live fire on the range
5 hours for shooting an IDPA match
5 hours for force-on-force using Simunitions
at a minimum before handing a pistol to anyone for use in self-defense.
But, reality rarely gives us time to prepare. So, prepare now,
before the threat faces you.
"Training is NOT an event, but a process.
Training is the preparation FOR practice".
-- Claude Werner
----- Practice -----
Practice is the small deposits you make over time,
so that in an emergency, you can make that big withdrawal.
-- Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III
Mental Training Techniques by Dr. Don Lullen - Sunday, February 16, 2020
https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2020/2/16/mental-training-techniques/
Excerpt:
"The other technique I recommend for training at home is dry firing.
I shoot more shots mentally than I dry fire. I dry fire more shots than
I fire with live ammunition. You can reinforce the techniques you have
learned by dry firing."
I put this article in the practice section of the blog
because these techniques are for you to practice on your own,
and not really a thing you need training in.
First priority - visualization.
Second priority - dry practice.
Third priority - live fire.
The truth is that you can achieve competence without spending
any money on ammunition. This truth doesn't cause or encourage
the purchase of ammunition, but it's still the truth. So, now you
underatand why you won't see it espoused in the commercial
gun magazines or commercial gun web sites.
Why practice?
"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment
when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and
offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique
to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if
that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that
which could have been their finest hour."
-- Winston Churchill
Be obsessed or be average.
My Range Won’t Let Me . . . ! by Kathy Jackson
https://www.corneredcat.com/article/practice-time/my-range-wont-let-me/
Work-arounds for restrictive ranges.
Be careful what you practice.
Because you will do in combat whatever you
have practiced, no matter how ridiculous."
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
If you do the hard things, life will be easy.
If you only do the easy things, life will be hard.
-- Pastor Mike Ayon
----- Techniques -----
"Use only that which works,
and take it from any place you can find it."
-- Bruce Lee
Maintaining Control of Your Pistol by Steve Tarani
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/18/maintaining-control-of-your-pistol/
Why you need to keep your finger off the trigger by Mike Ox
http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/why-you-need-to-keep-your-finger-off-the-trigger/law-enforcement-defense-security
Shooting-Performance T.V. Episode 7: One-Handed Shooting 5x5 Handgun Series
by Mike Seeklander
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCaeTWlknik
A technique worth trying. It might work for you.
Tactical Training Tip #3: Shooting from Retention by Bob Allen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9jFnu61Ks8
"It’s NOT your Trigger Control" by Michael Seeklander
https://www.shooting-performance.com/its-not-your-trigger-control/
Mike says accuracy errors are predominantly caused by inconsistent
grip pressure, as opposed to bad trigger control. He advocates gripping
tight and maintaining the tight grip throughout the shot process.
Not easy to do. Not easy to know that you are not doing it.
Look at people's trigger fingers the next time you go to the
range. You will see many trigger fingers flying off the trigger
on every shot. But, those persons will swear to you that their
trigger control was correct. They trapped the trigger to the rear
after every shot and followed through as they were taught. They
will say this, because they believe what they are saying.
That is why coaches use video recordings at practices. It is
easy to know something is true that is false. It is easy to believe
something is true that is false. The shooter is justified in this false
belief because he can feel his finger and knows what he is doing.
Such is epistemology, knowledge via justified, true, belief.
That's why every yoga studio and ballet studio has mirrors on the
walls. Because it's very easy for the body to fool the brain.
It's very easy for the brain to fool itself.
The coach can tell the shooter that the shooter is doing
something wrong, and the shooter (especially children) will
acknowledge; but the shooter will not believe that he is doing it
wrong. That's reality. That's why the coach has to use video
recordings. That's why the shooter has to practice in a mirror.
Such visual feedback is required to break the shooter out of
his false beliefs.
Grip pressure would be hard to see. So practice, to achieve
a high level of kinesthetic awareness, is required to get the
grip pressure consistent throughout the shot process. Pay attention
to a thing, and you will become sensitive to that thing.
Grip Control by Ernest Langdon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvOmkcN_ioY
Not a technique that I teach, but worth experimenting with,
as it might work for you.
Other training tips at
https://www.youtube.com/user/eglangdon/videos
"Real fights are short."
-- Bruce Lee
----- Tactics -----
You win gunfights by not getting shot.
-- John Holschen
Avoidance, Deterrence, and De-escalation
-- John Farnam
----- Education -----
"You will never get smarter or broaden your horizons
if you're unwilling to learn from others and read."
-- Becca Martin
Traffic Stops: What CCW Citizens Need to Know by Sheriff Jim Wilson
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/2/12/traffic-stops-what-ccw-citizens-need-to-know/
"Cogito, ergo armatum sum." (I think, therefore armed am I.)
-- John Farnam
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"I would like to see every
woman know how to handle
guns as naturally as they
know how to handle babies."
-- Annie Oakley
----- Gear -----
“Mission drives the gear train.”
-- Pat Rogers
4 Tips To Choose a Defensive Handgun by Sheriff Jim Wilson - Monday, February 17, 2020
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/2/17/4-tips-to-choose-a-defensive-handgun/
Primer Marks Explained by George Harris - Monday, February 17, 2020
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/17/primer-marks-explained/
I get these marks on my primers in my XD pistols in .45 ACP.
No big deal.
In the Marine Corps, we were taught to download (remove one round)
from our 30 round magazines to prevent stoppages (and to use that round
to adjust our sights). I have read many instructors in the
self-defense / firearms community telling their students to download
their magazines to prevent stoppages.
Reliability, as safety, is staying away from the edge of the
cliff. Or, as the pilots would say, staying away from the edge
of the envelope.
Yes, there are cons. In this case, one round less ammo in the
magazine. As always, the choice is yours. Choose wisely. [Choosing
wisely, may be learned from experience. But, it is better learned
from the experience of others.]
John Farnam recommends the
EAGTac DX3B Clicky Pro flashlight
http://eagtac.com/html/dx3bm/index.html
2500 Lumens
7/8 inches in diameter and four inches long
rechargeable
$88 MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price)
Fury Carry Solutions has some neat stuff.
https://furycarrysolutions.com/
Their inside the waistband holsters are interesting.
https://furycarrysolutions.com/hybrid-series-holster/
They do all kinds of fancy surface decoration. Not
shown on their web site. Bright Hawaiian Hibiscus
patterns, etc. A gentleman at a recent Shoot & Scoot
match found them functional.
After market magazine springs, because these things
wear out. I've had to replace many to maintain reliability.
If you compress them, and they don't spring back to the
original shape, they are displaying plastic, not elastic
behavior. Time to change the spring.
Brownells
https://www.brownells.com/magazines/handgun-magazines/magazine-parts/magazine-springs/index.htm
Midway
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?TargetLocation=%2F_%2FN-18830%2B4294931090%3FNp%3D2%26Nr%3DAND%2528p_visible%253A1%252Ccustomertypeid%253A1%2529%26Nrpp%3D48%26Ns%3Dp_metric_sales_velocity%257C1%26Ntpc%3D1%26Ntpr%3D1&PersistedItemsPerPage=0&CustomerSelectedSort=True
I list the distributors rather than individual manufacturers
because the distributors carry springs from many different
manufacturers.
Other distributor's web sites were too difficult for me to
filter pistol magazine springs.
"Panic is simply the lack of preprogrammed responses."
-- Tom Givens
----- Technical -----
"The shorter the fight, the less hurt you get."
-- John Holschen
***** ***** ***** Instruction ***** ***** *****
Colonel Robert Lindsey to his fellow trainers:
"We are not God's gift to our students.
Our students are God's gift to us."
----- Instructors -----
Remember, the students who require the extra effort are the ones who need us the most!
-- John Farnam
“There’s a huge training myth out there.
That MYTH is that Information = Something of Value.
FACT: Information = 0,
unless people are inspired to act.”
-- Val Van Brocklin
"Be careful what you teach.
Because your students will do in combat
whatever you have trained them to do,
no matter how ridiculous.
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
----- Pedagogy -----
Teach positive. Teach what to do. Don't talk about what not to do.
-- John Farnam
Let's Fix What's Broken
https://www.buildingshooters.com/articles/let-s-fix-what-s-broken
No author is cited, but the team is described at
https://www.buildingshooters.com/about
Notice who they quote at the top of this web page,
our friend Bill Hayes.
An instructor should not expect any learning to take
place the first time new information is presented.
-- "Building Shooters" by Dustin Solomon
***** ***** ***** Legal, Political, and Philosophical ***** ***** *****
How do you win a gunfight?
Don't be there.
-- John Farnam
A Shot into the Night Part 1: The Botched 9-1-1 Call by Shawn Vincent
https://ccwsafe.com/blog/31546
This is why you need training:
What to do in the event of a bad situation,
What to say, and what not to say, in the 911 call,
What to say to the responding officers, what not to say to the responding officers,
Etc.
If you don't have the training, you might do all kinds
of stupid things, because you don't know that they are stupid.
Doing stupid things will get you in all kinds of legal and
civil trouble. Being the good guy is not enough. You have
to be smart.
"Life is hard. It's even harder if you're stupid."
-- John Wayne
INTERVIEW WITH DON WEST NATIONAL TRIAL COUNSEL
https://ccwsafe.com/blog/31564
This is why you have to keep your mouth shut. It's real
easy to talk yourself into a murder conviction, even if you're
innocent. The conversations with the 911 dispatcher are evidence
that will be used against you.
Get training. Know what to say. Say it. And then shut up!
If you are accused of murder, testifying at trial is an
act of criminal stupidity.
Never say you intended to kill the bad guy. Police are not
trained to kill. We are not trained to kill. Your only purpose
is to stop the attack. "I shot him to stop his attack."
You never intended to kill him. His death was incidental to
your shooting. "If he had just left me alone, I would not have
shot him." "If he had not advanced on me, I would not have shot
him." "I shot him to stop his attack."
Nikki Goeser talk on the danger of gun-free zones
https://crimeresearch.org/2020/02/nikki-goeser-talk-on-the-danger-of-gun-free-zones/
The purpose of gun-free-zones is to create unarmed victims
for armed criminals to prey upon. Not the "effect", the "purpose".
The politicians who vote for gun-free-zone bills, and the politicians
who sign gun-free-zone bills into law, know that their laws will
result in the murder of good people. The anti-gun politicians
pass these laws intentionally with Malice Aforethought.
The company executives who impose gun-free-zones on their employees,
do so with Malice Aforethought.
The bad guys use Red Flag laws to disarm the good guys,
to create unarmed victims for armed criminals to prey upon.
Anti-gun politicians enact Red Flag laws with Malice Aforethought.
In case you don't understand the insidiousness of Red Flag laws,
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO).
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Hawaiiccw/permalink/2921409117882466/
Bloomberg Spending B-I-G to Buy 2020 Election by Dave Workman
https://gunsmagazine.com/discover/bloomberg-spending-b-i-g-to-buy-2020-election/
Excerpt:
". . . CCRKBA’s Gottlieb has a word of advice:
“Be sure you’re registered to vote at your current address,
and make sure your friends and family members are registered.
Start organizing get-out-the-vote efforts in your communities.
Get involved in political campaigns and actively support
candidates who support your rights, and above all, make
protecting the Second Amendment your personal responsibility.” "
Bernie Sanders Pivots,
Signs on to Repealing Lawsuit Protection for Gunmakers
by AWR Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/25/bernie-sanders-pivots-signs-on-to-repealing-lawsuit-protection-for-gunmakers/
Joe Biden to Gun Manufacturers: ‘I’m Going to Take You Down’ by AWR Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/24/joe-biden-to-gun-manufacturers-im-going-to-take-you-down/
“How do you tell a Communist?
Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin.
And how do you tell an anti-Communist?
It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin!”
-- President Ronald Reagan
DHS ordered me to scrub records of Muslims with terror ties
by Philip Haney, 02/05/16 12:00 PM EST
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/268282-dhs-ordered-me-to-scrub-records-of-muslims-with-terror
[President Barack Hussein Obama, II issued the order
with malice aforethought, after he had bowed and kissed the
hand of the Saudi Arabian King.
-- SSgt. Low, Jonathan D.; Intelligence Specialist; USMC]
Self defense insurance:
6 Concealed Carry Insurance Options To Protect Your Six (2019)
by Gun Digest Editors
https://gundigest.com/handguns/concealed-carry/4-self-defense-insurance-options
Self-Defense Gun Owner Insurance Programs Compared (no author cited)
https://www.concealedcarry.com/self-defense-gun-owner-insurance-programs-compared/
This web page, the chart, and the PDF file are updated on a regular basis.
Andrew Branca's info-graphic describing the 5 elements of the law of self defense.
https://lawofselfdefense.com/beginjourney/
Foundations: The 5 Elements of Self-Defense Law
https://lawofselfdefense.com/foundations-the-5-elements-of-self-defense-law/
AAR (After Action Report): STATE OF FLORIDA VS. MICHAEL DREJKA
by Steven Harris
http://modernserviceweapons.com/?p=18361
Remember that the police who responded to the incident
did not arrest Drejka because they thought the shooting might
be self defense. Later, the Sheriff declined to press charges
against Drejka because the Sheriff thought it was plausibly
self defense.
It was only after Drejka shot off his mouth without counsel
present for several hours while being recorded (audio and video)
that he effectively talked himself into a murder conviction.
The video recording was played at trial and used as evidence
to convict him.
Never talk to police! Tell your attorney what happened
and let him give your statement to the police. Everything
you say (and do) will be used against you.
Never talk to anyone else about the incident or your
feelings about the incident, because they will testify against
you. Yes, they will. Some will willingly testify against you.
Some will comply with a subpoena to testify to avoid a fine and
jail time. Some will be tricked by the prosecutor (The U.S.
Supreme Court has ruled that the police and prosecutors may
lie to the defendant and witnesses. [1]) to testify in a
deposition to exonerate you by providing exculpatory evidence.
This will result in opening avenues of discovery that will
bury you.
"Holy shit! They got so much evidence against me that
I'm going to get convicted and spend the rest of my life in
prison. I better take the plea deal."
No! All the evidence that they showed you is fake.
Just like the fake news on TV.
[1] Frazier v. Cupp, 394 U.S. 731.
In re D.A.S., 391 A.2d 255, (D.C. App. 1978)
In re D.A.S. followed Oregon v. Mathiason, 429 U.S. 492 (1977)
Illinois v. Perkins, 496 U.S. 292 (1990)
State v. Patton, 362 N.J. Super. 16 (App. Div.) (2003)
State v. Cayward, 552 So. 2d 971 (Fla. App. 2 Dist. 1989)
Arthur v. Commonwealth, 480 S.E. 2d 749 (Va. 1997)
Sheriff, Washoe Co. v. Bessey, 914 P. 2d 618 (Nev. 1996)
People v. Henry, 518 N.Y.S.2d 44 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
et al
See,
Case law on police deception by Val Van Brocklin
https://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/case-law-on-police-deception-VuP9C033StWR83T4/
I know Val. She was a classmate at Punahou School class of '77.
The Shooting of Renisha McBride - Escalation by Shawn Vincent
https://ccwsafe.com/blog/24736
Never go to the fight. You should always be trying to get
away from the fight, even in your own home. Once you go to the
fight, it's not self-defense anymore.
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"If you prepare for the emergency,
the emergency ceases to exist!"
-- Sherman House
Don't die on the wrong battlefield.
Marshall Luton writes on February 25, 2019
FYI... this just happened! Today, in broad daylight at a very busy,
public place my good friend's wife was at 15th and Denver QT at
the gas pumps filling up her car when a white male in his 40's
aggressively approached her screaming, “You White Bitch!!!”.
This guy had a large knife in his hand and was screaming
“I’ll show you”!!! This woman is always prepared and is always
carrying a firearm ON HER PERSON. She elected not to make this
guy's head into a canoe, and instead, quickly got in her vehicle
and locked the doors. She watched as the suspect began to puncture
her tires with the knife! She got on the phone and made a call
to 911. Officers arrived and took the man into custody. Turns out
the guy was mentally ill.
Lessons to learn:
1) Always be aware of your surroundings.
2) It's best to carry the firearm on your person!
3) Have a plan and stay calm.
4) Get training that will keep you from being a victim!
She did an incredible job and gave herself an out.
Luckily for this guy, she was able to get into her car instead
of draw out on him and fill him full of holes.
"It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away at the inessentials!"
-- Bruce Lee
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When it's least expected, you're selected.
-- John Farnam
We change by associating with people who are different from us,
and people who are smarter than us.
Training and practice will cause change. Change is not forceful.
Change is graceful.
Because, it's not what we know, it's what we do.
-- Pastor Mike Ayon
Pennsylvania man captures (on video, not in traps)
all walks of life crossing log bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyrbqiCokdw
One score and a few years ago, I took my children for a walk
in the mountains in Hawaii. I told them that we would see
all kinds of wildlife. They kept screaming, "Where are the animals?"
I told them that they had to be quiet. They were scaring the
animals away. If they were quiet, we would be able to walk
right up on the animals, and watch them eating or roaming around.
But, the kids kept screaming. So, we went the whole hike without
seeing any wildlife. I know there is a lesson in this;
I'm just not smart enough to learn it. But, you are.
