Greetings Sheepdogs,
You need to subscribe to CPRC. The information is enlightening.
Gun control is directly responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
"Jordan Peterson on the meaning of life for men." (Not just for men.)
Responsibility.
Vote with your dollars.
"GOA, Canik, And Classic Firearms Team Up On The Limited Edition Canik"
by Darwin N.
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Course - NAEMT Certified
$495.00
This is part of a well rounded education. I took the class. I highly recommend it.
I published my Defensive Pistol class outline (book) on Smashwords. You can
download it free of charge. Smashwords got bought out by Draft2Digital.
Draft2Digital is paying me royalties (32¢ so far), even though the book is free.
You can download it free of charge at
For the latest version (because it changes with every class that I attend or teach),
please send me an email at Jon_Low@yahoo.com requesting the book "Defensive Pistol".
Table of Contents:
Prevention
Mindset
Situational Awareness
Safety
Training
Practice
Intervention
Strategy
Tactics
Techniques
Postvention
Aftermath
Medical
Survival
Education
Legal
Instruction
Gear
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***** ***** ***** Prevention ***** ***** *****
Things you can do to avoid the lethal force incident.
Table of sections:
Mindset
Safety
Training
Practice
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----- Mindset -----
Figuring out the correct way to think.
‷If you look at someone bigger, faster, and stronger and immediately think,
‶I'm at a disadvantage″,
I have news for you: you are.
But that's only because you just put yourself there for no reason.
The truth is that anyone can do debilitating violence to anyone else.
Your size, your speed, your strength, your gender --
all the factors that untrained people think make the difference when it comes to violence --
all matter far less than your mindset and your intent.‴
-- Tim Larkin
"Optimal Response" by Steve Tarani
Excerpt:
"Choosing the most effective mindset is not a matter of reading a book,
attending a class, or watching a video. It is simply a matter of making up
your mind. All you need to do is make the conscious decision that personal
security is your responsibility and adopt that choice internally.
“Willingness is a state of mind. Readiness is a statement of fact!”
-- Lt. Gen. David M Shoup, USMC Commandant 1960-1963
The elite athletes had trained and practiced. The journalists had not.
"Your gunfights will always be anomalies.
So are those of all the instructors you venerate.
It’s useful to keep those facts in mind."
-- Greg Ellifritz
"You’re surrounded by killers while pretending you are not"
by Wim Demeere
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
---
Tim Larkin says about 70% of his students are in his classes because they have
suffered a traumatic experience or a close call, and are seeking training to avoid any
future incident.
Just about 100% of my individual students (as opposed to families who attend together)
are in my classes because a male relative or spouse has sent them to my class to learn how
to avoid the traumatic incident.
Just like the parents in the above cited article, you must take action by sending your
loved ones to training, so they can avoid the criminal violence. You can't be there to
protect them 24/7/365. So you must send them for expert training.
No, you can't conduct the training; no matter how expert you think you are.
Being a good instructor requires objectivity and emotional distance. Never attempt
to teach someone with whom you are emotionally involved. (If you are wise, you
would never attempt to teach your girlfriend or wife or child to drive. For instance.)
‟We don’t decide what is necessary to survive a
lethal force encounter initiated by someone else.
That person decides what’s necessary for us to survive.”
– William Aprill
Hi Guardians, (volunteer church security team)
May I invite your attention to
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Course - NAEMT Certified
$495.00 (this is an investment in yourself that will benefit your loved ones and your church)
This is part of a well rounded education. I took the class. I highly recommend it.
Better to have the knowledge and not need it than to need the knowledge and not have it.
Watching a person bleed to death in front of you, because you didn't know what to do,
causes regret and sleepless nights.
Jack Wilson (29 December 2020, West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement,
Texas.) told us that he was able to stop the attack by shooting a single bullet into the
head of the assailant (that instantly killed the murderer) in his church because he had
practiced that shot thousands of times. If you haven't practiced the shot thousands of times,
you won't have the confidence to take the shot, so you won't shoot. Sorry, that's just reality.
Lack of practice results in misses. Every miss is damaging property, injuring innocent
persons, maybe killing them. You must practice enough so that you are confident that
you WILL hit the bad guy with the first shot as he moves though the congregation.
You must be executing deliberate dry practice daily. At least 5 presentations from
concealment to the target. No, you don't need to aim at the target. No, you don't need
to take the slack out of the trigger. No, you don't need to fire. Those are all actions
based on decisions that you make based on what you see. To automatically shoot as
part of your presentation from the holster to the target is WRONG!
If you practice shooting on every presentation, engraining that behavior, striving
to achieve a sub-second to first shot, you will be shooting faster than you can think.
You need time to abort the shot when you recognize the silhouette is your teenager
sneaking back into your house in the middle of the night. Oh yes, lots of documented
cases. Tragic.
Recency of practice is far more important than volume of practice. A few minutes
every day is what you want.
If you're taking one class a year and practicing live fire monthly, you're probably
spending about a thousand dollars a year. (tuition, round trip air fare, hotel, rental car,
ammunition, food, parking at the Nashville airport, etc.) "Volunteer" means you pay
for everything necessary to make you competent to do your job.
The guys in uniform are mercenaries. You are volunteer. Big difference.
Cheers,
Jon
"Reasons for Concealed Carry: My Interview with a Psychopath"
by Will Dabbs, MD
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
‟Fear is an instinct. Courage is a choice.”
-- Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, U.S. Navy
***** Situational Awareness *****
How to avoid being taken by surprise.
“You need to have the capacity for danger. You need to be ‘dangerous’.
Yet, you need to learn how to not use it except when necessary.
And, that is not the same thing as being harmless.
There's nothing virtuous about harmlessness.
Harmless just means you’re ineffectual and useless.”