I went to a Trump rally with a friend.
My friends says, where's Trump?
I point and respond, he's over there.
My friend says, that's not Trump. That's a Trump impersonator.
I've seen Trump on TV, that's not him.
I said, that is him. Everyone was applauding for him. He was
on stage. He went to the podium and gave the speech.
Afterwards, my friend says, I'm so disappointed. I thought
Trump was going to give the speech, not one of his doubles.
I said, that was Trump.
No, it wasn't. You're so naive.
Moral of the story: People believe what they want to believe.
There is a saying, You can have your own opinion, but you
can't have your own facts. That, of course, is false. People do
have their own facts.
Friends have complained to me that they have to leave their
guns in their cars when they go to see Trump, because the Secret
Service won't let anyone in that is carrying. I was in the hall
as a volunteer in the Convention Center in Nashville when Trump
spoke to us at the NRA Annual Meeting. He brought his family on
stage and introduced them to us. No one attempted to disarm me.
I review a lot of videos and text articles to find stuff to put
into this blog. I regret to inform you that the vast majority of
material on the internet and print magazines is false, dangerous,
non-sense, . . .
If you want to learn good stuff, exercise due diligence, find
a competent instructor (by referral or personal interview), and take
a class from said instructor. If you attend Tac Con (the Tactical
Conference),
https://taccon.info/
you can check out a host of instructors who have been vetted by
Tom Givens. You can talk to the instructor, watch the instructor,
and decide whether or not you want to take a class from that
instructor.
The NRA has instructors all over the country,
https://www.nrainstructors.org/Search.aspx
Semper Fidelis,
Jonathan D. Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Saturday, February 15, 2020
CWP, 15 February MMXX Anno Domini
Hi Sheepdogs,
Sights must be high visibility. If the pistol did not
come from the factory with high visibility sights, make it so.
The pistols must be deburred. Jeff Cooper uses the
term dehorned. Otherwise, you will slice your hands when
executing the manual of arms.
***** ***** ***** Software ***** ***** *****
"Train, Practice, Compete
are the key elements in the development of humans."
-- John M. Buol, Jr.
----- Mindset -----
"Fear is an instinct. Courage is a choice."
-- Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, USN
*** This is important. Please read. ***
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Denial
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-denial
Farnam’s First Rule of Tactics:
Do the best you can!
Positive thought induces positive talk induces positive thought induces positive talk . . .
ad infinitum. A inductive positive feedback loop.
Making friends with other gun carriers
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/making-friends-with-other-gun-carriers/
Retired Navy SEAL Explains How to Prepare for Dangerous Situations | Tradecraft | WIRED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO0IePSZW_s
Assume This Not That
https://americanhandgunner.com/guncrank-diaries/assume-this-not-that/
I carry a gun every day
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/guest-columnists/i-carry-a-gun-every-day-20150104
Mental Conditioning For Combat by Col Jeff Cooper SURVIVAL MINDSET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gffEqMytRtg
WARRIOR MINDSET Lt Col Jeff Cooper USMC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDaErsPXqcY
Living in condition yellow is Biblical. In the book of Mark 13:37, Jesus says:
"What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ " -- NIV
"I’m telling you what I’m telling everyone: Be alert!" -- ISV
"And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake." -- NRSV
"What I say to you, I say to all: Stay alert!" -- CEB
"I tell you this, and I say it to everyone: ‘Be ready!’ " -- ERV
"I say it to you, and I’m saying it to all: Stay at your post. Keep watch." -- The Message
"And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake." -- ESV
"And what I say to the four of you, I say to everyone—be awake at all times!" -- TPT
"The teaching I am giving the four of you now is for everyone who will follow Me: stay awake, and keep your eyes open." -- The Voice
"Forsooth that that I say to you, I say to all, Wake ye." -- WYC
----- Safety -----
Don't go to stupid places.
Don't do stupid things.
Don't hang out with stupid people.
Be in bed by 10 PM. Your own bed.
Don't look like a freak.
Don't fail the attitude test.
-- John Farnam
10 Ways to Help Teach Safe Gun Handling
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/1/31/10-ways-to-help-teach-safe-gun-handling/
This article is worth reading for the grenade story.
6 Cheap Tips To Secure Your Home Right Now
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/2/2/6-cheap-tips-to-secure-your-home-right-now/
4 Ways Having a CCW Made Me a Better Person
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/2/7/4-ways-having-a-ccw-made-me-a-better-person/
"The fast and / or emphatic reholster is an awesome way to shoot yourself."
-- Chuck Haggard
----- Training -----
"Reasons for training:
1. You don't know what you don't know.
2. Much of what you know is wrong.
3. It's good to have some of the answers to the test before taking it."
-- Claude Werner the Tactical Professor
Are You Ready For A Gun Fight?
https://www.handgunsmag.com/editorial/tactics_training_gunfight_060606/138898
LEVEL 1: SHOOTERS WHO DON'T SHOOT
LEVEL 2: SHOOTERS WHO PRACTICE ON STANDARD RANGES
LEVEL 3: SHOOTERS WHO ATTEND TRAINING CLASSES
LEVEL 4: MATCH SHOOTERS
LEVEL 5: SHOOTERS WHO'VE BEEN IN GUNFIGHTS
When Am I Ready?
Stages of Competence in Defensive Shooting
http://conditionredresponse.com/?p=577
"The real value of training, though, is that it improves competence,
which leads to a higher level of confidence."
-- Rehn & Daub
One Small Thing A Day
http://www.iacombatives.com/2015/01/08/one-small-thing-a-day/
How to Train for Stress Inoculation
https://www.usacarry.com/how-to-train-for-stress-inoculation/
"You train for the people who love you."
-- Tatiana Whitlock
Becoming an Expert Learner
http://conditionredresponse.com/?p=581
Col. Jeff Cooper Handgun Fundamentals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNdI_CyiRZQ
Free Handgun and Rifle Instructional Training Series
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZWQcWLqkQYhzMmn8twnmVWiH9AEm-Kj
The Need For Speed
https://www.tridentconcepts.com/2020/02/08/the-need-for-speed-2/
Excerpt:
". . . speed is not the priority in the beginning.
It will become a priority when you are ready and not sooner."
Introducing a Firearm to a Woman in Crisis
https://www.agirlandagun.org/introducing-firearms-to-a-woman-in-crisis/
A GUIDE FOR YOUR CHURCH SAFETY TEAM ON A SUNDAY MORNING
https://www.sheepdogsafetytraining.com/jimmysblog/2020/2/3/what-the-safety-team-does-on-sunday-mornings
"Training is NOT an event, but a process.
Training is the preparation FOR practice".
-- Claude Werner
----- Practice -----
Practice is the small deposits you make over time,
so that in an emergency, you can make that big withdrawal.
-- Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III
5 Reasons to Shoot in Cold Weather
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2020/2/10/5-reasons-to-shoot-in-cold-weather/
Why practice?
"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment
when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and
offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique
to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if
that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that
which could have been their finest hour."
-- Winston Churchill
Hackathorn’s Law: under stress you won’t try to do
anything you’re not confident you can accomplish.
Be careful what you practice.
Because you will do in combat whatever you
have practiced, no matter how ridiculous."
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
----- Techniques -----
"Use only that which works,
and take it from any place you can find it."
-- Bruce Lee
Odd Position Shooting
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/odd-position-shooting
KELLY McCANN - The Jugular Notch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK1eC66Pp2s&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3mK7cf2Z1Y02Gyjvc_s0TGKmkxo65YJHJNnUPXQxGKDAxxZ00U-czLzSA
Pistol Access – Building Grip Minutia
https://www.growingupguns.com/2020/01/31/pistol-access-building-grip-minutia/
The author of the article has adjusted the YouTube.com
videos to play at the appropriate time when you click on it.
They don't start at the beginning of the video. Which is good
because some of them are very long videos.
The Value of Spot shooting
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/the-value-of-spot-shooting/#more-191279
Aiming –
Aim at a point on the target, not at the area of the target.
If you can't see the point, visualize the point, imagine the point.
Believe the point exists and aim at it.
The target that gives the highest probability of a hit is
the navel, because it is the center of mass of the body.
The target that gives you the highest probability of an
instant stop, is the brain. The only way to get a pistol bullet
into the brain is through a pre-existing hole in the skull.
That would be the cranio-ocular cavity (eye sockets and nose) or
the external auditory meatus (ear holes). Since there is no hole
in the back of the head, the target would be the spinal column
at the base of the skull.
The target that gives the second highest probability of a
stop is the high thoracic cavity, defined by the triangle formed
by the notch at the top of the sternum and the nipples (as viewed
from the front). Because the heart and lungs are behind this area.
From the side, the target would be the arm pit. From the back,
the target would be between the shoulder blades, as the scapula
are difficult to penetrate with pistol ammunition.
Shooting-Performance T.V. Episode 5: Draw Process - Concealed Carry 5x5 Handgun Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbD9Iy4xh3U
Nice technique for preventing the concealment garment from
fouling the presentation.
Refining the drawstroke
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/refining-the-drawstroke/
More about Refining the drawstroke
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2020/02/11/more-about-refining-the-drawstroke/
Your Tactical Training Scenario - Defeating Pepper Spray
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-defeating-pepper-spray
Shooting-Performance T.V. Episode 6: Emergency Reload Process 5x5 Handgun Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTn1GiGvkCM
If you're within striking distance and run out of ammo in
your pistol, strike with the pistol. Trigger finger must be
in the register position. Otherwise, the trigger guard may
break your trigger finger. (This happens in disarming exercises.
That's why you should use dummy guns with the trigger guards
removed.)
The Bigger They Are . . .
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/the-bigger-they-are/33257/
Understand and practice low-line kicks.
All or Nothing: Unsighted Fire
http://pistol-training.com/archives/9306
"Real fights are short."
-- Bruce Lee
----- Tactics -----
You win gunfights by not getting shot.
-- John Holschen
Best Shot Placement for Self Defense
https://www.handgunsmag.com/editorial/best-shot-placement-self-defense/371390
Criminal Weapon Selection
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/criminal-weapon-selection
Note that criminals make their guns look like toys to get you
or the police to hesitate. Greg gives an example of a Mossberg
shotgun encased in a Super Soaker water gun and a Glock painted
fluorescent green.
Prosecuting Attorney: Wasn't it obvious that the gun was a toy?
Defendant: No, because I had read the article "Criminal Weapon
Selection" by Greg Ellifritz.
In a similar vein -
Prosecuting Attorney: Move to prohibit the defendant from testifying
as to any knowledge of the victim's criminal record, as the defendant
had no first hand knowledge of such prior to the incident.
Defense Attorney: The defendant took an NRA Defensive Pistol course
from Jonathan Low, in which the defendant was taught that statistically
speaking it is a safe assumption that the assailant has an extensive
violent criminal record, because violent crime is not the type of crime
that first time offenders do, rather they work their way up to violent
crime often with training in the prison system.
Your Tactical Training Scenario . . . A night time knock at the door
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-a-night-time-knock-at-the-door
When someone knocks on your door, DON'T open the door.
Use your electronic devices to ask, "Who is there?"
If you don't have a Ring system or something like that,
stand to the side, not in front of the door (because bad
guys are smart enough to shoot through your door), and
ask, "Who is it?" If you don't get a warm fuzzy feeling,
DON'T open the door. You don't have to be polite. You
don't have to be civil. You don't have to care if they
insinuate you're a racist, homophobe, etc. Call the police.
The Most Recent Vehicle Run-Down Terrorist Attack
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/the-most-recent-vehicle-run-down-terrorist-attack
Excerpt:
". . . “Israeli Carry” doesn’t even work in Israel."
Israeli Carry generally means to carry your weapon
without a round in the chamber, magazine inserted and
locked in the magazine well. But, witness reports
indicate that magazines were not in the weapons.
This is why you must carry your pistol loaded.
You're not going to have time to load.
The last time I went on an exercise with Mike Battery,
5th Bn, 14th Marines, we traveled in civilian busses and
wore civilian clothes. At least one rifle was loaded in each bus.
Whoever was on duty (not sleeping) had the rifle in his hands
(not leaning up against the seat). When we stopped at a truck stop,
whoever had duty was in the bus with the loaded rifle in hand,
alert and looking around.
Primary source:
12 soldiers wounded, 1 seriously, in suspected terror car-ramming in Jerusalem
https://www.timesofisrael.com/12-wounded-1-seriously-in-suspected-car-ramming-attack-in-jerusalem/
Avoidance, Deterrence, and De-escalation
-- John Farnam
----- Education -----
"You will never get smarter or broaden your horizons
if you're unwilling to learn from others and read."
-- Becca Martin
John Boyd (Patterns of Conflict)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzRqZnPVeJI
(The next video will start automatically at the end of the previous video.)
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9CpE1PvHLs
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPcF0OYK1zw
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qVg1mg1UoI
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-wO1VlWXjo
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rYPMUm-D6o
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaaQ4rqNqPw
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNbuAr2M9gY
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZTjIOwXU0U
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6t3WFxh-2I
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTu3kI-hZnw
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh9toe_oN38
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXF8rYiz6eI
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 14 (final part)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q3lTuXtExo
Jason Brown transferred these videos from video tapes from the
Boyd Collection at the USMC Archives at Quantico, Virginia, in 2007.
The comments section gives a link to the slides that Col. Boyd uses,
because in the video they are bleached out, unfortunately the web site
http://dnipogo.org/boyd/patterns_ppt.pdf
says the slides are no longer available.
The sound is poor, but head phones or ear buds help.
The Colonel talks about areal combat and sliding in behind
your opponent. Yes, this does apply directly to you.
Dan Grazier combined the videos with the slides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iiQlBaGJQA&list=PL4pmLxkc7CTcukIlpD0UThT7Y_K09oxXe
Civilian Carry Radio 130 - Tom Givens owner of RangeMaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNhc_XydaXo&fbclid=IwAR0zjpKW1Rp6nYx7q4aD0m4VKkRaJa0HBiY40duR75bVEkvwcVfJr1khia0
Tom Givens speaks on various gun training topics.
The top gunfighters were the top bulls eye target shooters.
Not because target shooting contributed to their gunfighting
skills (though it probably did), but because the competitions
were a meeting place for the exchange of information.
Juries view shotguns and rifles completely differently.
Tom explains why your odds are 1 in 4 to be involved in
a violent crime in your life time. Why crime statistics are
grossly under reported. And other such things.
Chief Lee Weems says bail reform is sweeping our country.
That means that arrested suspects are released without a cash
bond. Because forcing a person to put up cash to be released
is discriminatory against poor and low income persons.
Consider.
Baraka says, when you call the police, you don't know
what kind of officer is coming. Perhaps it's the warrior type
who will attempt to rescue you without a second thought.
Perhaps it is the social worker type who will sit in his car
until it's too late and then get out to write the report.
(Remember Parkland, Florida? The officers did not go in to
rescue the children. They just waited outside until it was
safe for them to go in.)
Tom says the reason not to carry in the appendix position
is that you can't wear it there all the time. If you practice
appendix carry and then have to wear a suit and move your pistol
to 3 or 4 o'clock, you're setting yourself up for a disaster.
Protecting Houses of Worship, Part 1: Training Organizations, Groups, and Individuals
https://gunculture2point0.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/protecting-houses-of-worship-part-1-training-organizations-groups-and-individuals/
Protecting Houses of Worship, Part 2: Other Resources
https://gunculture2point0.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/protecting-houses-of-worship-part-2-other-resources/
Rangemaster newsletter, February 2020
https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.115.254/d74.722.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-02_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf
Check out Lee Weems' article.
CONCEALED CARRY STATISTICS
https://www.gunstocarry.com/concealed-carry-statistics/
Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 7, 2020
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/weekend-knowledge-dump-february-7-2020
West Freeway Church of Christ Shooting Analysis
https://www.grantcunningham.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/West-Freeway-Church-of-Christ-Shooting-Analysis.pdf
"Cogito, ergo armatum sum." (I think, therefore armed am I.)
-- John Farnam
***** ***** ***** Hardware (which includes you) ***** ***** *****
"I would like to see every
woman know how to handle
guns as naturally as they
know how to handle babies."
-- Annie Oakley
----- Gear -----
“Mission drives the gear train.”
-- Pat Rogers
John Farnam recommends Travel Armor gun cases for your air travel.
travelarmorcase.com
Pros & Cons of Different Color Combinations on Handguns
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/6/pros-cons-of-different-color-combinations-on-handguns/
Excerpt:
There are two colors, though, that I personally don’t think
belong on actual firearms, and those are solid bright red or blue,
and there’s a reason for that. Bright blue and red are the
de facto industry-standard colors for non-lethal training arms,
either inert dummy guns for use in retention or disarm training,
or weapons that fire paint-bearing marking rounds for
force-on-force scenario training. Painting an actual firearm in
the colors used for non-lethal training dummies would be as
irresponsible as painting a real firearm’s muzzle orange like
an Airsoft pistol’s.
Pistol Mounted Red Dot Round-Up
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/10/pistol-mounted-red-dot-round-up/
France: Islamic Convert Armed with Machete Wanted to Marry 11-Year-Old
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/02/11/islamic-convert-armed-machete-wanted-marry-11-year-old/
Excerpt:
". . . Eventually, the man opened the door but continued
to threaten officers and, as a result, was hit with a taser
stun-gun but the weapon had no effect."
[That's why most police departments have a policy of only
using tasers when more than one officer is present, to back up
the one attempting to subdue the suspect with the taser. You
have to be prepared for when the taser does not work.
-- Jon Low]
"Then officers drew their firearms, which led to the man
putting down his machete."
[That's why good guys carry firearms. They work, and the
bad guys know that they work.
-- Jon Low]
Magazine Springs and More
https://blog.krtraining.com/magazine-springs-and-more/
What You Need Before Your First Pistol Class
https://www.womensoutdoornews.com/2017/08/need-first-pistol-class/
Candlepower vs Lumens – It’s Not a Competition
https://www.ammoman.com/blog/candlepower-vs-lumens-whats-the-difference/
"Panic is simply the lack of preprogrammed responses."
-- Tom Givens
----- Technical -----
"The shorter the fight, the less hurt you get."
-- John Holschen
***** ***** ***** Instruction ***** ***** *****
Colonel Robert Lindsey to his fellow trainers:
"We are not God's gift to our students.
Our students are God's gift to us."
----- Instructors -----
Remember, the students who require the extra effort are the ones who need us the most!
-- John Farnam
"Be careful what you teach.
Because your students will do in combat
whatever you have trained them to do,
no matter how ridiculous.
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
----- Pedagogy -----
Teach positive. Teach what to do. Don't talk about what not to do.
-- John Farnam
An instructor should not expect any learning to take
place the first time new information is presented.
-- "Building Shooters" by Dustin Solomon
***** ***** ***** Legal, Political, and Philosophical ***** ***** *****
How do you win a gunfight?
Don't be there.
-- John Farnam
Nigel's Take Chalk & Cheese
Written By John Connor
https://americanhandgunner.com/guncrank-diaries/chalk-cheese/
The points are subtle and deserve a pondering.
3 Feb 20 [Printed in full, because John Farnam's web site is down.]
Future Crimes!
“ ‘Due process’ is a ‘Notice Concept.’
When the law cannot clearly tell me what I need to do in order to be legal,
I’m denied due process.
When those tasked with interpreting and enforcing a law suffer from the
same dilemma as those who wrote it, that is, they can’t explain what it says,
nor what it means, then we've all been denied due process!”
-- Freiling
Unlike conventional criminal codes, which provide penalties for certain
specific acts that are prohibited by law, “red-flag laws” provide punishment
of individual citizens for future crimes, which have never taken place!
Conventionally, criminal suspects were punished for what they had done.
Now, anyone can be punished for what someone thinks they could do, might do!
Joe Stalin implemented a similar strategy with his “turn-in-your neighbor”
programs!
An honorable Supreme Court will righteously strike-down this evil and
unconstitutional intrigue!
In the interim, an American citizen, who has never committed a crime,
who has never been accused of a crime, can with no warning have his
Constitutional rights precipitously revoked, simultaneously suffering
financial ruin, all because someone he has never met thinks he might commit
a crime!
And, it is all done in secret, a Marxist trademark!
Secret, unsworn, unquestioned, unverified, uncorroborated, unchallenged,
inexpert, “testimony” with regard to the mental health of an otherwise
innocent citizen, on the part of someone who has never even met him,
is all that is required!
To add insult to injury, when accusations are all proven false,
even maliciously so, the dishonest accuser suffers no penalty!
They simply walk away, with nary so much an “I’m sorry,” nor is there
an “I’m sorry” from the court!
Who writes unconstitutional trash like this?
Democrat/socialists!
That’s who!
Let us not forget, nor forgive!
/John Farnam
4 Feb 20 [Printed in full, because John Farnam's web site is down.]
Third World?
“No evil dooms us hopelessly, except the evil we love,
desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.”
-- Daniel Deronda
In the former French colony of Upper Volta (since 1960, “Burkina Faso”),
in the Sahel region of west Africa, the government has reluctantly decided
to arm and train citizen militias, after decades of western-inspired,
forced civilian disarmament!
This story is currently being feebly reported by the BBC, because
embarrassed leftists at the BBC don’t want it to be true.
Burkina Faso, and the BBC, have had to finally admit that gun
prohibition/confiscation (masquerading under the innocuous term,
“gun control”) unfailingly does great harm, and is no friend of good
and decent people!
Taking full advantage of anti-gun laws, rampaging heavily-armed
Boko Haram Islamic extremist jihadis (who pay no attention to gun laws,
nor to international borders) have brutally terrorized unarmed Burkina
Faso villages for the past decade, freely extorting, murdering, and
kidnapping thousands, all with scant interference from police!
Grudgingly reversing themselves, Burkina Faso’s politicians will
now provide military small arms and training (to be mostly conducted
by French Troops, already in the country) to formally defenseless
citizens.
Do you suppose there may even be a couple of “assault weapons”
mixed in, maybe even a “high-capacity” magazine or two?
One has to wonder how many innocents had to be murdered in order
for the government to finally get to this point!
Thus, at least in the Third World, some are, at long last,
“getting it.”
As for our so-called “First World,” this smug announcement from
John Barilaro, Australia’s Deputy Premier:
“Self-defense with a firearm shall remain illegal. People being
confronted by armed intruders should instead call the police and
wait for them to turn-up.”
and this from British police:
“... even when you’re at home alone, and you have an intruder,
you are not allowed to protect yourself.”
And this from leftist Huffington Post editors:
“Shooting in self-defense is should be illegal, because it
denies violent criminals a fair trial”
It’s not difficult to see whose side leftists are on, and have
been since 1917!
A bottle of over-the-counter sleeping pills bears this caveat:
“Warning! May cause drowsiness.”
Welcome to our “advanced” 21st Century "First World!"
/John Farnam
Bad Gun Reviews
https://gunsmagazine.com/podcast/guns-magazine-podcast-quick-hit-3-bad-gun-reviews/
Brent T. Wheat and Roy Huntington address why they don't
trash firearms in GUNS Magazine and American Handgunner reviews.
If you've read the DefensivePistolcraft.com blog in the past or
wish to look at previous postings, you will notice that I have
published many bad reviews of pistols, holster, and other gun
gear. Reviewing stuff that a vendor sent to you is
entirely different from reviewing stuff that you bought through
normal retail channels. Do you think a company is going to send
you a product that doesn't work? I have purchased many new in
the box pistols from gun stores that did not work. In fact, I
have sent pistols back to the manufacturer's repair facility
and they have sent the pistols back to me claiming that they
were fix, and they still did not work (as in malfunctioned on
every shot with standard factory new ammo; Remmington RP45 and
Ruger American in 45 ACP in particular). No, I did not sell
them to unsuspecting people. I had competent gunsmiths and
machinists work on them until they were reliable. An extremely
expensive and educational experience.
Greg Ellifritz on his blog Active Response Training,
http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/
has posted many bad reviews.
I think posting bad reviews serves our community much
more than posting good reviews.
5 Scary Reasons Gun Owners Should Fear The Legal System
https://assets.uslawshield.com/docs/defenderreports/FiveReasons.pdf
Betting Odds - Democratic Presidential Nomination
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/betting_odds/democratic_2020_nomination/
If any of these candidates win in November 2020, you can
expect a guns and ammo buying frenzy. Notice the standing of
the persons who have not declared their candidacy in the 2020
presidential race.
Gun Free Britain: Nearly 10,000 ‘Gun Crimes’ Committed in One Year
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/02/14/gun-free-britain-nearly-10000-gun-crimes-committed-in-one-year/#
I attended a seminar on gun laws and self defense laws in
Tennessee given by John Harris (an attorney who charges $450 per hour).
He recommends you structure your assets by setting up a Protective Trust.
And figure out how you are going to pay for your legal defense (criminal and
civil), now.
Defensive Gun Uses by those legally carrying guns:
22 cases over six weeks from late June to early August 2019
https://crimeresearch.org/2020/02/defensive-gun-uses-by-those-legally-carrying-guns-22-cases-over-six-weeks-from-late-june-to-early-august-2019/
***** ***** ***** Survival, Medical, and such ***** ***** *****
"If you prepare for the emergency,
the emergency ceases to exist!"
-- Sherman House
How to Treat Any Broken Bone in the Wilderness (with Pictures)
https://www.primalsurvivor.net/broken-bone-wilderness/
An emergency checklist of supplies will pop up on
the screen. Probably worth downloading.
Of course, there is no substitute for a good hands on
class.
IMAGE vs. Reality
Human Physiology And Survival
https://gunsmagazine.com/our-experts/image-vs-reality/
Excerpt:
". . . Getting old may not be negotiable,
but allowing yourself to get soft and fat are personal choices.
If you smoke cigarettes and think you are in any way serious
about survival, you are deluding yourself."
Combat Medical NPA (nasopharyngeal aspirator)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOq1pn66gs4
Medical EDC: Critical Gear You Should Carry
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/5/medical-edc-critical-gear-you-should-carry/
Excerpt:
"Famed surgeon Nicholas Senn said in 1897,
“The fate of the wounded rests with the one who
applies the first dressing,” and the statement
holds true even today. Self-care is likely what
is going to save you, not the paramedics."
"The less-than-perfect trauma kit you
actually carry is better than the perfect one
you leave in your car."
"Realistically, all you need in a micro-IFAK
(Individual First Aid Kit)
is a tourniquet, properly staged on a carrier,
an absorbent bandage such as an Israeli battle
bandage or Cederroth Bloodstopper, a pack of
QuikClot Combat Gauze, a pair of gloves and
a Hyfin Chest Seal."
"It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away at the inessentials!"
-- Bruce Lee
***** ***** ***** Miscellany ***** ***** *****
Brent T. Wheat, editor of GUNS magazine, sent me an email
assuring me that GUNS magazine
http://Gunsmagazine.com
has no anti-religious bias and will be using A.D. (Anno Domini,
in the year of our Lord) and B.C. (Before Christ) in future articles.
It came up because Joe Kriz in his article "IWI US MASADA Pistol"
used the acronym "BCE". Which stands for "Before the Common Era".
Politically correct terminology to avoid mentioning our Savior.
M16 and AR-15 - How firearms work! (Animation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMIBUIN30yU
When it's least expected, you're selected.
-- John Farnam
Semper Fidelis,
Jonathan D. Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com
Sights must be high visibility. If the pistol did not
come from the factory with high visibility sights, make it so.
The pistols must be deburred. Jeff Cooper uses the
term dehorned. Otherwise, you will slice your hands when
executing the manual of arms.
***** ***** ***** Software ***** ***** *****
"Train, Practice, Compete
are the key elements in the development of humans."
-- John M. Buol, Jr.
----- Mindset -----
"Fear is an instinct. Courage is a choice."
-- Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, USN
*** This is important. Please read. ***
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Denial
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-denial
Farnam’s First Rule of Tactics:
Do the best you can!
Positive thought induces positive talk induces positive thought induces positive talk . . .
ad infinitum. A inductive positive feedback loop.
Making friends with other gun carriers
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/making-friends-with-other-gun-carriers/
Retired Navy SEAL Explains How to Prepare for Dangerous Situations | Tradecraft | WIRED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO0IePSZW_s
Assume This Not That
https://americanhandgunner.com/guncrank-diaries/assume-this-not-that/
I carry a gun every day
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/guest-columnists/i-carry-a-gun-every-day-20150104
Mental Conditioning For Combat by Col Jeff Cooper SURVIVAL MINDSET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gffEqMytRtg
WARRIOR MINDSET Lt Col Jeff Cooper USMC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDaErsPXqcY
Living in condition yellow is Biblical. In the book of Mark 13:37, Jesus says:
"What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ " -- NIV
"I’m telling you what I’m telling everyone: Be alert!" -- ISV
"And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake." -- NRSV
"What I say to you, I say to all: Stay alert!" -- CEB
"I tell you this, and I say it to everyone: ‘Be ready!’ " -- ERV
"I say it to you, and I’m saying it to all: Stay at your post. Keep watch." -- The Message
"And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake." -- ESV
"And what I say to the four of you, I say to everyone—be awake at all times!" -- TPT
"The teaching I am giving the four of you now is for everyone who will follow Me: stay awake, and keep your eyes open." -- The Voice
"Forsooth that that I say to you, I say to all, Wake ye." -- WYC
----- Safety -----
Don't go to stupid places.
Don't do stupid things.
Don't hang out with stupid people.
Be in bed by 10 PM. Your own bed.
Don't look like a freak.
Don't fail the attitude test.
-- John Farnam
10 Ways to Help Teach Safe Gun Handling
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/1/31/10-ways-to-help-teach-safe-gun-handling/
This article is worth reading for the grenade story.
6 Cheap Tips To Secure Your Home Right Now
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/2/2/6-cheap-tips-to-secure-your-home-right-now/
4 Ways Having a CCW Made Me a Better Person
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/2/7/4-ways-having-a-ccw-made-me-a-better-person/
"The fast and / or emphatic reholster is an awesome way to shoot yourself."
-- Chuck Haggard
----- Training -----
"Reasons for training:
1. You don't know what you don't know.
2. Much of what you know is wrong.
3. It's good to have some of the answers to the test before taking it."
-- Claude Werner the Tactical Professor
Are You Ready For A Gun Fight?
https://www.handgunsmag.com/editorial/tactics_training_gunfight_060606/138898
LEVEL 1: SHOOTERS WHO DON'T SHOOT
LEVEL 2: SHOOTERS WHO PRACTICE ON STANDARD RANGES
LEVEL 3: SHOOTERS WHO ATTEND TRAINING CLASSES
LEVEL 4: MATCH SHOOTERS
LEVEL 5: SHOOTERS WHO'VE BEEN IN GUNFIGHTS
When Am I Ready?
Stages of Competence in Defensive Shooting
http://conditionredresponse.com/?p=577
"The real value of training, though, is that it improves competence,
which leads to a higher level of confidence."
-- Rehn & Daub
One Small Thing A Day
http://www.iacombatives.com/2015/01/08/one-small-thing-a-day/
How to Train for Stress Inoculation
https://www.usacarry.com/how-to-train-for-stress-inoculation/
"You train for the people who love you."
-- Tatiana Whitlock
Becoming an Expert Learner
http://conditionredresponse.com/?p=581
Col. Jeff Cooper Handgun Fundamentals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNdI_CyiRZQ
Free Handgun and Rifle Instructional Training Series
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZWQcWLqkQYhzMmn8twnmVWiH9AEm-Kj
The Need For Speed
https://www.tridentconcepts.com/2020/02/08/the-need-for-speed-2/
Excerpt:
". . . speed is not the priority in the beginning.
It will become a priority when you are ready and not sooner."
Introducing a Firearm to a Woman in Crisis
https://www.agirlandagun.org/introducing-firearms-to-a-woman-in-crisis/
A GUIDE FOR YOUR CHURCH SAFETY TEAM ON A SUNDAY MORNING
https://www.sheepdogsafetytraining.com/jimmysblog/2020/2/3/what-the-safety-team-does-on-sunday-mornings
"Training is NOT an event, but a process.
Training is the preparation FOR practice".
-- Claude Werner
----- Practice -----
Practice is the small deposits you make over time,
so that in an emergency, you can make that big withdrawal.
-- Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III
5 Reasons to Shoot in Cold Weather
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2020/2/10/5-reasons-to-shoot-in-cold-weather/
Why practice?
"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment
when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and
offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique
to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if
that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that
which could have been their finest hour."
-- Winston Churchill
Hackathorn’s Law: under stress you won’t try to do
anything you’re not confident you can accomplish.
Be careful what you practice.
Because you will do in combat whatever you
have practiced, no matter how ridiculous."
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
----- Techniques -----
"Use only that which works,
and take it from any place you can find it."
-- Bruce Lee
Odd Position Shooting
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/odd-position-shooting
KELLY McCANN - The Jugular Notch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK1eC66Pp2s&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3mK7cf2Z1Y02Gyjvc_s0TGKmkxo65YJHJNnUPXQxGKDAxxZ00U-czLzSA
Pistol Access – Building Grip Minutia
https://www.growingupguns.com/2020/01/31/pistol-access-building-grip-minutia/
The author of the article has adjusted the YouTube.com
videos to play at the appropriate time when you click on it.
They don't start at the beginning of the video. Which is good
because some of them are very long videos.
The Value of Spot shooting
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/the-value-of-spot-shooting/#more-191279
Aiming –
Aim at a point on the target, not at the area of the target.
If you can't see the point, visualize the point, imagine the point.
Believe the point exists and aim at it.
The target that gives the highest probability of a hit is
the navel, because it is the center of mass of the body.
The target that gives you the highest probability of an
instant stop, is the brain. The only way to get a pistol bullet
into the brain is through a pre-existing hole in the skull.
That would be the cranio-ocular cavity (eye sockets and nose) or
the external auditory meatus (ear holes). Since there is no hole
in the back of the head, the target would be the spinal column
at the base of the skull.
The target that gives the second highest probability of a
stop is the high thoracic cavity, defined by the triangle formed
by the notch at the top of the sternum and the nipples (as viewed
from the front). Because the heart and lungs are behind this area.
From the side, the target would be the arm pit. From the back,
the target would be between the shoulder blades, as the scapula
are difficult to penetrate with pistol ammunition.