-- Jordan Peterson
"An Innovative Take on Mental Awareness" by Stephen Wenger
"Origin Story
Concealed Carry from the Dark Ages"
by Will Dabbs, MD
Excerpts:
"When she noted my confusion, she asked me if I had ever been frisked by the police.
I replied I had not. She went on to explain I could have carried a concealed weapon
every day from first grade to the present and no one ever would have known. She said
the fact I was standing there meant I needed it and criminals didn’t make a habit of
asking the police for permission to carry a gun. Hers was the most profound wisdom
I have ever heard from a government servant."
"The GCA [1968 Gun Control Act] was intended to restrict availability of cheap
“Saturday Night Specials.” I was living proof sometimes cheap
“Saturday Night Specials” were all a working man could afford."
"Nowadays more than 19 million Americans hold a valid concealed carry license,
and 20 states allow concealed carry without a permit. In a nation with 196 million
adults, it means at least one-tenth of the population packs heat."
---
Always carry your pocket pistol in a pocket holster in your pocket. Without the pocket
holster to protect the trigger, something (cloth of your pocket, keys, a pen) may pull the
trigger and fire the pistol.
Glaser Safety Slugs don't have sufficient penetration to destroy vital organs, so they
won't stop the attack, so you will have to fire multiple times. The prosecutor will use
that as evidence of excessive force. Use the heaviest hollow point bullets and the most
powerful cartridge that you can fire accurately.
Carrying your pistol at the small of your back will cause spinal cord damage when you
fall to your back. Even if you fall correctly. Falling to your back is common in fights.
The holster is the safety for the pistol. That's why pistols don't need manual safeties.
Long guns are not generally carried in holsters, so their triggers are exposed, so they
need manual safeties.
"In film Black Hawk Down. There’s a scene of note where Eric Bana, playing a
Delta Force ass-kicker, is chastised by a superior officer for his M-16 being off-safe.
Bana holds up his index finger and flexes it in front of the commander’s nose.
“This here is my safety,” he replies." Excerpted from
"Safeties: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Like them Or Not. They're Here To Stay"
by Clayton Walker
This is wrong on many levels: disrespect to a superior officer, violation of safety rule,
bad attitude, ignorance of why the safety is designed and built into the rifle, etc.
"Jeff Cooper's Color Code exists to help you get your head
around the need to kill someone in the immediate future."
-- John Hearne
---
Jeff Cooper's Color Code of Mental Awareness
UNAWARE - of what's going on around you. (White)
AWARE - of who is around you and what they are doing. (Yellow)
ALERT - to a potential threat and taking action to avoid the threat. (Orange)
ALARM - by a real threat and taking action to escape the threat,
which might include shooting to PREVENT the attack. (Red)
COMBAT - front sight, press. Shooting to STOP the attack. (Black)
---
The colors in the color code add a layer of abstraction with no added value.
So, I don't teach the meaningless colors. I have adopted the NRA words and
teach the meaningful words. I think you should too.
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----- Safety -----
How to prevent the bad thing from happening in the first place.
How to avoid shooting yourself, friendlies, and innocent bystanders.
How to prevent unauthorized persons from using your guns.
Jeff Cooper′s Rules of Gun Safety
RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED. [Believing that all guns are loaded,
as opposed to pretending that all guns are loaded.]
RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING
THAT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY. [The probability
of you causing a negligent discharge is only lower than you causing a
negligent auto collision because you shoot less than you drive.]
RULE III: KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER
UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET. [Trigger confirmation
is the path to negligent discharges.]
RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET. [Good guys never shoot at movement,
shadows, noises, or though opaque doors. Good guys are always aware of
what their bullet will hit if it ricochets, if it passes through their intended
target, if it misses the intended target. Good guys are aware that bullets
will bounce off the surface of bodies of water: oceans, lakes, ponds, puddles.]
---
Safety RULE V: Maintain control of your gun. -- Stephen P. Wenger
[If your gun was stolen in a burglary, you did not maintain control of your gun.
"It wasn't my fault. It was a criminal burglary."
Yes, the burglar stole your gun. But, you let the burglar steal your gun by
not maintaining control of your gun. What did the burglar need to do to steal
your gun? What could you have done to prevent the theft? Why hadn't you
done that?
If the burglar didn't have to break a door with a dead bolt, cut a lock with
4 foot long bolt cutters, use a high speed grinder to cut the wall of your safe,
or kill your dog, there was more you should have done.
Ya, as a matter of fact, it is your responsibility. Stolen pistols are used in
crimes in the community in which they are stolen. So we are talking about
the safety of your community, your spouse, your children.
-- Jon Low]
"Photos, documents detail moments after shooting death of Ohio corrections officer"
by WBNS 10TV
---
"Documents reveal what led up to shooting death of Ohio corrections officer"
by Collin Dorsey
---
I would suggest that weapons NEVER need to be pointed at other persons in training.
Doing so violates our safety rule,
RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING
YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY.
---
A Rangemaster Certified Instructor notes --
"The report said that he cleared the round from the chamber THEN removed the magazine . . ."
[Which means he racked the slide of his semi-auto pistol, which ejected the round in
the chamber and loaded a round from the magazine into the chamber, THEN he removed
the magazine. So, there was a round in the chamber. He executed the unloading procedure
in the wrong order.
-- Jon Low]
"It's easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble."
-- Claude Werner
"Pay Attention!" by Tom Givens
Excerpt:
“Why would you wear a gun to go to the grocery store?”,
the incredulous sheep asks. I guarantee you, every time you
go to your local grocery, you are in there with violent offenders
who are out on parole, probation, or bail; offenders wanted
by police but not yet apprehended; or violent, unstable,
extremely dangerous mentally ill subjects.
"HOME INVADERS AT MY HOME!" by Hock Hochheim
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Never open your door for strangers. (Or, people you don't like.)
Gun control laws make women less safe.
"Ethnic Gangs!" by John Farnam
---
These gangs have automatic rifles. Do you? These gangs operate in coordinated teams.
Do you? How is your militia or vigilante team? Or do you think you can defend yourself
and your family from the gangs by yourself? Because the police are not responding.
Good luck on that.
As Michael Mann says, "Prevention, not reaction." If you want zero friendly casualties,
you must strike pre-emptively and decisively. If the police don't show up when good
citizens complain of gangs, what makes you think the police will show up when the
gangs complain about your militia? I'm joking. No, as a matter of fact, I'm not.
---
"I have asserted the right of Negroes to meet the violence of the Ku Klux Klan
by armed self-defense – and have acted on it. It has always been an accepted right
of Americans, as the history of our Western states proves, that where the law is unable,
or unwilling, to enforce order, the citizens can, and must act in self-defense against
lawless violence."
Excerpt from "Negroes with Guns" by Robert Franklin Williams,
first published in 1962.
ISBN-10: 0814327141, ISBN-13: 978-0814327142
Mr. Williams was a U.S. Marine and a World War II veteran.
Mr. Williams received a charter from the National Rifle Association in 1957 and
founded the Black Armed Guard. (NRA charters were a way to get around the gun
control laws of the times.)
Some will quote the statistic that 94% of mass murders occur in gun-free-zones.
Implying that 6% of mass murders occur in places where good guys had guns.
This is a lie. 100% of mass murders occur in gun-free-zones. Because if there
were a good guy with a gun in the vicinity of the mass murderer, the good guy would
have stopped the mass murderer. So there would not have been a mass murder to
report, because no mass murder would have occurred. It was prevented.
The fact that a mass murder occurred and was hence reported means no one stopped
it. Which means that the mass murder occurred in a de facto gun-free-zone.
"Is Your Pistol Oven Safe?" by Docent
Cited article,
"Handgun forgotten inside oven fires off multiple rounds in Virginia home after overheating"
by Richard Pollina
Cited article,
"Is It Okay to Store My Gun & Ammo in a Hot Vehicle?"
by OnlineTexasLTC.com
Claims that at 400℉ cartridges will spontaneously detonate.
---
Most household ovens will go up to about 500℉. Commercial ovens go a little higher.
But the self cleaning ovens go up to about 900℉ in their cleaning cycle. There is very
little organic material that won't get reduced to white ash at such temperatures.
Email that I sent to my security team --
Why it is so important to do the flags correctly.
Last year I attended the
Security Operations Summit 2023
in Lebanon, TN. I met a gentleman whose job was to interview suspects and convicts.
He told me of a mass murderer who went to a school to kill the children. The bad guy
saw the flag poles. The flags were two-blocked (pulled all the way up, tight at the top
of the flag pole), the ropes were tight, the ropes were tied correctly and neatly on the
cleat. The bad guy thought that this meant that military type persons were in the school
and didn't want to encounter such persons. So the bad guy drove to another school.
At the second school, the bad guy noticed that the flags were not two-blocked, the ropes
were not tight, and the ropes were wound around the cleat, not a locking figure 8 hitch.
The bad guy concluded that a bunch of little old ladies ran the school and the bad guy
had nothing to worry about. So he went in and killed several persons.
The personnel at the first school achieved a psychological stop of the attack. They
were able to cause the bad guy to de-select their school and go to another school by
displaying competence. We should always keep the grounds clean, keep our uniforms
looking sharp, behave in a manner that causes an observer to conclude that we are
ready for combat to display competence to achieve psychological stops.
Using force to stop an attack is more dangerous for everyone. Any conflict has a
non-zero probability of death or grave injury (for us).
So please ask me for help with the flags. I would be happy to teach you how to
do the flags correctly. Winding the rope around the cleat is WRONG! It looks sloppy.
It doesn't exude competence. It doesn't leak the kind of information that we want
to leak.
Cheers,
Jon
Hi Security Team,
I couldn't help noticing that some of us are using holsters that release the retention
device by pressing with the trigger finger. This is an extremely bad idea. It is a design
flaw that has caused many documented injuries. May I invite your attention to
"The Serpa Compendium" by Greg Ellifritz
Cheers,
Jon
"Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns:
30 Cases During May 2024"
John Farnam's rules to keep you out of trouble:
Don’t go to stupid places.
Don’t associate with stupid people.
Don’t do stupid things.
Have a “normal” appearance.
Be in bed by 10:00 PM (your own bed).
Don’t fail the attitude test.
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----- Training -----
Figuring out the correct tasks to practice.
You need training because:
You don't know what you don't know.
Much of what you know is false.
It's good to the have the answers before the criminal tests you.
-- Claude Werner (paraphrased)
"Why Math is Important" by Up and Atom (Jade)
This article is correctly in the training section. I pray you understand.
From an email from Jeff L. Gonzales --
Hello Jonathan,
Those who know me, know I'm a huge rifle fan. I consider it to be my primary
and my handgun is my secondary. I made my living with a rifle and over the years
have tried to get more folks to appreciate these 6 Essential Rifle skills:
Skill #1: Learn the Manual of Arms
Understand how the rifle works. The cycle of operation from start to finish.
How to safely load and unload along with conducting a system's check. Learning
malfunctions and reloading are part of this skill set as well. Be able to do this
starting static day time, then move to static night time. Once this is mastered
work towards doing it more dynamically.
Skill #2: Learn to Properly Zero
This includes how to select the best zero for your mission. Along with your
repeatable grouping performance. If you cannot produce decent groups your
zero will be fuzzy and we want it razor sharp. Zeroing is the most important
essential skill because if you can't hit what you're aiming at because your zero
is off it does you no good. It is also important to know when to reconfirm your
zero along with the environmental effects on your zero.
Skill #3: Learn the Principles of Marksmanship
Not unique to rifles, but marksmanship in general. The key is understanding the
subtleties that go along with a rifle. Developing an appreciation for the sequence,
then being able to apply this sequence instinctively. We teach 6 principles and
you can learn more about them by following the link.