Shooting-Performance T.V. Episode 5: Draw Process - Concealed Carry 5x5 Handgun Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbD9Iy4xh3U
Nice technique for preventing the concealment garment from
fouling the presentation.
Refining the drawstroke
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/refining-the-drawstroke/
More about Refining the drawstroke
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2020/02/11/more-about-refining-the-drawstroke/
Your Tactical Training Scenario - Defeating Pepper Spray
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-defeating-pepper-spray
Shooting-Performance T.V. Episode 6: Emergency Reload Process 5x5 Handgun Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTn1GiGvkCM
If you're within striking distance and run out of ammo in
your pistol, strike with the pistol. Trigger finger must be
in the register position. Otherwise, the trigger guard may
break your trigger finger. (This happens in disarming exercises.
That's why you should use dummy guns with the trigger guards
removed.)
The Bigger They Are . . .
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/the-bigger-they-are/33257/
Understand and practice low-line kicks.
All or Nothing: Unsighted Fire
http://pistol-training.com/archives/9306
"Real fights are short."
-- Bruce Lee
----- Tactics -----
You win gunfights by not getting shot.
-- John Holschen
Best Shot Placement for Self Defense
https://www.handgunsmag.com/editorial/best-shot-placement-self-defense/371390
Criminal Weapon Selection
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/criminal-weapon-selection
Note that criminals make their guns look like toys to get you
or the police to hesitate. Greg gives an example of a Mossberg
shotgun encased in a Super Soaker water gun and a Glock painted
fluorescent green.
Prosecuting Attorney: Wasn't it obvious that the gun was a toy?
Defendant: No, because I had read the article "Criminal Weapon
Selection" by Greg Ellifritz.
In a similar vein -
Prosecuting Attorney: Move to prohibit the defendant from testifying
as to any knowledge of the victim's criminal record, as the defendant
had no first hand knowledge of such prior to the incident.
Defense Attorney: The defendant took an NRA Defensive Pistol course
from Jonathan Low, in which the defendant was taught that statistically
speaking it is a safe assumption that the assailant has an extensive
violent criminal record, because violent crime is not the type of crime
that first time offenders do, rather they work their way up to violent
crime often with training in the prison system.
Your Tactical Training Scenario . . . A night time knock at the door
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-a-night-time-knock-at-the-door
When someone knocks on your door, DON'T open the door.
Use your electronic devices to ask, "Who is there?"
If you don't have a Ring system or something like that,
stand to the side, not in front of the door (because bad
guys are smart enough to shoot through your door), and
ask, "Who is it?" If you don't get a warm fuzzy feeling,
DON'T open the door. You don't have to be polite. You
don't have to be civil. You don't have to care if they
insinuate you're a racist, homophobe, etc. Call the police.
The Most Recent Vehicle Run-Down Terrorist Attack
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/the-most-recent-vehicle-run-down-terrorist-attack
Excerpt:
". . . “Israeli Carry” doesn’t even work in Israel."
Israeli Carry generally means to carry your weapon
without a round in the chamber, magazine inserted and
locked in the magazine well. But, witness reports
indicate that magazines were not in the weapons.
This is why you must carry your pistol loaded.
You're not going to have time to load.
The last time I went on an exercise with Mike Battery,
5th Bn, 14th Marines, we traveled in civilian busses and
wore civilian clothes. At least one rifle was loaded in each bus.
Whoever was on duty (not sleeping) had the rifle in his hands
(not leaning up against the seat). When we stopped at a truck stop,
whoever had duty was in the bus with the loaded rifle in hand,
alert and looking around.
Primary source:
12 soldiers wounded, 1 seriously, in suspected terror car-ramming in Jerusalem
https://www.timesofisrael.com/12-wounded-1-seriously-in-suspected-car-ramming-attack-in-jerusalem/
Avoidance, Deterrence, and De-escalation
-- John Farnam
----- Education -----
"You will never get smarter or broaden your horizons
if you're unwilling to learn from others and read."
-- Becca Martin
John Boyd (Patterns of Conflict)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzRqZnPVeJI
(The next video will start automatically at the end of the previous video.)
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9CpE1PvHLs
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPcF0OYK1zw
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qVg1mg1UoI
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-wO1VlWXjo
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rYPMUm-D6o
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaaQ4rqNqPw
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNbuAr2M9gY
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZTjIOwXU0U
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6t3WFxh-2I
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTu3kI-hZnw
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh9toe_oN38
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXF8rYiz6eI
John Boyd Patterns of Conflict Part 14 (final part)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q3lTuXtExo
Jason Brown transferred these videos from video tapes from the
Boyd Collection at the USMC Archives at Quantico, Virginia, in 2007.
The comments section gives a link to the slides that Col. Boyd uses,
because in the video they are bleached out, unfortunately the web site
http://dnipogo.org/boyd/patterns_ppt.pdf
says the slides are no longer available.
The sound is poor, but head phones or ear buds help.
The Colonel talks about areal combat and sliding in behind
your opponent. Yes, this does apply directly to you.
Dan Grazier combined the videos with the slides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iiQlBaGJQA&list=PL4pmLxkc7CTcukIlpD0UThT7Y_K09oxXe
Civilian Carry Radio 130 - Tom Givens owner of RangeMaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNhc_XydaXo&fbclid=IwAR0zjpKW1Rp6nYx7q4aD0m4VKkRaJa0HBiY40duR75bVEkvwcVfJr1khia0
Tom Givens speaks on various gun training topics.
The top gunfighters were the top bulls eye target shooters.
Not because target shooting contributed to their gunfighting
skills (though it probably did), but because the competitions
were a meeting place for the exchange of information.
Juries view shotguns and rifles completely differently.
Tom explains why your odds are 1 in 4 to be involved in
a violent crime in your life time. Why crime statistics are
grossly under reported. And other such things.
Chief Lee Weems says bail reform is sweeping our country.
That means that arrested suspects are released without a cash
bond. Because forcing a person to put up cash to be released
is discriminatory against poor and low income persons.
Consider.
Baraka says, when you call the police, you don't know
what kind of officer is coming. Perhaps it's the warrior type
who will attempt to rescue you without a second thought.
Perhaps it is the social worker type who will sit in his car
until it's too late and then get out to write the report.
(Remember Parkland, Florida? The officers did not go in to
rescue the children. They just waited outside until it was
safe for them to go in.)
Tom says the reason not to carry in the appendix position
is that you can't wear it there all the time. If you practice
appendix carry and then have to wear a suit and move your pistol
to 3 or 4 o'clock, you're setting yourself up for a disaster.
Protecting Houses of Worship, Part 1: Training Organizations, Groups, and Individuals
https://gunculture2point0.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/protecting-houses-of-worship-part-1-training-organizations-groups-and-individuals/
Protecting Houses of Worship, Part 2: Other Resources
https://gunculture2point0.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/protecting-houses-of-worship-part-2-other-resources/
Rangemaster newsletter, February 2020
https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.115.254/d74.722.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-02_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf
Check out Lee Weems' article.
CONCEALED CARRY STATISTICS
https://www.gunstocarry.com/concealed-carry-statistics/
Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 7, 2020
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/weekend-knowledge-dump-february-7-2020
West Freeway Church of Christ Shooting Analysis
https://www.grantcunningham.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/West-Freeway-Church-of-Christ-Shooting-Analysis.pdf
"Cogito, ergo armatum sum." (I think, therefore armed am I.)
-- John Farnam
***** ***** ***** Hardware (which includes you) ***** ***** *****
"I would like to see every
woman know how to handle
guns as naturally as they
know how to handle babies."
-- Annie Oakley
----- Gear -----
“Mission drives the gear train.”
-- Pat Rogers
John Farnam recommends Travel Armor gun cases for your air travel.
travelarmorcase.com
Pros & Cons of Different Color Combinations on Handguns
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/6/pros-cons-of-different-color-combinations-on-handguns/
Excerpt:
There are two colors, though, that I personally don’t think
belong on actual firearms, and those are solid bright red or blue,
and there’s a reason for that. Bright blue and red are the
de facto industry-standard colors for non-lethal training arms,
either inert dummy guns for use in retention or disarm training,
or weapons that fire paint-bearing marking rounds for
force-on-force scenario training. Painting an actual firearm in
the colors used for non-lethal training dummies would be as
irresponsible as painting a real firearm’s muzzle orange like
an Airsoft pistol’s.
Pistol Mounted Red Dot Round-Up
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/10/pistol-mounted-red-dot-round-up/
France: Islamic Convert Armed with Machete Wanted to Marry 11-Year-Old
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/02/11/islamic-convert-armed-machete-wanted-marry-11-year-old/
Excerpt:
". . . Eventually, the man opened the door but continued
to threaten officers and, as a result, was hit with a taser
stun-gun but the weapon had no effect."
[That's why most police departments have a policy of only
using tasers when more than one officer is present, to back up
the one attempting to subdue the suspect with the taser. You
have to be prepared for when the taser does not work.
-- Jon Low]
"Then officers drew their firearms, which led to the man
putting down his machete."
[That's why good guys carry firearms. They work, and the
bad guys know that they work.
-- Jon Low]
Magazine Springs and More
https://blog.krtraining.com/magazine-springs-and-more/
What You Need Before Your First Pistol Class
https://www.womensoutdoornews.com/2017/08/need-first-pistol-class/
Candlepower vs Lumens – It’s Not a Competition
https://www.ammoman.com/blog/candlepower-vs-lumens-whats-the-difference/
"Panic is simply the lack of preprogrammed responses."
-- Tom Givens
----- Technical -----
"The shorter the fight, the less hurt you get."
-- John Holschen
***** ***** ***** Instruction ***** ***** *****
Colonel Robert Lindsey to his fellow trainers:
"We are not God's gift to our students.
Our students are God's gift to us."
----- Instructors -----
Remember, the students who require the extra effort are the ones who need us the most!
-- John Farnam
"Be careful what you teach.
Because your students will do in combat
whatever you have trained them to do,
no matter how ridiculous.
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
----- Pedagogy -----
Teach positive. Teach what to do. Don't talk about what not to do.
-- John Farnam
An instructor should not expect any learning to take
place the first time new information is presented.
-- "Building Shooters" by Dustin Solomon
***** ***** ***** Legal, Political, and Philosophical ***** ***** *****
How do you win a gunfight?
Don't be there.
-- John Farnam
Nigel's Take Chalk & Cheese
Written By John Connor
https://americanhandgunner.com/guncrank-diaries/chalk-cheese/
The points are subtle and deserve a pondering.
3 Feb 20 [Printed in full, because John Farnam's web site is down.]
Future Crimes!
“ ‘Due process’ is a ‘Notice Concept.’
When the law cannot clearly tell me what I need to do in order to be legal,
I’m denied due process.
When those tasked with interpreting and enforcing a law suffer from the
same dilemma as those who wrote it, that is, they can’t explain what it says,
nor what it means, then we've all been denied due process!”
-- Freiling
Unlike conventional criminal codes, which provide penalties for certain
specific acts that are prohibited by law, “red-flag laws” provide punishment
of individual citizens for future crimes, which have never taken place!
Conventionally, criminal suspects were punished for what they had done.
Now, anyone can be punished for what someone thinks they could do, might do!
Joe Stalin implemented a similar strategy with his “turn-in-your neighbor”
programs!
An honorable Supreme Court will righteously strike-down this evil and
unconstitutional intrigue!
In the interim, an American citizen, who has never committed a crime,
who has never been accused of a crime, can with no warning have his
Constitutional rights precipitously revoked, simultaneously suffering
financial ruin, all because someone he has never met thinks he might commit
a crime!
And, it is all done in secret, a Marxist trademark!
Secret, unsworn, unquestioned, unverified, uncorroborated, unchallenged,
inexpert, “testimony” with regard to the mental health of an otherwise
innocent citizen, on the part of someone who has never even met him,
is all that is required!
To add insult to injury, when accusations are all proven false,
even maliciously so, the dishonest accuser suffers no penalty!
They simply walk away, with nary so much an “I’m sorry,” nor is there
an “I’m sorry” from the court!
Who writes unconstitutional trash like this?
Democrat/socialists!
That’s who!
Let us not forget, nor forgive!
/John Farnam
4 Feb 20 [Printed in full, because John Farnam's web site is down.]
Third World?
“No evil dooms us hopelessly, except the evil we love,
desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.”
-- Daniel Deronda
In the former French colony of Upper Volta (since 1960, “Burkina Faso”),
in the Sahel region of west Africa, the government has reluctantly decided
to arm and train citizen militias, after decades of western-inspired,
forced civilian disarmament!
This story is currently being feebly reported by the BBC, because
embarrassed leftists at the BBC don’t want it to be true.
Burkina Faso, and the BBC, have had to finally admit that gun
prohibition/confiscation (masquerading under the innocuous term,
“gun control”) unfailingly does great harm, and is no friend of good
and decent people!
Taking full advantage of anti-gun laws, rampaging heavily-armed
Boko Haram Islamic extremist jihadis (who pay no attention to gun laws,
nor to international borders) have brutally terrorized unarmed Burkina
Faso villages for the past decade, freely extorting, murdering, and
kidnapping thousands, all with scant interference from police!
Grudgingly reversing themselves, Burkina Faso’s politicians will
now provide military small arms and training (to be mostly conducted
by French Troops, already in the country) to formally defenseless
citizens.
Do you suppose there may even be a couple of “assault weapons”
mixed in, maybe even a “high-capacity” magazine or two?
One has to wonder how many innocents had to be murdered in order
for the government to finally get to this point!
Thus, at least in the Third World, some are, at long last,
“getting it.”
As for our so-called “First World,” this smug announcement from
John Barilaro, Australia’s Deputy Premier:
“Self-defense with a firearm shall remain illegal. People being
confronted by armed intruders should instead call the police and
wait for them to turn-up.”
and this from British police:
“... even when you’re at home alone, and you have an intruder,
you are not allowed to protect yourself.”
And this from leftist Huffington Post editors:
“Shooting in self-defense is should be illegal, because it
denies violent criminals a fair trial”
It’s not difficult to see whose side leftists are on, and have
been since 1917!
A bottle of over-the-counter sleeping pills bears this caveat:
“Warning! May cause drowsiness.”
Welcome to our “advanced” 21st Century "First World!"
/John Farnam
Bad Gun Reviews
https://gunsmagazine.com/podcast/guns-magazine-podcast-quick-hit-3-bad-gun-reviews/
Brent T. Wheat and Roy Huntington address why they don't
trash firearms in GUNS Magazine and American Handgunner reviews.
If you've read the DefensivePistolcraft.com blog in the past or
wish to look at previous postings, you will notice that I have
published many bad reviews of pistols, holster, and other gun
gear. Reviewing stuff that a vendor sent to you is
entirely different from reviewing stuff that you bought through
normal retail channels. Do you think a company is going to send
you a product that doesn't work? I have purchased many new in
the box pistols from gun stores that did not work. In fact, I
have sent pistols back to the manufacturer's repair facility
and they have sent the pistols back to me claiming that they
were fix, and they still did not work (as in malfunctioned on
every shot with standard factory new ammo; Remmington RP45 and
Ruger American in 45 ACP in particular). No, I did not sell
them to unsuspecting people. I had competent gunsmiths and
machinists work on them until they were reliable. An extremely
expensive and educational experience.
Greg Ellifritz on his blog Active Response Training,
http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/
has posted many bad reviews.
I think posting bad reviews serves our community much
more than posting good reviews.
5 Scary Reasons Gun Owners Should Fear The Legal System
https://assets.uslawshield.com/docs/defenderreports/FiveReasons.pdf
Betting Odds - Democratic Presidential Nomination
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/betting_odds/democratic_2020_nomination/
If any of these candidates win in November 2020, you can
expect a guns and ammo buying frenzy. Notice the standing of
the persons who have not declared their candidacy in the 2020
presidential race.
Gun Free Britain: Nearly 10,000 ‘Gun Crimes’ Committed in One Year
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/02/14/gun-free-britain-nearly-10000-gun-crimes-committed-in-one-year/#
I attended a seminar on gun laws and self defense laws in
Tennessee given by John Harris (an attorney who charges $450 per hour).
He recommends you structure your assets by setting up a Protective Trust.
And figure out how you are going to pay for your legal defense (criminal and
civil), now.
Defensive Gun Uses by those legally carrying guns:
22 cases over six weeks from late June to early August 2019
https://crimeresearch.org/2020/02/defensive-gun-uses-by-those-legally-carrying-guns-22-cases-over-six-weeks-from-late-june-to-early-august-2019/
***** ***** ***** Survival, Medical, and such ***** ***** *****
"If you prepare for the emergency,
the emergency ceases to exist!"
-- Sherman House
How to Treat Any Broken Bone in the Wilderness (with Pictures)
https://www.primalsurvivor.net/broken-bone-wilderness/
An emergency checklist of supplies will pop up on
the screen. Probably worth downloading.
Of course, there is no substitute for a good hands on
class.
IMAGE vs. Reality
Human Physiology And Survival
https://gunsmagazine.com/our-experts/image-vs-reality/
Excerpt:
". . . Getting old may not be negotiable,
but allowing yourself to get soft and fat are personal choices.