[I'm not sure which link Jeff is referring to because it wasn't in the email, but you
can check out these,
https://tridentconcepts.com/evolved-training-2/blog/daily-defense-with-jeff-gonzales/
https://www.youtube.com/@TridentConcepts/videos
-- Jon Low]
Skill #4: Learn shooting positions
The beauty of a rifle is being able to reach out and touch someone. This may require
shooting from different positions, not to mention working in an urban environment
and exploiting cover. While being on our feet has the advantage of mobility,
it doesn't always mean it is the best for the situation.
Skill #5: Learn to shoot at the maximum effective range
While the vast majority of defensive gun uses with a rifle will occur within 50m
it doesn't mean we don't want to push our skills. Most modern AR15/M4 platforms
are plenty capable of being effective at extended ranges, 300m, 400m, and even 500m
depending on the shooter. Distance will exaggerate any shooting error, make them
easier to see. Plus, it gives you a unique feeling of satisfaction when you are banging
steel on the other side of the ridge line.
Skill #6: Learn Advanced Applications
Employing your skill during advanced applications can be anything from working
at night under night vision, to moving in tight spaces and having to make critical
shots on the move. Taking the cumulative effect of learning the previous skills
and applying them in various situations will be the pinnacle of skill development.
It will also help identify weak areas you want to work on to be a well rounded
rifleman.
Everyone has their own opinion on Essential Skills, but this is our interpretation
based off decades of real world use and instruction.
Don't settle for the run of the mill stuff, push outside your comfort zone.
Good luck,
JLG (Jeff L. Gonzales)
P.S. Feel free to share with other like minded folks.
[Proofreading changes made by Jon Low.]
“If you are reading this and can’t put your hand on your defensive firearm,
all of your training is wasted.” -- Col. Jeff Cooper
"A Green Beret Shows You How to Shoot a Pistol...in 8 Minutes"
by Jimmy Cannon
“Training deals not with an object,
but with the human spirit and human emotions.”
--Bruce Lee
"Why You Shouldn’t Shoot Small Groups – Defensive Pistol Training"
by Tom McHale
---
Speed, accuracy, power. If you don't hit (hit, not shoot) first, you lose. If you
don't hit a vital organ, no effect, so you lose. If you don't penetrate his arm to get
your bullet into his heart and lungs, or brain, no immediate stop, so he continues
to attack, so you lose.
Shoot fast: finding the target, holster to target, positively identifying to firing,
shot to shot, etc. There are a lot of things to speed up.
---
Stephen P. Wenger's comments --
I began my erstwhile avocation as a training junkie under the tutelage of Massad Ayoob,
back when he was engaging in a vitriolic debate with Bradley Steiner, on the pages of
Handguns Magazine, over aimed fire versus point shooting. I eventually came to the
conclusion that the issue is best viewed as a continuum, based on time and distance,
rather than a dichotomy. I view speed versus precision as a similar continuum.
Back when I was teaching in California, I had one LEO student who was a PPC
competitor. At the seven-yard line, he was concentrating on placing all his shots in
one ragged hole of about two inches. I struggled to persuade him that, at that distance,
he had to accept a larger group size in exchange for getting faster hits.
In a class at an LE training seminar, the late Clive Shepherd made the point that
people are three-dimensional while paper targets are two-dimensional. Thus, when
we went back to the firing line for a drill of shooting while moving laterally to the
targets, our groups should show a lateral spread, indicating visualization of organs
targeted a few inches past the paper surface. I noticed that one student in the opposite
relay – a phenomenal shooter with her then-popular SIG P226 – was so fixated by
prior training to keep all her shots in the X-ring of the B-27 target that she completely
forgot the point of the exercise. I've heard of one school where students were
encouraged to shoot large groups. Again, precision is a matter of skill that will likely
vary with time and distance. Then there's the issue of anatomy; while handgun shots
rarely incapacitate immediately physically, a shot through a lung will take longer to
incapacitate a determined assailant than a shot through the heart or one of the great
vessels. A head shot on a hostage taker at five yards requires precision as does a shot
at an assailant at the front of your vehicle as your seek cover at its rear. Again quoting
the fictional SFPD Insp. Harry Callahan, “A good man knows his limitations.”
-- Stephen P. Wenger
“Train, Practice, Compete
are the key elements in the development of humans.”
-- John M. Buol, Jr.
"Editor’s Notebook: Mental Rehearsal" by Rich Grassi
Excerpt:
"Our worst range practice is draw-shoot-reholster while squinting at the “points down”
on the target."
Cited article,
"An Innovative Take on Mental Awareness" by Stephen Wenger
Cited book may be downloaded free of charge at
The paper copies may be purchased for $20 at the same web site.
[I got a copy because Stephen emailed me a draft for proofreading. -- Jon Low]
“The secret of success is this.
Train like it means everything when it means nothing –
so you can fight like it means nothing when it means everything.”
-- Lofty Wiseman
If you can't be on time, be early.
"Safe gun handling and knowing how to operate the gun competently is one thing.
How to fight with the gun is a whole other plane of knowledge."
-- Tiger McKee
"Those motivated by a desire to improve their
gunfighting skills as opposed to a quest for trophies,
must be willing to bleed ego on the match results
to avoid shedding blood in combat."
-- Andy Stanford
"Train and practice so that you can stay in your rational mind,
and force your enemy into his emotional mind. The emotional
mind makes bad judgments which will allow you to win."
-- John Hearne
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----- Practice -----
How to get proficient at that task.
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
"Knowing when to quit" by Ben Stoeger
"People rust faster than equipment."
-- John Hearne
‶Practice is the small deposits you make over time,
so that in an emergency, you can make that big withdrawal.″
-- Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III
‟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
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***** ***** ***** Intervention ***** ***** *****
Suggestions on how to deal with the incident that you failed to avoid.
Awareness, Avoidance, De-Escalation, Escape
Table of sections:
Strategy
Tactics
Techniques
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----- Strategy -----
Deciding on the end state and how to achieve it,
which tactics to use, which includes walking away.
“You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol
than you are a musician because you own a guitar.”
from "Principles of Personal Defense" by Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC,
(1920 – 2006 A.D.)
"What The Media Isn't Telling You About The Georgia High School Mass Shooting"
by Colion Noir
Good guy with a gun stopped the bad guy with a gun. Armed guards in schools work.
In Wando high school in Mount Pleasant, SC where my son graduated, the student
body was about 2600. During operating hours there were 16 armed officers on the campus.
That's why they never had a mass murder at Wando high school.
"Have your affairs in order."
-- John Hearne
“How do you win a gunfight?
Don't be there.”
-- John Farnam
"Having a gun is important. But knowing WHEN to use it is even more important."
-- Greg Ellifritz
"You win gunfights by not getting shot."
-- John Holschen
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----- Tactics -----
Maneuver and fire in support of your strategy.
"Real fights are short."
-- Bruce Lee
"Announcing You Are Armed" by Melody Lauer
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpts:
"I do not think one has to be a skilled fighter to carry a gun but I do think anything
less than a skilled fighter trained in weapon retention is taking undue risk by
advertising a weapon they can legally conceal."
"In my opinion, the hand goes on the gun as part of the draw stroke."
Cited video,
"TDI ECQ FOF" by Melody Lauer
Melody Lauer's YouTube.com channel
Blog,
Old blog,
Limatunes' Range Diaries
The opinions, trainings and experiences of a wife, mother and woman with a gun.
---
If you're going to touch your pistol (confirm its presence), you ought to clear your
concealment garment and establish a proper grip. Anything less is giving away tempi.
(tempi, plural of tempo, time) You never have enough time in a fight.
-- Jon Low
"You brought a gun to the fight. That doesn’t mean it’s YOUR gun.
The gun belongs to whomever can keep it. Think about that before intervening
in other folks’ problems. When is the last time you practiced your in-hand weapon
retention skills?"
-- Greg Ellifritz
---
". . . if the assailant has a gun, it may actually be the easiest gun for you to access,
if you know how to take it from him."
-- Stephen P. Wenger
---
When was last time you practiced your in-holster weapon retention skills?
It's easy for the bad guy to take your pistol. They practice such in prison. Oh,
what did you think criminals did while in prison?
"Considerations for Handling the Police Response" by Salvatore
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
---
In the Marine Corps, we were taught to never take prisoners. Because you can't waste
manpower guarding them, you can't feed them, you can't provide shelter for them, you
can't provide medical care for them. Similarly, never hold a criminal at gun point.
This is extremely dangerous. You don't know how to do this. You have no training in
how to do this. If you've had training, you haven't practiced enough to do it competently.
So don't do it. (Yes, as a matter of fact, I have had lots of training and practice, and
real world experience holding a suspect at gun point. Don't do it!) If you hold a suspect
at gun point, you have taken a prisoner, you have taken custody of the suspect. You are
now responsible for protecting that person. Are you willing and able to protect that
person from the mob that is gathering and attempting to lynch him?
If the bad guy drops his weapon and runs away, let him run. He is no longer a threat.
If the bad guy moves with his weapon, remember that retreat is a tactical maneuver.
Retreat is not surrender. He is moving to cover. He is moving to a position of tactical
advantage. Shoot him until there is no threat. What if you shoot him in the back?
That's fine. Your attorney and your expert witness can explain that later. You don't
explain anything, because you are remaining silent. Because running your mouth will
ensure your conviction.
If you can't holster the pistol in your hand (because your holster has your pistol in
it, for instance), find a safe place behind cover, place the pistol on the ground and step
on it. If you leave the scene because the scene is not safe for you, take the pistol with
you.
“Fortuitous outcomes reinforce poor tactics.”
-- Chuck Haggard
"Low Light Concerns – Normal Human Beings" by Erick Gelhaus
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
"You often don't know where the bad guy is who is shooting at you."
-- Phillip Groff
"HOME INVADERS AT MY HOME!" by Hock Hochheim
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
“When you’re in the dark, stay in the dark;
when you’re in the light, light up the dark.”
-- Stephen P. Wenger
"Perfect Conditions!" by John Farnam
---
The reason the M-16 / AR-15 family of rifles have such a huge volume inside the trigger
guard and such a skinny hand grip is to allow one to shoot the rifle with gloves on.
Sometimes you can't take your gloves off; you'll get frostbite. Even when it's not that cold,
your hands will go numb preventing you from pressing the trigger correctly. So have a pair
of gloves in your kit. I keep a pair in the pockets of all of my jackets.
-- Jon Low
---
Drawing and operating a handgun while wearing nitrile gloves seems like a much
more likely scenario for a LEO than for an armed private citizen but John raises some
good points about gloves posing challenges. Decades back, I bought into the
deerskin-glove thing but found them to be of little value against serious cold.
[I find it hard to envision a scenario in which I'd need them for protection against heat.]
Those list members who've trained with me should recall my own fondness for
universal techniques but I have to concede that a “universal” technique for two-handed
operation may not apply to one handed operation, as may be required in event of injury.
Back to gloves, a few years ago, Bert DuVernay [former director of the S&W Academy]
shared a couple of lessons learned from a cold-weather pistol course that he'd taken.
One is that the cushioning insulation in gloves for truly cold weather may prevent the
normal depression of the magazine-release button. Instead, the button can be “stabbed”
with the tip of the thumb that has acquired the replacement magazine – the “universal”
technique that I taught subsequently. I had already been teaching Massad Ayoob's
“rip-down” technique of the slide release at the end of the seating of the new magazine.