If you smoke cigarettes and think you are in any way serious
about survival, you are deluding yourself."
Combat Medical NPA (nasopharyngeal aspirator)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOq1pn66gs4
Medical EDC: Critical Gear You Should Carry
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/2/5/medical-edc-critical-gear-you-should-carry/
Excerpt:
"Famed surgeon Nicholas Senn said in 1897,
“The fate of the wounded rests with the one who
applies the first dressing,” and the statement
holds true even today. Self-care is likely what
is going to save you, not the paramedics."
"The less-than-perfect trauma kit you
actually carry is better than the perfect one
you leave in your car."
"Realistically, all you need in a micro-IFAK
(Individual First Aid Kit)
is a tourniquet, properly staged on a carrier,
an absorbent bandage such as an Israeli battle
bandage or Cederroth Bloodstopper, a pack of
QuikClot Combat Gauze, a pair of gloves and
a Hyfin Chest Seal."
"It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away at the inessentials!"
-- Bruce Lee
***** ***** ***** Miscellany ***** ***** *****
Brent T. Wheat, editor of GUNS magazine, sent me an email
assuring me that GUNS magazine
http://Gunsmagazine.com
has no anti-religious bias and will be using A.D. (Anno Domini,
in the year of our Lord) and B.C. (Before Christ) in future articles.
It came up because Joe Kriz in his article "IWI US MASADA Pistol"
used the acronym "BCE". Which stands for "Before the Common Era".
Politically correct terminology to avoid mentioning our Savior.
M16 and AR-15 - How firearms work! (Animation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMIBUIN30yU
When it's least expected, you're selected.
-- John Farnam
Semper Fidelis,
Jonathan D. Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com
Thursday, January 30, 2020
CWP, 31 January MMXX Anno Domini
Hi Sheepdogs,
We are God's hedge of protection around our loved ones,
neighbors, and community. (allusion to what Satan says to God
in the book of Job) When the angels are busy, God uses humans.
***** ***** ***** Software ***** ***** *****
"Train, Practice, Compete
are the key elements in the development of humans."
-- John M. Buol, Jr.
----- Mindset -----
“Cleanliness and order are not matters of ‘instinct.’
They are matters of education, and like most great things,
you must cultivate a taste for them.”
-- Benjamin Disraeli
". . . don’t put yourself in a position where you’ve unnecessarily
increased your prospects for getting shot and killed, even if your
killing is later determined to be unlawful, and that you were “in the right.”
You’ll still be “in the ground.” And that’s not a win."
-- Andrew Branca
"Fear is an instinct. Courage is a choice."
-- Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, USN
". . . I don’t care how long you’ve been doing this,
get out and train with someone else. Pick up some new tricks,
knock the rust off, and see what goes on outside your own
organization." -- Tom Givens
"Destiny doesn't make appointments,
nor does she waste her time with the naive and unready!"
-- John Farnam
“Grass-eaters are easily identified and selected for their
chosen status of victimhood. On the other side of the ledger,
we Operators have audaciously claimed our own image and likeness
to our Creator.
Being barely alive, but on your own terms, is better by far
than living a bloated half-life on someone else's.”
-- Anon
----- Safety -----
Don't go to stupid places.
Don't do stupid things.
Don't hang out with stupid people.
Be in bed by 10 PM. Your own bed.
Don't look like a freak.
Don't fail the attitude test.
-- John Farnam
The Spellcheck Problem (Explained Discreetly)
https://www.corneredcat.com/the-spellcheck-problem-explained-discreetly/
Excerpt:
"This is also why potential students should look very suspiciously
at any program that has novices-watching-novices as a part of the safety
protocols. People cannot see whole categories of our own mistakes, and
naive observers are also unlikely to catch those same mistakes when
others make them. Because of this, setting novices to watch novices may
help the observers learn to see the errors, but it does little or
nothing for safety among those who are handling the guns at the moment."
[This is why I no longer attend Front Sight and no longer recommend
Front Sight to others. In the beginning (1995), it was a wonderful
gun school, with a policy of at least one instructor for every five
students. But, as the school grew, they could not hire enough instructors.
So, they implemented a policy of pairs of students watching each other
and coaching each other. But, a novice student has no business watching
for safety violations and certainly no business coaching anyone. -- Jon Low]
SAFETY RULES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVzziCOcVUY
Invite your newbie friends to watch this, before taking them to the range.
They may then ask you safety questions that you can't answer. Shame on you.
So, maybe you should view the video.
"The fast and / or emphatic reholster is an awesome way to shoot yourself."
-- Chuck Haggard
----- Training -----
"Reasons for training:
1. You don't know what you don't know.
2. Much of what you know is wrong.
3. It's good to have some of the answers to the test before taking it."
-- Claude Werner the Tactical Professor
Cops aren't shooters, but they should be
https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/training/articles/cops-arent-shooters-but-they-should-be-cJnbtzz0se3aBlk7/
Excerpts:
"While offering trigger time and rounds down range,
qualification holds no training value."
". . . some administrators fail to see the value of providing training
above what is mandated."
". . . cops aren’t shooters . . . but they should be."
[Over the decades that I have taught self defense with a pistol,
I have approached law enforcement officers, given them my card, and
offered them training. (Especially those sitting in restaurants
with their backs to the doors, or in condition white.) Zero have
contacted me. As opposed to hundreds of civilians who find out
through casual conversation that I am an instructor and follow up.
Cops used to be warriors. Now they are social workers.
Because that is the voter's choice. -- Jon Low]
"The real value of training, though, is that it improves competence,
which leads to a higher level of confidence."
-- Rehn & Daub
I attended an active killer seminar presented by Brink Fidler of
Defend Systems.
https://www.defendsystems.com/
These are some of the things I learned:
Always have a plan, in every situation, in every location.
If you have a plan (a script), you will execute to your plan.
Which means you won't freeze or do something stupid.
If you have a plan, you will respond. If you don't have
a plan, you will react. Most reactions to high stress situations
are wrong.
Learn how to stop bleeding.
When you call 911, give the dispatcher an exact location.
So, you have to know where you are, where your office is, e.g.
second floor, north-east side of building, third window from
the east corner of the building, at 234 Maple Street.
If you can't give explicit directions on how to find you,
the police and EMS won't be able to find you.
Untrained people in a high stress situation go through
three stages: Denial, Deliberation, Decisive Action. With
training, you can go directly to Decisive Action.
Attack the eyes of the assailant.
Make sure your organization has a mass communication and
notification system. Regularly test the system.
Security paradigm: DEFEND
Deter Be assertive.
Evade It's gun fire, until it's not.
Fortify Move to deep corners (not visible from the doorway).
Evaluate Notify 911: "Location", "Active shooter".
Defend Get within one step of the doorway to ambush.
The police priorities are:
1. Stop the killing. (So, don't expect them to stop to help you.)
2. Stop the dying.
3. Evacuate.
4. Process the scene.
Trust your instincts. Don't worry about being rude.
Don't worry about anyone perceiving you as racist. The
criminal is manipulating you. Trust your instincts.
Have a bag policy at your church or business. Inspect
all bags before allowing them into your facility.
Invite cops over to tour your place. Feed them.
You want them to know you. So, they don't accidentally
shoot you when they respond in an emergency.
Have removable floor plans posted at all entrances.
Arrange for a "Stop the Bleed" class. They are free.
https://www.stopthebleed.org/
Arrange for first aid classes.
https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/first-aid
Take the correct course. You don't need to know how to take
a person's blood pressure. You need to know how to stop an
arterial bleed.
"You train for the people who love you."
-- Tatiana Whitlock
I attended a seminar "Providing Physical Security for
Houses of Worship and Ministries" presented by Michael Mann
of Michael Mann Security Services.
https://michaelmannsecurityservices.com/
Some of the things I learned:
"Violent attacks committed against churches, houses of worship,
Christian schools, and other ministries are not random or unpredictable.
There are pre-incident indicators that can be identified and used to
assess risk and prevent attack."
Our primary purpose is to prevent, not to respond. If we
have to respond, we failed to prevent.
The gun and uniform do not prevent. The assertive questioning
attitude prevents. Greeting deters.
Maintain three layers: Outside in the parking lot, at every
portal, and inside.
Recruit volunteers. [Paid security are mercenaries. They
don't necessarily love your people. And may not be willing to
sacrifice their lives for your people. (Remember Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida?) -- Jon Low]
Mitigate liability by training and certifying your volunteers,
in medical, hand-to-hand combat, less than lethal weapons, and
firearms skills.
There is risk. So, the organization (church), must have insurance
that covers the volunteers. The individual volunteers must have
pre-paid legal coverage (it's not really self-defense insurance,
see the articles comparing pre-paid legal coverage in the Legal section below).
"The real value of training and practice isn't gaining technical competence,
it's achieving confidence in your abilities."
-- Claude Werner the Tactical Professor
Top 9 Mistakes I See In Training Classes
https://www.shooting-performance.com/top-9-mistakes-i-see-training-classes/
Excerpt:
"Sometimes what you need to hear is not what you want to hear, . . ."
[I don't agree with everything in this article. But, it is critically
important to read differing points of view. Because it might work for you.
-- Jon Low]
The Handgun Skills Triad – The Key to High Performance Shooting
https://www.shooting-performance.com/the-handgun-skills-triad-the-key-to-high-performance-shooting/
Excerpt:
"Be careful you don’t get caught in the trap of repeating the same
wrong technique over and over because the subconscious mind has
programmed that routine (although wrong) from countless repetitions.
How do you know if you are doing something wrong? Shoot video!"
[Practicing in front of a mirror also works well. -- Jon Low]
"My buddy Rob Leatham says it best:
“You can’t learn to run by trying to walk fast,
they are completely different movements!” "
[I don't agree with everything in this article. But, it is critically
important to read differing points of view. Because it might work for you.
-- Jon Low]
"Training is NOT an event, but a process.
Training is the preparation FOR practice".
-- Claude Werner
----- Practice -----
Practice is the small deposits you make over time,
so that in an emergency, you can make that big withdrawal.
-- Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III
Marksmanship is a perishable skill. So, yes, you have
to practice regularly (at least dry practice weekly and
live fire monthly).
"The only purpose of live fire practice is to verify
what you learned in dry practice." -- Dr. Ignatius Piazza
The recency of your practice is far more important
than the volume of your practice. Practicing beyond your
attention span has diminishing returns. Practice that
occurred recently (you still feel it in your soul) has
exponential returns.
"It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away at the inessentials!"
-- Bruce Lee
Getting the Most Out of Practice
https://files.constantcontact.com/af94ab47001/39463469-73f1-40a6-8dfe-2753a1e3c325.pdf
Yes, this is an archery article, but applies directly to you.
"Panic is simply the lack of preprogrammed responses."
-- Tom Givens
Shooting From the Ground
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/shooting-from-the-ground
Greg gives us important awkward positions to practice
presenting from.
Why practice?
"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment
when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and
offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique
to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if
that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that
which could have been their finest hour."
-- Winston Churchill
Dry practice builds manipulation skills.
Live practice builds shooting skills.
-- Mike Seeklander
Be careful what you practice.
Because you will do in combat whatever you
have practiced, no matter how ridiculous."
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
----- Techniques -----
"Use only that which works,
and take it from any place you can find it."
-- Bruce Lee
Why ‘point shooting’ doesn’t work on its own
http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/why-point-shooting-doesnt-work-on-its-own/law-enforcement-defense-security
This is deep truth that you need to understand.
I don't teach shooting without using the sights, because
in a critical high stress situation, you have to guarantee
hits. Because every miss is damaging property, injuring
innocent persons, maybe killing them. You can't guarantee
hits if you don't know where your sights are.
If you are so close to your target that you can
guarantee hits, and sticking your pistol out in front of you
would allow the enemy to grab your pistol, then you
wouldn't use your sights.
What To Do When Your Pistol Doesn't Fire
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/1/24/what-to-do-when-your-pistol-doesnt-fire/
Coaching for Accuracy: Improving Your Trigger Technique
https://thecmp.org/coaching-for-accuracy-improving-your-trigger-technique/
This directly applies to defensive pistolcraft.
You have to have your trigger finger in the correct
position relative to the trigger and the barrel. If not,
have your gunsmith move the trigger. Yes, as a matter of
fact this can be done on any pistol.
You have to trap your trigger to the rear after the
shot and hold the trigger there until you get your sights
back on the target (the one you just shot, not the next
one) for your second sight movie. This is an essential
part of your follow through. If you think you can go
faster by skipping this step, you're right. But, you
will be lowering the probability of hitting your intended
target. Oh, you'll definitely hit something. Because
you won't be on a multi-million dollar range with soft
dirt berms to catch your bullets. The choice is always
yours. Choose wisely.
Trigger Finger Placement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36zA3jNC1Zs
Off Hand Fending Position by Craig Douglas of Shivworks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGODxQH_b-I
Tatiana Whitlock demos some options when you have fight with others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQq7ao6vsH8
Craig Douglas teaches How to draw a firearm while standing in a crowd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZwYmNwlVi8
Jennifer Barretta's 3-Rail Kick System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOctfGqCJRc
As Jennifer says, "It's not magic, it's knowledge."
(Just like our surprise trigger break.)
You can't test the table (the environment that you are
operating in), but you can test all of your equipment.
Notice that she knows what is important (the vanishing point)
and what is not important (the position of the cue ball).
Similarly for pistolcraft. Sight alignment is important.
Sight movie, not so much. Because everything will be moving
in a combat situation. Stance, platform, body position, etc.
don't matter.
The reason the guy couldn't make the shot is because he is
grossly inconsistent, so his adjustments don't matter.
It's as a shooter making sight adjustments when he's not
grouping in the first place, a waste of time and ammo.
They don't mention it, but the harder you hit the ball
into the rail, the sharper the angle of reflection (all
other things being equal).
The masse shot is generally driving the cue ball into the
table to get it to bounce off the slate, as a trampoline.
But, Jennifer is simply using the shot to get the correct
English on the cue ball.
I used to play at Skyline Billiards in my misspent middle age.
Fond memories.
Ana P. Vazquez v Valentina A. Giraldo – recurve junior women gold | World Youth Championships 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilA-uusMHis
Notice that Valentina is closing her non-aiming eye to
eliminate the double image, to ensure she is shooting at
what she thinks she is aiming at. So, she gets 10's.
Ana has both eyes open and is getting shots off to the left.
Why? Because she is shooting at the wrong image. This is
common for right handed shooters who shoot with both eyes
open. (Remember, this is a high stress situation.)
For them it's just points. For us, it's hitting innocent
bystanders. That's why keeping both eyes open when you
fire your shot is criminal stupidity. And teaching
people to shoot with both eyes open all the way through the
shot process is criminal negligence.
No, it's not a matter of sight settings. Unfortunately,
Ana makes sight adjustments between the first and second set,
because her coach does not understand what's going on. He
needs to be fired.
Notice that Valentina uses the classic anchor at the
center of the chin and center of the nose. Easy to maintain
consistency. Consistency is precision.
Ana uses a side of the jaw anchor point. Much more
difficult to maintain consistency. Yes, there are reasons
to use such, but none in her case that would override the
need for consistency.
You should always strive for consistency. Lives depend
on it.
Notice that Valentina has her riser in line with the bones
of her bow arm. Ana does not. Ana's coach needs to be fired.
We always teach that the axis of the bore of your pistol must
be in line with the bones of your firing side arm. Otherwise,
the wrist will bend on every shot. And attempting to prevent
the bending with muscle tension will just cause uncontrollable
torquing in the wrist.
Notice they are wearing breast protectors and arm guards.
(Just as we always wear ear and eye protection when practicing.)
I have seen American archers at the International level
not wearing such. Criminal stupidity. Coaches that should
have been fired. But, Olympic sports have far more politics
than merit; especially in the U.S.
-- Jonathan D. Low, Level III Coach, National Archery Association
Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language | Tradecraft | WIRED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jwUXV4QaTw
Why the Flex is Best
https://gunsmagazine.com/handguns/why-the-flex-is-best/
I don't agree with Mas, and I don't teach this.
But, it's critically important to read, study, and understand
things that you don't agree with.
6 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Recoil Control With A Handgun
https://www.shooting-performance.com/tips-to-building-the-perfect-high-performance-grip-handgun/
I don't agree with Mike. But, it's critically important to read,
study, and understand things that you don't agree with. That's sort
of the definition of an open mind.
I believe it is essential to trap the trigger to the rear
after the shot and get the sights back on the target you just
shot for the second sight movie, before you reset the trigger
and before you move your eyes to the next target. Getting the
second sight movie with the trigger still trapped to the rear is
"follow through".
Sight alignment and sight movie control where the pistol
is pointed when the firing pin hits the primer. Follow through
controls where the pistol is pointed when the bullet exits the
muzzle.
I often read or hear instructors telling their students
to press the trigger without disturbing the sight alignment
and sight picture. But, they don't explain how to do that.
The answer to the question HOW? is "Surprise Trigger Break".
The surprise break defeats all of the shooter's autonomic
nervous system responses to recoil and report. Because the
shooter's brain does not know exactly when the pistol will
fire, the pushing, jerking, freezing, flinching, etc. all
happen after the bullet has already exited the muzzle.