More to the point, Bert found that the best technique was to grab a tip of the glove on
the gun hand between the teeth and rip off the glove for the few minutes that the gun
will be in action.
-- Stephen P. Wenger
"The shorter the fight, the less hurt you get."
-- John Holschen
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----- Techniques -----
Ways to execute a given task in support of your tactics,
especially when disabled or under stress.
[The following is copied from above, because there are some who only read certain sections
of this blog. -- Jon Low]
"Perfect Conditions!" by John Farnam
The reason the M-16 / AR-15 family of rifles have such a huge volume inside the trigger
guard and such a skinny handle is to allow one to shoot the rifle with gloves on. Sometimes
you can't take your gloves off; you'll get frostbite. Even when it's not that cold, your hands
will go numb preventing you from pressing the trigger correctly. So have a pair of gloves
in your kit. I keep a pair in the pockets of all of my jackets.
"Use only that which works,
and take it from any place you can find it."
-- Bruce Lee
"The “Hand on Gun [while keeping the gun in the holster]” Ready Position"
by Massad Ayoob
"The foundations of your grip are established
before you even draw the pistol from the holster."
-- Tanner Denton
"What Went Wrong? The Reality of Skill & Equipment VS. High Stress Situations"
by Tenicor
Excerpt:
"We shouldn't be emotionally attached to any of our equipment."
---
Study the first photograph at 0:02 / 4:30 and you will see what he means by geometry.
Her hips are wider than her waist, forcing the grip of the pistol to point in toward
her body.
When presenting or holstering, keep your firing side hand in contact with your body.
Don't let it float around in space. If you can feel it against your body, you know where
it is. If it's floating around, not in contact with your body, you don't know where it is.
"Grip first, then press [the trigger]."
-- Mike Seeklander
"Learning Takes a Lifetime
A student of the gun is always learning, because there’s always something to learn."
by Tamara Keel
"Trigger Pull Mastery - The Principles of The Perfect Handgun Trigger Control"
by Tactical Performance Center (Rossen Hristov)
These are all mental exercises. There are no close ups of the movements because
you won't see any changes in the movements. It's all in the mental images and feelings.
"Tactical Tip - Magazine Retention" by Dave Spaulding
"5 Tips for Shooting More Accurately With A Handgun | Episode #68"
by Mickey Schuch
Tip #1 - A good Master Grip
Tip #2 - Proper Trigger Press (pulling the trigger straight back without mis-aligning the sights)
Tip #3 - Use Your Sights! Don't shoot if your not lined up
Tip #4 - Body Posture, Slight forward bias but don't get hung-up over your shooting stance
Tip #5 - Self Talk, Think and review all these fundamentals when you are shooting for accuracy
Mickey does this annual event,
in Nashville, TN.
Many instructors teach the presentation from the holster to the target in 4 (or 3 or 5) steps.
Labeling each position with a number. I believe this adds a layer of abstraction with no
added value. So, I teach the presentation using descriptive words.
⬣ 'Grip'. Clear the concealment garment. Establish the correct grip while the pistol
is in the holster. Defeat all retention devices.
This may be sufficient to stop the attack. You might not need to go any further.
⬢ 'Close contact position'. The bottom of the pistol grip and firing-side hand pressed
tight against your rib cage. Firing-side elbow pulled back as far as possible. Top of
pistol tilted slightly away from your body to prevent your clothing from fouling the
cycling of the pistol (the slide might get caught in your shirt, the hammer of a revolver
might get caught in your blouse). Pistol pointed at your target. Because you wouldn't
be in this position unless you feared death or grave injury.
You should always be scared that the enemy will grab your pistol and take it from you.
Being scared is okay. That justifies the use of lethal force in self-defense. Being angry
is not okay. Anger does not justify the use of lethal force, because it is not self-defense.
This may be sufficient to stop the attack. You might not need to go any further.
You might need to shoot from this position. So you better practice shooting from
this position.
⬣ 'Two handed close contact position'. You move your pistol forward enough to establish
a correct two handed grip on your pistol. Both of your forearms are pressed tight against
your torso.
You should always be scared that the enemy will grab your pistol and take it from you.
Being scared is okay. That justifies the use of lethal force in self-defense. Being angry is
not okay. Anger does not justify the use of lethal force, because it is not self-defense.
This may be sufficient to stop the attack. You might not need to go any further.
You might need to shoot from this position. So practice shooting from this position.
⬢ 'Extend.' Push pistol straight (not scooping up as if shoveling snow, not chopping
down as if fly casting) to your line of sight, extending your firing-side arm as much as
you can. Push forward with your firing-side hand, pull back with your support-side
hand (using your support-side bicep). The larger muscles in your arms and back are
much stronger than the muscles that control your hands. So use them! You can
compensate for your weak hands.
This may be sufficient to stop the attack. You might not need to go any further.
You might need to shoot from this position. So practice shooting from this position.
⬣ No, you don't need to aim at the target. No, you don't need to take the slack out of
the trigger. No, you don't need to fire. Those are all actions based on decisions that
you make based on what you see. To automatically shoot as part of your presentation
from the holster to the target is WRONG!
If you practice shooting on every presentation, engraining that behavior, striving
to achieve a sub-second to first shot, you will be shooting faster than you can think.
You need time to abort the shot when you recognize the silhouette is your teenager
sneaking back into your house in the middle of the night. Oh yes, lots of documented
cases. Tragic.
“Speed” versus “Emergency” Reloads
by Dave Spaulding
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpt:
". . . the emergency reload (reactive reload) is unexpected,
so recognition time will also be a big factor."
The proactive reload is not a surprise. It might not be a planned event,
but it is done by decision, as opposed to reaction to stimuli.
What happens when the pistol goes "click" instead of "BANG!"?
You automatically Tap, Rack, Assess. At what point do you realize
that it is not a stoppage to be reduced, but rather that the pistol is unloaded?
Does the partially charged magazine that you dropped on the ground matter?
(It could be a full magazine.) Would it have been better to put it in your pocket?
(If you had pockets.) Could you always pick it up later? (Not if you're in
waist high muddy water after hurricane Katrina.)
"It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away at the inessentials!"
-- Bruce Lee
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***** ***** ***** Postvention ***** ***** *****
Suggestions on how to treat your wounds or the wounds of your loved ones.
Suggestions on how to avoid prosecution, conviction, and prison time.
Suggestions on how to avoid the civil law suit and judgment.
Table of contents:
Aftermath
Medical
Survival
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----- Aftermath -----
You must be alive to have these problems: criminal and civil liability.
"Real-Life Disparity of Force Case" by Greg Ellifritz
Excerpt:
"He told me: “As I went to draw my gun, I thought ‘I should have taken more training.’ ”
That’s not the thought I want to have when a man is potentially trying to beat me to
death. Learn from this scenario. Take some advanced training classes. There has never
been any time in the history of mankind where such training is more available to the
everyday citizen than it is right now. Take advantage of the massive number of
experienced trainers teaching classes that cover armed problem solving skills."
"The first time you experience a scenario like this should be in a training class,
not on the street."
---
At the time of this incident, Greg was an experienced police officer. And Greg is by
nature a nice guy. His age and maturity played a big part in his decision making.
He is after all Gorillafrizt. If you're big and strong and highly trained and highly
skilled, you can do a lot of things before being forced to go to guns. The skinny little
23 year old, with no training beyond an NRA Pistol class; not so much.
Is your responding officer going to be such a person? Or is he going to be a rookie
just released by his Field Training Officer?
Remember, pepper spray can be blocked with a hand or glasses.
“Your understanding and consent are not required
for someone to take your life, kill your loved ones,
and destroy all you hold dear.”
-- William Aprill
"Considerations for Handling the Police Response" by Salvatore
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
---
In the Marine Corps, we were taught to never take prisoners. Because you can't waste
manpower guarding them, you can't feed them, you can't provide shelter for them, you
can't provide medical care for them. Similarly, never hold a criminal at gun point.
This is extremely dangerous. You don't know how to do this. You have no training in
how to do this. If you've had training, you haven't practiced enough to do it competently.
So don't do it. (Yes, as a matter of fact, I have had lots of training and practice, and
real world experience holding a suspect at gun point. Don't do it!) If you hold a suspect
at gun point, you have taken a prisoner, you have taken custody of the suspect. You are
now responsible for protecting that person. Are you willing and able to protect that
person from the mob that is gathering and attempting to lynch him?
If the bad guy drops his weapon and runs away, let him run. He is no longer a threat.
If the bad guy moves with his weapon, remember that retreat is a tactical maneuver.
Retreat is not surrender. He is moving to cover. He is moving to a position of tactical
advantage. Shoot him until there is no threat. What if you shoot him in the back?
That's fine. Your attorney and your expert witness can explain that later. You don't
explain anything, because you are remaining silent. Because running your mouth will
ensure your conviction.
If the bad guy drops his weapon and surrenders to you, tell him to move away from
the weapon. If he does, take the weapon and leave; or tell him to leave.
If you can't holster the pistol in your hand (because your holster has your pistol in
it, for instance), find a safe place behind cover, place the pistol on the ground and step
on it. If you leave the scene because the scene is not safe for you, take the pistol with
you.
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him,
but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton
In the right hand column of this web page, click on "Never Talk To The Police"
or use the address,
"The Best Concealed Carry Insurance for Church Security" by Keith Graves
Keith says Right to Bear is the best.
In the right hand column, click on the link labeled "Self Defense Insurance".
Or, the link is,
Read this before you buy insurance. You need to make an informed decision.
The various policies are drastically different.
"You need to read the fine print." -- Massad Ayoob
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----- Medical -----
"Dental Kits Off The Grid" by Joseph Alton MD
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Preventative maintenance to prevent the problems in the first place would be to floss
correctly and to brush correctly at least once a day. And stop eating sugar, which means
stop drinking soda pop, especially soda pop containing phosphoric acid.
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Course - NAEMT Certified
$495.00 (invest in yourself for the benefit of your loved ones)
This is part of a well rounded education.
"If you prepare for the emergency,
the emergency ceases to exist!"
-- Sherman House
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----- Survival -----
"If you stay fit, you do not have to get fit.
If you stay trained, you do not have to get trained.
If you stay prepared, you do not have to get prepared."
-- Robert Margulies
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***** ***** ***** Education ***** ***** *****
Table of contents:
Legal
Instruction
Gear
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"You will never get smarter or broaden your horizons
if you're unwilling to learn from others and read."
-- Becca Martin
Rangemaster SEPTEMBER 2024 NEWSLETTER
Active Response Training
"tacticalprofessor"
ConcealedCarry.com articles
Concealed Carry Corner
By default it gives you the German version, auf Deutsch. There should appear a thingy
in the upper right corner of the window that allows you to translate to English. Or maybe
your web browser has a button to do the translation. Or you could read it in German.
Always good to know what people outside of your social circles are writing.
"Cogito, ergo armatum sum." (I think, therefore armed am I.)
-- John Farnam
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----- Legal -----
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.
It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other.
-- John Adams, October 11, 1798
"Build A Reciprocity Map:" by Concealed Carry Inc.
"Concealed Carry Laws in America" by CCW Safe
"Law of Self Defense" by Andrew Branca
(free book, just pay for shipping so you don't have to go to Colorado to pick it up)
---
Client: I can't believe I'm being prosecuted. It was self-defense.
Attorney: No, as a matter of fact, as a matter of law, it was not
self-defense. Because, . . .
Client: That's not my understanding of self-defense.
Attorney: Doesn't matter what you think. All that matters is the law:
statute (laws passed by legislature and signed by chief executive) and
case law (higher court rulings).