In the above article, the author says that the right
handed shooter scattering his bullets low left is because the
shooter is jerking the trigger. I believe that is an incorrect
analysis. The bullets are scattering low left because the
shooter is anticipating the recoil and pushing against it.
The anticipatory push forces the bullets low left. (Low
right for a left handed shooter.)
The surprise break is not easy to achieve, because it is
counter intuitive. The shooter naturally wants to "make the
pistol go bang". But, that is wrong on many levels. There
is nothing natural or instinctive about shooting. Shooting
is a learned mechanical skill, as is driving a car.
So, how does one achieve the surprise break?
After you have the correct grip, correct trigger finger placement
in the register position, sight alignment, and sight movie:
1. Touch the trigger. Because you don't know where the trigger
is. Especially in a high stress situation where you grabbed
the pistol from an awkward position.
2. Take the slack out of the trigger. Because yanking through
the slack is not conducive to accurate shooting.
3. Do not fire the shot.
4. Smoothly increase pressure on the trigger.
The pistol will fire, and because you did not intend to fire,
you will have achieved a surprise break. In a high stress
situation with adrenaline in your blood stream, the pistol
will fire much sooner than you expect, because you will be
much stronger than you normally are.
Of course, there are situations where you would not
use the surprise break. Everything is situation dependent.
The surprise break is not new. Col. Jeff Cooper taught
it decades ago in the modern technique. It is alluded to
in the Tao Te Ching (Taoist philosophy) about 2600 years ago
and in Zen Buddhism about 1900 years ago. It has been taught
in archery at least since 1545 A.D. when Roger Ascham
published "Toxophilus". And was articulated explicitly in
"Zen in the Art of Archery" by Eugen Herrigel in 1948 A.D.
"Real fights are short."
-- Bruce Lee
----- Tactics -----
You win gunfights by not getting shot.
-- John Holschen
Texas Church Attack: Post-Shooting Procedures
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/texas-church-attack-post-shooting-procedures
Excerpt:
The church needs to invest in a quality trauma first aid kit
that should be centrally-located and available to the team “medics.”
There should be at least as many medically trained individuals as
gun carriers on your security team. After all, medical emergencies
are far more commonplace than church shootings. Make sure your
church is prepared to handle medical issues as well as security
threats.
Avoidance, Deterrence, and De-escalation
-- John Farnam
"Audacity wins."
-- Carl von Clausewitz
----- Education -----
"You will never get smarter or broaden your horizons
if you're unwilling to learn from others and read."
-- Becca Martin
Lexipol article,
"Understanding Excited Delirium: 4 Takeaways for Law Enforcement Officers"
https://www.lexipol.com/resources/blog/understanding-excited-delirium-4-takeaways-for-law-enforcement-officers/
and webinar,
https://info.lexipol.com/webinar-excited-delirium-ty
Because you might run into these persons. They hang out
in Wal Mart parking lots.
Mike Seeklander's blog, all kinds of interesting articles.
https://www.shooting-performance.com/mikes-blog/
"Cogito, ergo armatum sum." (I think, therefore armed am I.)
-- John Farnam
***** ***** ***** Hardware (which includes you) ***** ***** *****
"I would like to see every
woman know how to handle
guns as naturally as they
know how to handle babies."
-- Annie Oakley
----- Gear -----
"Gadgets don't win gunfights! Skill does."
-- Mike Seeklander
"Preparation doesn't assure victory. It assures confidence."
-- Amit Kalantri
How to inspect your duty ammunition
https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/accessories/ammunition/articles/how-to-inspect-your-duty-ammunition-9Fl7lLIogrmhkxlB/
Yes, ammo manufacturers make mistakes. Don't lose your life
over such a mistake.
Evaluating handguns for YOU
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2019/08/18/evaluating-handguns-for-you/
Red Dots vs Holographic Sights: What’s Best For You?
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/red-dots-vs-holographic-sights/
If your internet connection is slow, you might have to wait
a few minutes for all the pictures to come up. But, it's worth
the wait.
Comfort & Concealment
https://gunsmagazine.com/handguns/comfort-concealment/
A lightly disguised advertisement for N82 holsters.
https://n82tactical.com/
I bought another pistol. (I can't help myself. It's an addiction.)
I cleaned it. I took a wood file to the polymer frame to removed areas
that have historically given me blisters. My friend, Aidan, machined
out the rear sight, opening it up by 2/100ths of an inch. (I'm old. My
eyes are bad. I need more light around the front sight in order to be
able to see the front sight. And so do you in low light conditions.)
I dug out the white paint in the sights and painted both sights flat black.
(The silhouette of the sights is one sighting system. Which is the only
one visible in low light conditions. The white dots are a second
sighting system. It is highly unlikely that they have the same point
of impact. Having two sighting systems is wrong. Because it takes
time to decide which one to use. Remember Hick's Law?)
I live fire tested it with factory new ammo with copper jacketed
round nose bullets.
From my two handed standing position it grouped 5 rounds in a
2 inch diameter circle at 5 yards (slow fire) consistently. So,
precision is okay. (If not, I would give it to a gunsmith to see
if anything could be done.)
The center of mass of the group was at the point of aim
(top of the front sight). So, accuracy is okay. (If not, I would adjust
the sights.)
I fired 50 rounds without malfunctions. So, reliability is okay.
I inspected the shell casings. The firing pin drags along the
primer a little bit. The side of the cases showed residue indicating
some gas was getting into the chamber between the cartridge case
and the chamber. So, the case was not expanding and sealing the
chamber completely.
I inspected the pistol. Everything appeared to be in good working
order.
I now consider it acceptable to be loaned to a student,
or given as a gift to a friend or relative.
Wow, so many pistol debuted at the Shot Show. John Farnam cites the:
"Mossberg MC2 Pistol, 9mm, 14/16 shooter depending on the magazine
used (you get one of each with the pistol). It’s a double-column version
of the single-column MC1 Pistol 7/9 shooter."
and the
"FN 509 pistol can be had in full-sized (G17), medium-sized (G19),
and compact (G26)."
as being worthy of your consideration.
Visit To The Gunshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68I549o0Tc
Good advice on buying guns by Mike Seeklander.
"The gun may not be effective for you."
"Try before you buy."
"Don't let comfort be your sole or primary consideration."
"Seek out someone with knowledge to advise you."
5 Best Shooting Gloves [2019 Hands-On Test]
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/best-shooting-gloves/
I appreciate a nice pair of gloves. The skin on
my hands is getting weaker with age. Callouses develop
more readily. Got to compensate for time on Earth.
Or, as Deborah Harry says, die young stay pretty.
----- Technical -----
"The shorter the fight, the less hurt you get."
-- John Holschen
Eric explains how to build an AR-15, with lots of photographs.
How to Build an AR-15 Upper Receiver: Ultimate Visual Guide
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/build-ar-15-upper-receiver/
How to Build an AR-15 Lower Receiver [Ultimate Visual Guide]
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/build-ar-15-lower-receiver/
***** ***** ***** Instruction ***** ***** *****
Colonel Robert Lindsey to his fellow trainers:
"We are not God's gift to our students.
Our students are God's gift to us."
----- Instructors -----
Remember, the students who require the extra effort are the ones who need us the most!
-- John Farnam
Novices learn. Journeymen practice. Masters teach.
The master has a duty to teach. Otherwise, the art dies.
"Be careful what you teach.
Because your students will do in combat
whatever you have trained them to do,
no matter how ridiculous.
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
Do you make your students pick up brass after
every string of fire?
Do you have your students holster immediately
after every course of fire?
Do you have your students stand still when
presenting to the target?
If so, it's time to correct your curriculum.
"Every time I teach a class,
I discover I don't know something."
-- Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch
----- Pedagogy -----
Teach positive. Teach what to do. Don't talk about what not to do.
-- John Farnam
An instructor should not expect any learning to take
place the first time new information is presented.
-- "Building Shooters" by Dustin Solomon
***** ***** ***** Legal, Political, and Philosophical ***** ***** *****
How do you win a gunfight?
Don't be there.
-- John Farnam
Only law abiding citizens obey laws. Criminals, by definition and experience,
ignore laws. So, the only people affected by gun-control laws are law abiding
citizens. This is obvious to us. But, far beyond the comprehension of the liberal.
That is why we must defeat the liberals at the ballot box. Otherwise, the state of
Virginia will be the example for the rest of the United States of America.
What can you do?
1. Vote for pro-gun candidates. Yes, you must actually register to vote,
drive to the polling place to vote, and actually vote for the pro-gun candidate.
(This takes research and thinking.)
Remember the persons who sacrificed their lives to give you this right.
If no such candidate exists, you must pull the papers, get the necessary signatures,
and run for office yourself. Yes, I've done it (Hawaii State Senate 15th District,
won the Republican primary, lost the general election), so I can tell you to do it.
2. Donate money to pro-gun candidates. Put your money where you mouth is.
Yes, I do it, so I can tell you to do it.
3. Volunteer to help a campaign. Yes, I've knocked on doors and it works.
Did you notice the black senator from South Carolina? (The one who is not Lindsey Graham
and actually gets things done. [admittedly behind the scenes]) I met him at church
(Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, SC). We got him elected to the U.S. House,
then Governor Nikki Haley appointed him to the U.S. Senate. And there Tim Scott
sits, voting for us. He should have been a preacher. If you'd have heard him preach,
you would have been impressed.
Foundations: The 5 Elements of Self-Defense Law
https://lawofselfdefense.com/foundations-the-5-elements-of-self-defense-law/
Andrew Branca has a gift for you, an info-graphic
describing the 5 elements of the law of self defense.
You may download a copy free of charge at
https://lawofselfdefense.com/beginjourney/
"Be smart and do not conduct yourself in such a manner that
you are handing a prosecutor what they need to see in order to
move you from the “hard to convict” to the “easier to convict”
categories. The latter is much more likely to get you taken to
trial, where even if you’re acquitted you’ll burn through
potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses.
And acquittal is never certain, so there’s also the possibility
of spending decades or more in prison."
-- Andrew Branca
Addendum:
http://defense-training.com/2020/addendum/
Will Training Be Used Against Me in Court? (John's Briefs) | Active Self Protection Extra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svz9wgMYujI&fbclid=IwAR09lqzzZku9owGv5X5ObdAw8mX_Pr0A1Q_Bx3R1KnFJFO_nkqNoNrVOgGU
Nevada sheriffs back lawsuit to block 'red flag' law
https://www.policeone.com/gun-legislation-law-enforcement/articles/nev-sheriffs-back-lawsuit-to-block-red-flag-law-r1EMJMPOxSt1cegd/
It's not just Virginia, Nevada sheriffs are fighting unconstitutional
gun confiscation laws. This will be coming to a neighborhood near you.
Be prepared.
How to fight back against media misinformation
https://gunsmagazine.com/discover/the-press-perpetuates-prevarications/
Yes, you can do these things. Yes, you will make a difference.
Please subscribe to Crime Prevention Research Center, (it's free and numbers matter)
https://crimepreventionresearchcenter.nationbuilder.com/subscribe
Please support their scientific research, (as a practicing scientist,
I assure you this is real science)
https://crimepreventionresearchcenter.nationbuilder.com/donate
To see the results of their research,
https://prezi.com/6baszjujoz1m/copy-of-crime-prevention-research-center/
Self defense insurance: (more correctly, pre-paid legal services)
6 Concealed Carry Insurance Options To Protect Your Six (2019)
https://gundigest.com/handguns/concealed-carry/4-self-defense-insurance-options
Self-Defense Gun Owner Insurance Programs Compared (actually, pre-paid legal services)
https://www.concealedcarry.com/self-defense-gun-owner-insurance-programs-compared/
This web page, the chart, and the PDF file are updated on a regular basis.
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty.
Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.
Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force.
Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”
-- Patrick Henry
"Trump signs bill to improve security for religious groups
The new federal law provides $75 million a year,
for the next five years, in grants for institutions
to improve security measures"
https://www.policeone.com/terrorism/articles/trump-signs-bill-to-improve-security-for-religious-groups-48hhy9JaRVNW6pyG/
If you write to President Trump at
President Trump
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
the Trump administration will help you.
They are very good about customer service.
I know from personal experience.
This is happening in New Zealand.
Let's work to prevent it from happening
here in the U.S.A.
https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/breaking-the-raids-have-begun-all-for-a-22-bunny-gun/
***** ***** ***** Survival ***** ***** *****
"If you prepare for the emergency,
the emergency ceases to exist!"
-- Sherman House
3 Tips to Protect Against Home Invasion
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/1/14/3-tips-to-protect-against-home-invasion/
Excerpt:
"Any cell phone, in a service plan or not, can call 911
and summon help and having a cell phone dedicated to summoning
help in an emergency gives you one less thing to worry about
when your life and the lives of your family are on the line."
*** [This is very important. Please read this. -- Jon Low] ***
Seven (7) Key Trauma Management Tips and Tools For the Armed Individual
https://www.shooting-performance.com/seven-7-key-trauma-management-tips-and-tools-for-the-armed-individual/
Excerpts:
"Since the introduction and popularization of the
Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK), there has been an explosion
in awareness around the necessity for medical kit and training."
[A lot of people get the IFAK. Not so many people get the
training. Do your loved ones a favor, get the training. -- Jon Low]
". . . at least 75% of those students show up with their
tourniquets still sealed in plastic. This is simply unacceptable.
The skills necessary to perform lifesaving first aid on a trauma
victim are not complex, however the time to practice them is not
in the middle of a critical incident. Just like any other skill
that you want to be able to perform under duress, it needs to be
hard-wired before you need it."
". . . they need to be able to stop severe bleeding."
". . . tourniquets [are] life-saving, they are safe and
should be considered as first-line therapy for severe bleeding."
[If you think the victim may lose a limb because of the tourniquet,
your training is obsolete. -- Jon Low]
"Of all the currently available commercial tourniquets,
I prefer the Combat Application Tourniquet, or CAT."
[I agree. -- Jon Low]
"I use Celox in all of my trauma kits."
[If you think Hemostatic Agents will burn your patient,
your training is obsolete. -- Jon Low]
"The reality is that with Celox gauze, you will likely
have you get most of your hand down into a fist-sized wound
in order to get the best results. Simply laying the gauze
across the top won’t get the job done."
". . . hemostatics are only to be applied after a tourniquet
has failed to control the bleeding."
"My rule is simple; if victims can’t fight you off when
you try to place the nasal airway, then they need it."
[Using lubricant makes this procedure easier. -- Jon Low]
"First aid gear is not a good luck charm.
Buying it does not improve your survivability or readiness.
You have to train with it."
"The focus of this skillset [Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)]
should be winning not only the fight, but the aftermath."
"Students should be taught self-aid and buddy-aid and
be able to perform these skills in adverse conditions
(e.g. one-handed, in the dark, etc.)."
[Just like your weapon handling skills. -- Jon Low]
"A class should cover the use of everything in an IFAK
and should address the three most common preventable causes
of death from trauma: uncontrolled extremity hemorrhage,
the tension pneumothorax, and airway compromise."
[Digging the vomit out of his mouth and throat is not enough.
You have to clear the airway. He may have swallowed his tongue,
you need to pull it out. The trachea may be crushed, you
need to open it. Otherwise, . . . -- Jon Low]
"Basic first aid skills are a must for any responsible adult . . ."
***** ***** ***** Miscellany ***** ***** *****
When it's least expected, you're selected.
-- John Farnam
When I was in grad school, we put monitors on all of the internet backbone
servers. We found that about 15% of all emails just disappear, no error message,
no bounce back, nothing. So, the intended recipient never finds out that he
didn't get that piece of email, and the sender never finds out that the email
did not get delivered. That's why it is so important to ask for confirmation on
any important email, and assume the email did not get delivered unless you get
the confirmation. UDP over IP is an unreliable protocol by design. Speed is more
important than reliability, so the designers made the engineering trade off.
In addition to that, your ISP (internet service provider) blocks any email
they think is spam (because someone complained about it, maybe not you),
inappropriate (porn), illegal (kiddie porn), or politically incorrect (Christian,
conservative, pro-gun, pro-life, etc.); depending on which software they are using.
[Fazoli's restaurants uses an ISP that uses software that classified Royal Range
(a local gun store and indoor range) as a hate group. Fazoli's corporate said,
talk to the ISP. The ISP said, talk to the software company. The software
company said, pound sand.] These emails do not get thrown into your spam folder
in your email account; they just disappear.
In addition to that, the other party's ISP is doing the same thing.
So, you are not receiving a lot of email that is addressed to you. Which
is okay, as you probably don't want it anyway. And emails that you sent
are not getting delivered. And there is no tracking. So, in a sense, the
U.S. Postal service is better than email.
So, make sure to get confirmation on any email of importance to you.
In butler school, we were taught to anticipate our client's needs.
(We were also taught never to eat garlic.)
If the client has to ask you for something, or ask you to do something,
you're not really doing your job. There were many things the school
expected us to do that the client would never notice. If the client never
notices the butler, you're doing a good job.
The school only accepted students who had a servant's heart. I did
not really understand that concept until I studied Christianity. Perhaps,
that is why all of the students were Christians. (Every student in my
class at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center was a
Christian. At a time when the Corps was trying to diversify.)
The Headmaster tells me that clients these days are asking for
butlers with competency in protective services. (Preventing the attack
or kidnapping, as opposed to responding to it.) The school is not
recruiting prior law enforcement because they are trained to respond,
not to prevent. If your brain is working and you are taking precautions,
you shouldn't need to use the gun you carry.
"The mark of a superior gunman is his superior training,
which alleviates the need for his superior marksmanship skills."
-- I'm sorry. I don't remember who said that.
I find it interesting how the protective services training is
being folded into the service industry. Those in the Secret Service
or Executive Protection would never consider themselves servants.
Attitude is everything.
Jesus said, there will always be poor among us. But, it is also
true that there will always be rich among us. The school took care to
always place their graduates with families of stable wealth to ensure
the graduate could spend an entire career in the employ of one family.
Stable wealth is not the same as old money. (Every listen to Dave Ramsey?)
Semper Fidelis,
Jonathan D. Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com
We are God's hedge of protection around our loved ones,
neighbors, and community. (allusion to what Satan says to God
in the book of Job) When the angels are busy, God uses humans.
***** ***** ***** Software ***** ***** *****
"Train, Practice, Compete
are the key elements in the development of humans."
-- John M. Buol, Jr.
----- Mindset -----
“Cleanliness and order are not matters of ‘instinct.’
They are matters of education, and like most great things,
you must cultivate a taste for them.”
-- Benjamin Disraeli
". . . don’t put yourself in a position where you’ve unnecessarily
increased your prospects for getting shot and killed, even if your
killing is later determined to be unlawful, and that you were “in the right.”
You’ll still be “in the ground.” And that’s not a win."
-- Andrew Branca
"Fear is an instinct. Courage is a choice."
-- Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, USN
". . . I don’t care how long you’ve been doing this,
get out and train with someone else. Pick up some new tricks,
knock the rust off, and see what goes on outside your own
organization." -- Tom Givens
"Destiny doesn't make appointments,
nor does she waste her time with the naive and unready!"
-- John Farnam
“Grass-eaters are easily identified and selected for their
chosen status of victimhood. On the other side of the ledger,
we Operators have audaciously claimed our own image and likeness
to our Creator.
Being barely alive, but on your own terms, is better by far
than living a bloated half-life on someone else's.”
-- Anon
----- Safety -----
Don't go to stupid places.
Don't do stupid things.
Don't hang out with stupid people.
Be in bed by 10 PM. Your own bed.
Don't look like a freak.
Don't fail the attitude test.
-- John Farnam
The Spellcheck Problem (Explained Discreetly)
https://www.corneredcat.com/the-spellcheck-problem-explained-discreetly/
Excerpt:
"This is also why potential students should look very suspiciously
at any program that has novices-watching-novices as a part of the safety
protocols. People cannot see whole categories of our own mistakes, and
naive observers are also unlikely to catch those same mistakes when
others make them. Because of this, setting novices to watch novices may
help the observers learn to see the errors, but it does little or
nothing for safety among those who are handling the guns at the moment."
[This is why I no longer attend Front Sight and no longer recommend
Front Sight to others. In the beginning (1995), it was a wonderful
gun school, with a policy of at least one instructor for every five
students. But, as the school grew, they could not hire enough instructors.
So, they implemented a policy of pairs of students watching each other
and coaching each other. But, a novice student has no business watching
for safety violations and certainly no business coaching anyone. -- Jon Low]
SAFETY RULES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVzziCOcVUY
Invite your newbie friends to watch this, before taking them to the range.
They may then ask you safety questions that you can't answer. Shame on you.
So, maybe you should view the video.
"The fast and / or emphatic reholster is an awesome way to shoot yourself."
-- Chuck Haggard
----- Training -----
"Reasons for training:
1. You don't know what you don't know.
2. Much of what you know is wrong.
3. It's good to have some of the answers to the test before taking it."
-- Claude Werner the Tactical Professor
Cops aren't shooters, but they should be
https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/training/articles/cops-arent-shooters-but-they-should-be-cJnbtzz0se3aBlk7/
Excerpts:
"While offering trigger time and rounds down range,
qualification holds no training value."
". . . some administrators fail to see the value of providing training
above what is mandated."
". . . cops aren’t shooters . . . but they should be."
[Over the decades that I have taught self defense with a pistol,
I have approached law enforcement officers, given them my card, and
offered them training. (Especially those sitting in restaurants
with their backs to the doors, or in condition white.) Zero have
contacted me. As opposed to hundreds of civilians who find out
through casual conversation that I am an instructor and follow up.
Cops used to be warriors. Now they are social workers.
Because that is the voter's choice. -- Jon Low]
"The real value of training, though, is that it improves competence,
which leads to a higher level of confidence."
-- Rehn & Daub
I attended an active killer seminar presented by Brink Fidler of
Defend Systems.
https://www.defendsystems.com/
These are some of the things I learned:
Always have a plan, in every situation, in every location.
If you have a plan (a script), you will execute to your plan.
Which means you won't freeze or do something stupid.
If you have a plan, you will respond. If you don't have
a plan, you will react. Most reactions to high stress situations
are wrong.
Learn how to stop bleeding.
When you call 911, give the dispatcher an exact location.
So, you have to know where you are, where your office is, e.g.
second floor, north-east side of building, third window from
the east corner of the building, at 234 Maple Street.
If you can't give explicit directions on how to find you,
the police and EMS won't be able to find you.
Untrained people in a high stress situation go through
three stages: Denial, Deliberation, Decisive Action. With
training, you can go directly to Decisive Action.
Attack the eyes of the assailant.
Make sure your organization has a mass communication and
notification system. Regularly test the system.
Security paradigm: DEFEND
Deter Be assertive.
Evade It's gun fire, until it's not.
Fortify Move to deep corners (not visible from the doorway).
Evaluate Notify 911: "Location", "Active shooter".
Defend Get within one step of the doorway to ambush.
The police priorities are:
1. Stop the killing. (So, don't expect them to stop to help you.)
2. Stop the dying.
3. Evacuate.
4. Process the scene.
Trust your instincts. Don't worry about being rude.
Don't worry about anyone perceiving you as racist. The
criminal is manipulating you. Trust your instincts.
Have a bag policy at your church or business. Inspect
all bags before allowing them into your facility.
Invite cops over to tour your place. Feed them.
You want them to know you. So, they don't accidentally
shoot you when they respond in an emergency.
Have removable floor plans posted at all entrances.
Arrange for a "Stop the Bleed" class. They are free.
https://www.stopthebleed.org/
Arrange for first aid classes.
https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/first-aid
Take the correct course. You don't need to know how to take
a person's blood pressure. You need to know how to stop an
arterial bleed.
"You train for the people who love you."
-- Tatiana Whitlock
I attended a seminar "Providing Physical Security for
Houses of Worship and Ministries" presented by Michael Mann
of Michael Mann Security Services.
https://michaelmannsecurityservices.com/
Some of the things I learned:
"Violent attacks committed against churches, houses of worship,
Christian schools, and other ministries are not random or unpredictable.
There are pre-incident indicators that can be identified and used to
assess risk and prevent attack."
Our primary purpose is to prevent, not to respond. If we
have to respond, we failed to prevent.
The gun and uniform do not prevent. The assertive questioning
attitude prevents. Greeting deters.
Maintain three layers: Outside in the parking lot, at every
portal, and inside.
Recruit volunteers. [Paid security are mercenaries. They
don't necessarily love your people. And may not be willing to
sacrifice their lives for your people. (Remember Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida?) -- Jon Low]
Mitigate liability by training and certifying your volunteers,
in medical, hand-to-hand combat, less than lethal weapons, and
firearms skills.
There is risk. So, the organization (church), must have insurance
that covers the volunteers. The individual volunteers must have
pre-paid legal coverage (it's not really self-defense insurance,
see the articles comparing pre-paid legal coverage in the Legal section below).
"The real value of training and practice isn't gaining technical competence,
it's achieving confidence in your abilities."
-- Claude Werner the Tactical Professor
Top 9 Mistakes I See In Training Classes
https://www.shooting-performance.com/top-9-mistakes-i-see-training-classes/
Excerpt:
"Sometimes what you need to hear is not what you want to hear, . . ."
[I don't agree with everything in this article. But, it is critically
important to read differing points of view. Because it might work for you.
-- Jon Low]
The Handgun Skills Triad – The Key to High Performance Shooting
https://www.shooting-performance.com/the-handgun-skills-triad-the-key-to-high-performance-shooting/
Excerpt:
"Be careful you don’t get caught in the trap of repeating the same
wrong technique over and over because the subconscious mind has
programmed that routine (although wrong) from countless repetitions.
How do you know if you are doing something wrong? Shoot video!"
[Practicing in front of a mirror also works well. -- Jon Low]
"My buddy Rob Leatham says it best:
“You can’t learn to run by trying to walk fast,
they are completely different movements!” "
[I don't agree with everything in this article. But, it is critically
important to read differing points of view. Because it might work for you.
-- Jon Low]
"Training is NOT an event, but a process.
Training is the preparation FOR practice".
-- Claude Werner
----- Practice -----
Practice is the small deposits you make over time,
so that in an emergency, you can make that big withdrawal.
-- Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III
Marksmanship is a perishable skill. So, yes, you have
to practice regularly (at least dry practice weekly and
live fire monthly).
"The only purpose of live fire practice is to verify
what you learned in dry practice." -- Dr. Ignatius Piazza
The recency of your practice is far more important
than the volume of your practice. Practicing beyond your
attention span has diminishing returns. Practice that
occurred recently (you still feel it in your soul) has
exponential returns.
"It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away at the inessentials!"
-- Bruce Lee
Getting the Most Out of Practice
https://files.constantcontact.com/af94ab47001/39463469-73f1-40a6-8dfe-2753a1e3c325.pdf
Yes, this is an archery article, but applies directly to you.
"Panic is simply the lack of preprogrammed responses."
-- Tom Givens
Shooting From the Ground
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/shooting-from-the-ground
Greg gives us important awkward positions to practice
presenting from.
Why practice?
"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment
when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and
offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique
to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if
that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that
which could have been their finest hour."
-- Winston Churchill
Dry practice builds manipulation skills.
Live practice builds shooting skills.
-- Mike Seeklander
Be careful what you practice.
Because you will do in combat whatever you
have practiced, no matter how ridiculous."
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
----- Techniques -----
"Use only that which works,
and take it from any place you can find it."
-- Bruce Lee
Why ‘point shooting’ doesn’t work on its own
http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/why-point-shooting-doesnt-work-on-its-own/law-enforcement-defense-security
This is deep truth that you need to understand.
I don't teach shooting without using the sights, because
in a critical high stress situation, you have to guarantee
hits. Because every miss is damaging property, injuring
innocent persons, maybe killing them. You can't guarantee
hits if you don't know where your sights are.
If you are so close to your target that you can
guarantee hits, and sticking your pistol out in front of you
would allow the enemy to grab your pistol, then you
wouldn't use your sights.
What To Do When Your Pistol Doesn't Fire
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/1/24/what-to-do-when-your-pistol-doesnt-fire/
Coaching for Accuracy: Improving Your Trigger Technique
https://thecmp.org/coaching-for-accuracy-improving-your-trigger-technique/
This directly applies to defensive pistolcraft.
You have to have your trigger finger in the correct
position relative to the trigger and the barrel. If not,
have your gunsmith move the trigger. Yes, as a matter of
fact this can be done on any pistol.
You have to trap your trigger to the rear after the
shot and hold the trigger there until you get your sights
back on the target (the one you just shot, not the next
one) for your second sight movie. This is an essential
part of your follow through. If you think you can go
faster by skipping this step, you're right. But, you
will be lowering the probability of hitting your intended
target. Oh, you'll definitely hit something. Because
you won't be on a multi-million dollar range with soft
dirt berms to catch your bullets. The choice is always
yours. Choose wisely.
Trigger Finger Placement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36zA3jNC1Zs
Off Hand Fending Position by Craig Douglas of Shivworks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGODxQH_b-I
Tatiana Whitlock demos some options when you have fight with others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQq7ao6vsH8
Craig Douglas teaches How to draw a firearm while standing in a crowd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZwYmNwlVi8
Jennifer Barretta's 3-Rail Kick System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOctfGqCJRc
As Jennifer says, "It's not magic, it's knowledge."
(Just like our surprise trigger break.)
You can't test the table (the environment that you are
operating in), but you can test all of your equipment.
Notice that she knows what is important (the vanishing point)
and what is not important (the position of the cue ball).
Similarly for pistolcraft. Sight alignment is important.
Sight movie, not so much. Because everything will be moving
in a combat situation. Stance, platform, body position, etc.
don't matter.
The reason the guy couldn't make the shot is because he is
grossly inconsistent, so his adjustments don't matter.
It's as a shooter making sight adjustments when he's not
grouping in the first place, a waste of time and ammo.
They don't mention it, but the harder you hit the ball
into the rail, the sharper the angle of reflection (all
other things being equal).
The masse shot is generally driving the cue ball into the
table to get it to bounce off the slate, as a trampoline.
But, Jennifer is simply using the shot to get the correct
English on the cue ball.
I used to play at Skyline Billiards in my misspent middle age.
Fond memories.
Ana P. Vazquez v Valentina A. Giraldo – recurve junior women gold | World Youth Championships 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilA-uusMHis
Notice that Valentina is closing her non-aiming eye to
eliminate the double image, to ensure she is shooting at
what she thinks she is aiming at. So, she gets 10's.
Ana has both eyes open and is getting shots off to the left.
Why? Because she is shooting at the wrong image. This is
common for right handed shooters who shoot with both eyes
open. (Remember, this is a high stress situation.)
For them it's just points. For us, it's hitting innocent
bystanders. That's why keeping both eyes open when you
fire your shot is criminal stupidity. And teaching
people to shoot with both eyes open all the way through the
shot process is criminal negligence.
No, it's not a matter of sight settings. Unfortunately,
Ana makes sight adjustments between the first and second set,
because her coach does not understand what's going on. He
needs to be fired.
Notice that Valentina uses the classic anchor at the
center of the chin and center of the nose. Easy to maintain
consistency. Consistency is precision.
Ana uses a side of the jaw anchor point. Much more
difficult to maintain consistency. Yes, there are reasons
to use such, but none in her case that would override the
need for consistency.
You should always strive for consistency. Lives depend
on it.
Notice that Valentina has her riser in line with the bones
of her bow arm. Ana does not. Ana's coach needs to be fired.
We always teach that the axis of the bore of your pistol must
be in line with the bones of your firing side arm. Otherwise,
the wrist will bend on every shot. And attempting to prevent
the bending with muscle tension will just cause uncontrollable
torquing in the wrist.
Notice they are wearing breast protectors and arm guards.
(Just as we always wear ear and eye protection when practicing.)
I have seen American archers at the International level
not wearing such. Criminal stupidity. Coaches that should
have been fired. But, Olympic sports have far more politics
than merit; especially in the U.S.
-- Jonathan D. Low, Level III Coach, National Archery Association
Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language | Tradecraft | WIRED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jwUXV4QaTw
Why the Flex is Best
https://gunsmagazine.com/handguns/why-the-flex-is-best/
I don't agree with Mas, and I don't teach this.
But, it's critically important to read, study, and understand
things that you don't agree with.
6 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Recoil Control With A Handgun
https://www.shooting-performance.com/tips-to-building-the-perfect-high-performance-grip-handgun/
I don't agree with Mike. But, it's critically important to read,
study, and understand things that you don't agree with. That's sort
of the definition of an open mind.
I believe it is essential to trap the trigger to the rear
after the shot and get the sights back on the target you just
shot for the second sight movie, before you reset the trigger
and before you move your eyes to the next target. Getting the
second sight movie with the trigger still trapped to the rear is
"follow through".
Sight alignment and sight movie control where the pistol
is pointed when the firing pin hits the primer. Follow through
controls where the pistol is pointed when the bullet exits the
muzzle.
I often read or hear instructors telling their students
to press the trigger without disturbing the sight alignment
and sight picture. But, they don't explain how to do that.
The answer to the question HOW? is "Surprise Trigger Break".
The surprise break defeats all of the shooter's autonomic
nervous system responses to recoil and report. Because the
shooter's brain does not know exactly when the pistol will
fire, the pushing, jerking, freezing, flinching, etc. all
happen after the bullet has already exited the muzzle.
In the above article, the author says that the right
handed shooter scattering his bullets low left is because the
shooter is jerking the trigger. I believe that is an incorrect
analysis. The bullets are scattering low left because the
shooter is anticipating the recoil and pushing against it.
The anticipatory push forces the bullets low left. (Low
right for a left handed shooter.)
The surprise break is not easy to achieve, because it is
counter intuitive. The shooter naturally wants to "make the
pistol go bang". But, that is wrong on many levels. There
is nothing natural or instinctive about shooting. Shooting
is a learned mechanical skill, as is driving a car.
So, how does one achieve the surprise break?
After you have the correct grip, correct trigger finger placement
in the register position, sight alignment, and sight movie:
1. Touch the trigger. Because you don't know where the trigger
is. Especially in a high stress situation where you grabbed
the pistol from an awkward position.
2. Take the slack out of the trigger. Because yanking through
the slack is not conducive to accurate shooting.
3. Do not fire the shot.
4. Smoothly increase pressure on the trigger.
The pistol will fire, and because you did not intend to fire,
you will have achieved a surprise break. In a high stress
situation with adrenaline in your blood stream, the pistol
will fire much sooner than you expect, because you will be
much stronger than you normally are.
Of course, there are situations where you would not
use the surprise break. Everything is situation dependent.
The surprise break is not new. Col. Jeff Cooper taught
it decades ago in the modern technique. It is alluded to
in the Tao Te Ching (Taoist philosophy) about 2600 years ago
and in Zen Buddhism about 1900 years ago. It has been taught
in archery at least since 1545 A.D. when Roger Ascham
published "Toxophilus". And was articulated explicitly in
"Zen in the Art of Archery" by Eugen Herrigel in 1948 A.D.
"Real fights are short."
-- Bruce Lee
----- Tactics -----
You win gunfights by not getting shot.
-- John Holschen
Texas Church Attack: Post-Shooting Procedures
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/texas-church-attack-post-shooting-procedures
Excerpt:
The church needs to invest in a quality trauma first aid kit
that should be centrally-located and available to the team “medics.”
There should be at least as many medically trained individuals as
gun carriers on your security team. After all, medical emergencies
are far more commonplace than church shootings. Make sure your
church is prepared to handle medical issues as well as security
threats.
Avoidance, Deterrence, and De-escalation
-- John Farnam
"Audacity wins."
-- Carl von Clausewitz
----- Education -----
"You will never get smarter or broaden your horizons
if you're unwilling to learn from others and read."
-- Becca Martin
Lexipol article,
"Understanding Excited Delirium: 4 Takeaways for Law Enforcement Officers"
https://www.lexipol.com/resources/blog/understanding-excited-delirium-4-takeaways-for-law-enforcement-officers/
and webinar,
https://info.lexipol.com/webinar-excited-delirium-ty
Because you might run into these persons. They hang out
in Wal Mart parking lots.
Mike Seeklander's blog, all kinds of interesting articles.
https://www.shooting-performance.com/mikes-blog/
"Cogito, ergo armatum sum." (I think, therefore armed am I.)
-- John Farnam
***** ***** ***** Hardware (which includes you) ***** ***** *****
"I would like to see every
woman know how to handle
guns as naturally as they
know how to handle babies."
-- Annie Oakley
----- Gear -----
"Gadgets don't win gunfights! Skill does."
-- Mike Seeklander
"Preparation doesn't assure victory. It assures confidence."
-- Amit Kalantri
How to inspect your duty ammunition
https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/accessories/ammunition/articles/how-to-inspect-your-duty-ammunition-9Fl7lLIogrmhkxlB/
Yes, ammo manufacturers make mistakes. Don't lose your life
over such a mistake.
Evaluating handguns for YOU
https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2019/08/18/evaluating-handguns-for-you/
Red Dots vs Holographic Sights: What’s Best For You?
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/red-dots-vs-holographic-sights/
If your internet connection is slow, you might have to wait
a few minutes for all the pictures to come up. But, it's worth
the wait.
Comfort & Concealment
https://gunsmagazine.com/handguns/comfort-concealment/
A lightly disguised advertisement for N82 holsters.
https://n82tactical.com/
I bought another pistol. (I can't help myself. It's an addiction.)
I cleaned it. I took a wood file to the polymer frame to removed areas
that have historically given me blisters. My friend, Aidan, machined
out the rear sight, opening it up by 2/100ths of an inch. (I'm old. My
eyes are bad. I need more light around the front sight in order to be
able to see the front sight. And so do you in low light conditions.)
I dug out the white paint in the sights and painted both sights flat black.
(The silhouette of the sights is one sighting system. Which is the only
one visible in low light conditions. The white dots are a second
sighting system. It is highly unlikely that they have the same point
of impact. Having two sighting systems is wrong. Because it takes
time to decide which one to use. Remember Hick's Law?)
I live fire tested it with factory new ammo with copper jacketed
round nose bullets.
From my two handed standing position it grouped 5 rounds in a
2 inch diameter circle at 5 yards (slow fire) consistently. So,
precision is okay. (If not, I would give it to a gunsmith to see
if anything could be done.)
The center of mass of the group was at the point of aim
(top of the front sight). So, accuracy is okay. (If not, I would adjust
the sights.)
I fired 50 rounds without malfunctions. So, reliability is okay.
I inspected the shell casings. The firing pin drags along the
primer a little bit. The side of the cases showed residue indicating
some gas was getting into the chamber between the cartridge case
and the chamber. So, the case was not expanding and sealing the
chamber completely.
I inspected the pistol. Everything appeared to be in good working
order.
I now consider it acceptable to be loaned to a student,
or given as a gift to a friend or relative.
Wow, so many pistol debuted at the Shot Show. John Farnam cites the:
"Mossberg MC2 Pistol, 9mm, 14/16 shooter depending on the magazine
used (you get one of each with the pistol). It’s a double-column version
of the single-column MC1 Pistol 7/9 shooter."
and the
"FN 509 pistol can be had in full-sized (G17), medium-sized (G19),
and compact (G26)."
as being worthy of your consideration.
Visit To The Gunshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68I549o0Tc
Good advice on buying guns by Mike Seeklander.
"The gun may not be effective for you."
"Try before you buy."
"Don't let comfort be your sole or primary consideration."
"Seek out someone with knowledge to advise you."
5 Best Shooting Gloves [2019 Hands-On Test]
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/best-shooting-gloves/
I appreciate a nice pair of gloves. The skin on
my hands is getting weaker with age. Callouses develop
more readily. Got to compensate for time on Earth.
Or, as Deborah Harry says, die young stay pretty.
----- Technical -----
"The shorter the fight, the less hurt you get."
-- John Holschen
Eric explains how to build an AR-15, with lots of photographs.
How to Build an AR-15 Upper Receiver: Ultimate Visual Guide
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/build-ar-15-upper-receiver/
How to Build an AR-15 Lower Receiver [Ultimate Visual Guide]
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/build-ar-15-lower-receiver/
***** ***** ***** Instruction ***** ***** *****
Colonel Robert Lindsey to his fellow trainers:
"We are not God's gift to our students.
Our students are God's gift to us."
----- Instructors -----
Remember, the students who require the extra effort are the ones who need us the most!
-- John Farnam
Novices learn. Journeymen practice. Masters teach.
The master has a duty to teach. Otherwise, the art dies.
"Be careful what you teach.
Because your students will do in combat
whatever you have trained them to do,
no matter how ridiculous.
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
Do you make your students pick up brass after
every string of fire?
Do you have your students holster immediately
after every course of fire?
Do you have your students stand still when
presenting to the target?
If so, it's time to correct your curriculum.
"Every time I teach a class,
I discover I don't know something."
-- Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch
----- Pedagogy -----
Teach positive. Teach what to do. Don't talk about what not to do.
-- John Farnam
An instructor should not expect any learning to take
place the first time new information is presented.
-- "Building Shooters" by Dustin Solomon
***** ***** ***** Legal, Political, and Philosophical ***** ***** *****
How do you win a gunfight?
Don't be there.
-- John Farnam
Only law abiding citizens obey laws. Criminals, by definition and experience,
ignore laws. So, the only people affected by gun-control laws are law abiding
citizens. This is obvious to us. But, far beyond the comprehension of the liberal.
That is why we must defeat the liberals at the ballot box. Otherwise, the state of
Virginia will be the example for the rest of the United States of America.
What can you do?
1. Vote for pro-gun candidates. Yes, you must actually register to vote,
drive to the polling place to vote, and actually vote for the pro-gun candidate.
(This takes research and thinking.)
Remember the persons who sacrificed their lives to give you this right.
If no such candidate exists, you must pull the papers, get the necessary signatures,
and run for office yourself. Yes, I've done it (Hawaii State Senate 15th District,
won the Republican primary, lost the general election), so I can tell you to do it.
2. Donate money to pro-gun candidates. Put your money where you mouth is.
Yes, I do it, so I can tell you to do it.
3. Volunteer to help a campaign. Yes, I've knocked on doors and it works.
Did you notice the black senator from South Carolina? (The one who is not Lindsey Graham
and actually gets things done. [admittedly behind the scenes]) I met him at church
(Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, SC). We got him elected to the U.S. House,
then Governor Nikki Haley appointed him to the U.S. Senate. And there Tim Scott
sits, voting for us. He should have been a preacher. If you'd have heard him preach,
you would have been impressed.
Foundations: The 5 Elements of Self-Defense Law
https://lawofselfdefense.com/foundations-the-5-elements-of-self-defense-law/
Andrew Branca has a gift for you, an info-graphic
describing the 5 elements of the law of self defense.
You may download a copy free of charge at
https://lawofselfdefense.com/beginjourney/
"Be smart and do not conduct yourself in such a manner that
you are handing a prosecutor what they need to see in order to
move you from the “hard to convict” to the “easier to convict”
categories. The latter is much more likely to get you taken to
trial, where even if you’re acquitted you’ll burn through
potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses.
And acquittal is never certain, so there’s also the possibility
of spending decades or more in prison."
-- Andrew Branca
Addendum:
http://defense-training.com/2020/addendum/
Will Training Be Used Against Me in Court? (John's Briefs) | Active Self Protection Extra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svz9wgMYujI&fbclid=IwAR09lqzzZku9owGv5X5ObdAw8mX_Pr0A1Q_Bx3R1KnFJFO_nkqNoNrVOgGU
Nevada sheriffs back lawsuit to block 'red flag' law
https://www.policeone.com/gun-legislation-law-enforcement/articles/nev-sheriffs-back-lawsuit-to-block-red-flag-law-r1EMJMPOxSt1cegd/
It's not just Virginia, Nevada sheriffs are fighting unconstitutional
gun confiscation laws. This will be coming to a neighborhood near you.
Be prepared.
How to fight back against media misinformation
https://gunsmagazine.com/discover/the-press-perpetuates-prevarications/
Yes, you can do these things. Yes, you will make a difference.
Please subscribe to Crime Prevention Research Center, (it's free and numbers matter)
https://crimepreventionresearchcenter.nationbuilder.com/subscribe
Please support their scientific research, (as a practicing scientist,
I assure you this is real science)
https://crimepreventionresearchcenter.nationbuilder.com/donate
To see the results of their research,
https://prezi.com/6baszjujoz1m/copy-of-crime-prevention-research-center/
Self defense insurance: (more correctly, pre-paid legal services)
6 Concealed Carry Insurance Options To Protect Your Six (2019)
https://gundigest.com/handguns/concealed-carry/4-self-defense-insurance-options
Self-Defense Gun Owner Insurance Programs Compared (actually, pre-paid legal services)
https://www.concealedcarry.com/self-defense-gun-owner-insurance-programs-compared/
This web page, the chart, and the PDF file are updated on a regular basis.
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty.
Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.
Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force.
Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”
-- Patrick Henry
"Trump signs bill to improve security for religious groups
The new federal law provides $75 million a year,
for the next five years, in grants for institutions
to improve security measures"
https://www.policeone.com/terrorism/articles/trump-signs-bill-to-improve-security-for-religious-groups-48hhy9JaRVNW6pyG/
If you write to President Trump at
President Trump
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
the Trump administration will help you.
They are very good about customer service.
I know from personal experience.
This is happening in New Zealand.
Let's work to prevent it from happening
here in the U.S.A.
https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/breaking-the-raids-have-begun-all-for-a-22-bunny-gun/
***** ***** ***** Survival ***** ***** *****
"If you prepare for the emergency,
the emergency ceases to exist!"
-- Sherman House
3 Tips to Protect Against Home Invasion
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2020/1/14/3-tips-to-protect-against-home-invasion/
Excerpt:
"Any cell phone, in a service plan or not, can call 911
and summon help and having a cell phone dedicated to summoning
help in an emergency gives you one less thing to worry about
when your life and the lives of your family are on the line."
*** [This is very important. Please read this. -- Jon Low] ***
Seven (7) Key Trauma Management Tips and Tools For the Armed Individual
https://www.shooting-performance.com/seven-7-key-trauma-management-tips-and-tools-for-the-armed-individual/
Excerpts:
"Since the introduction and popularization of the
Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK), there has been an explosion
in awareness around the necessity for medical kit and training."
[A lot of people get the IFAK. Not so many people get the
training. Do your loved ones a favor, get the training. -- Jon Low]
". . . at least 75% of those students show up with their
tourniquets still sealed in plastic. This is simply unacceptable.
The skills necessary to perform lifesaving first aid on a trauma
victim are not complex, however the time to practice them is not
in the middle of a critical incident. Just like any other skill
that you want to be able to perform under duress, it needs to be
hard-wired before you need it."
". . . they need to be able to stop severe bleeding."
". . . tourniquets [are] life-saving, they are safe and
should be considered as first-line therapy for severe bleeding."
[If you think the victim may lose a limb because of the tourniquet,
your training is obsolete. -- Jon Low]
"Of all the currently available commercial tourniquets,
I prefer the Combat Application Tourniquet, or CAT."
[I agree. -- Jon Low]
"I use Celox in all of my trauma kits."
[If you think Hemostatic Agents will burn your patient,
your training is obsolete. -- Jon Low]
"The reality is that with Celox gauze, you will likely
have you get most of your hand down into a fist-sized wound
in order to get the best results. Simply laying the gauze
across the top won’t get the job done."
". . . hemostatics are only to be applied after a tourniquet
has failed to control the bleeding."
"My rule is simple; if victims can’t fight you off when
you try to place the nasal airway, then they need it."
[Using lubricant makes this procedure easier. -- Jon Low]
"First aid gear is not a good luck charm.
Buying it does not improve your survivability or readiness.
You have to train with it."
"The focus of this skillset [Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)]
should be winning not only the fight, but the aftermath."
"Students should be taught self-aid and buddy-aid and
be able to perform these skills in adverse conditions
(e.g. one-handed, in the dark, etc.)."
[Just like your weapon handling skills. -- Jon Low]
"A class should cover the use of everything in an IFAK
and should address the three most common preventable causes
of death from trauma: uncontrolled extremity hemorrhage,
the tension pneumothorax, and airway compromise."
[Digging the vomit out of his mouth and throat is not enough.
You have to clear the airway. He may have swallowed his tongue,
you need to pull it out. The trachea may be crushed, you
need to open it. Otherwise, . . . -- Jon Low]
"Basic first aid skills are a must for any responsible adult . . ."
***** ***** ***** Miscellany ***** ***** *****
When it's least expected, you're selected.
-- John Farnam
When I was in grad school, we put monitors on all of the internet backbone
servers. We found that about 15% of all emails just disappear, no error message,
no bounce back, nothing. So, the intended recipient never finds out that he
didn't get that piece of email, and the sender never finds out that the email
did not get delivered. That's why it is so important to ask for confirmation on
any important email, and assume the email did not get delivered unless you get
the confirmation. UDP over IP is an unreliable protocol by design. Speed is more
important than reliability, so the designers made the engineering trade off.
In addition to that, your ISP (internet service provider) blocks any email
they think is spam (because someone complained about it, maybe not you),
inappropriate (porn), illegal (kiddie porn), or politically incorrect (Christian,
conservative, pro-gun, pro-life, etc.); depending on which software they are using.
[Fazoli's restaurants uses an ISP that uses software that classified Royal Range
(a local gun store and indoor range) as a hate group. Fazoli's corporate said,
talk to the ISP. The ISP said, talk to the software company. The software
company said, pound sand.] These emails do not get thrown into your spam folder
in your email account; they just disappear.
In addition to that, the other party's ISP is doing the same thing.
So, you are not receiving a lot of email that is addressed to you. Which
is okay, as you probably don't want it anyway. And emails that you sent
are not getting delivered. And there is no tracking. So, in a sense, the
U.S. Postal service is better than email.
So, make sure to get confirmation on any email of importance to you.
In butler school, we were taught to anticipate our client's needs.
(We were also taught never to eat garlic.)
If the client has to ask you for something, or ask you to do something,
you're not really doing your job. There were many things the school
expected us to do that the client would never notice. If the client never
notices the butler, you're doing a good job.
The school only accepted students who had a servant's heart. I did
not really understand that concept until I studied Christianity. Perhaps,
that is why all of the students were Christians. (Every student in my
class at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center was a
Christian. At a time when the Corps was trying to diversify.)
The Headmaster tells me that clients these days are asking for
butlers with competency in protective services. (Preventing the attack
or kidnapping, as opposed to responding to it.) The school is not
recruiting prior law enforcement because they are trained to respond,
not to prevent. If your brain is working and you are taking precautions,
you shouldn't need to use the gun you carry.
"The mark of a superior gunman is his superior training,
which alleviates the need for his superior marksmanship skills."
-- I'm sorry. I don't remember who said that.
I find it interesting how the protective services training is
being folded into the service industry. Those in the Secret Service
or Executive Protection would never consider themselves servants.
Attitude is everything.
Jesus said, there will always be poor among us. But, it is also
true that there will always be rich among us. The school took care to
always place their graduates with families of stable wealth to ensure
the graduate could spend an entire career in the employ of one family.
Stable wealth is not the same as old money. (Every listen to Dave Ramsey?)
Semper Fidelis,
Jonathan D. Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com
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