---
So get the book and read it. If you are very rich, you might have the above
conversation. If you are poor, you'll never see an attorney. You'll just rot in
prison. I'm talking reality, not what the U.S. Constitution says.
"Fifth Circuit Tosses Gun Charges Against Another Marijuana User" by Stephen Gutowski
Excerpt:
Another panel on the federal circuit that oversees Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana
decided the Second Amendment protects the gun rights of those who smoke marijuana
this week.
---
"Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Is Often Unconstitutional"
"[O]ur history and tradition may support some limits on a presently intoxicated
person's right to carry a weapon . . . , but they do not support disarming a sober
person based solely on past substance usage." by Eugene Volokh
Cited ruling,
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
"YouTube Says Links to Gun, Ammo Dealers Will Trigger Channel Bans"
by Stephen Gutowski
Excerpt:
YouTube confirmed to The Reload it had taken a more aggressive approach to
deleting videos, and even whole channels, that direct viewers to websites where
they can buy firearms, ammunition, or certain accessories–whether the videos
provide direct written links or the host just verbally directs viewers to a website.
"Sixth Circuit Upholds Federal Ban on Felons Having a Gun" by Annelise Gilbert
Excerpt:
The Sixth Circuit found that a Tennessee district court properly denied convicted
felon Erik Williams’s attempt to dismiss his gun possession indictment on grounds
that it violated the Second Amendment.
Congress may disarm people they believe to be dangerous as long as disarmed
individuals have an opportunity to show they’re not actually dangerous, the opinion
said, and Williams had the opportunity, but failed, to show that he isn’t dangerous.
Williams was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm after Memphis
police stopped him for speeding and found a loaded pistol in the trunk. He previously
robbed two . . .
[So he claimed that he was not dangerous after having committed an armed robbery?
-- Jon Low]
From an email from John R. Lott, Jr. --
Dear Jonathan:
In a press conference this past Tuesday, President Trump read from two of our newest
research reports.
One report shows how violent crime fell by 17 percent during the Trump administration
and then soared by 43 percent under Biden.
The second report shows how law enforcement in the U.S. has collapsed.
We show how the drop in arrest rates over the last few years from 2020 to 2022 is
without precedent, and that is particularly true for the largest cities. The arrest rates
for violent and property crimes have never been anywhere near as low as they are now.
By the way, I got to talk to President Trump for a few minutes when he traveled to
Bozeman, Montana, on August 9th. He told me he appreciated my research on crime,
gun control, and vote fraud. After the assassination attempt, I was a little concerned
about what impact that might have on Trump's views on gun control, but my brief
meeting with me gave me confidence that his views hadn't changed.
I expand on the Democrat's false claims about crime falling in an op-ed I had in
the New York Post.
I discussed this in appearances on television shows such as
NewsMax's Ed Henry The Briefing, One America News' Tipping Point, and
The Epoch Times' American Thought Leaders.
Some radio interviews that discussed this included Chicago's WIND-AM,
Sebastian Gorka's national radio show, Toronto's 960 AM, and Cleveland's WHK.
Another op-ed at The Federalist discusses Democrat Governor Tim Walz's false
claims about guns.
One America News and Cincinnati's giant WLW had me on to
talk about Kamala Harris' and Tim Walz's views on gun control.
I also appeared on Armed American Radio to discuss our new report on errors in
the FBI's active shooting report.
We have continued collecting cases where people legally carrying guns in public
have stopped crimes. Here are the cases that we collected for May.
We have continued compiling examples of media bias on guns. The CW's
The Professionals has another TV character saying "I told you that I don't like guns."
Finally, The Washington Times had a long front-page article covering our research
on how crime has increased during the Biden administration.
We need your support to continue doing the work that we do. Your help is greatly
appreciated.
We need help getting this message out. If you have friends you think might find
our emails interesting, please encourage them to sign up by sending them the link here.
Thank you very much.
John R. Lott, Jr.
Crime Prevention Research Center
P.O. Box 2293, 1100 W Kent Ave, Missoula, MT 59801
johnrlott@crimeresearch.org
(484) 802-5373
"ATF Texas Raid Terminates Another Person" by Heavy Duty Country
The ATF is making an example. Just like Bryan Malinowski. Some will bend the knee.
Some will fight back. Some attorney generals will fight back.
"Horror as three women shot dead after Hawaii man rams cars at neighbor's house
[with a front end loader with barrels of fuel strapped to it in an obvious attempt to
burn the house down -- Jon Low] and opens fire.
Four people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a home stemming
from a dispute between neighbors on Saturday night in Hawaii"
by Mataeo Smith
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
---
I have no idea of procedure in Hawaii or in Honolulu County but this certainly
sound like a justified, albeit delayed shooting by the homeowner. In some
jurisdictions, people are arrested on suspicion or murder pending investigation.
Do authorities believe that the berserk neighbor no longer posed a threat when
he was shot?
-- Stephen P. Wenger
---
Having been born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, I can assure you from first hand
experience that Hawaii is the most rabidly anti-gun, anti-self-defense state in our
country. They have a duty to retreat. They have a law requiring a third party to try
to convince the victim to retreat before the third party may use any force on the
assailant. You think I'm joking?
-- Jon Low
"BREAKING!!!
Supreme Court Decision & Remand Order Set To End Firearm Permits Nationwide!"
by Armed Scholar
New York concealed carry prohibitions (Antonyuk case) appeal granted, vacated,
and remanded back to 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals by SCOTUS (Supreme Court of
the United States).
Why Spartanburg, SC police are hated by their community.
Every law abiding citizen that the police harass creates a defund the police voter.
Of course, it's the citizen's fault for electing officials that created such a police department.
Why TSA is hated.
"BREAKING!!!
Supreme Court 8-1 Gun Possession Decision Changes
Second Amendment Landscape Forever!"
by Armed Scholar
How the UNITED STATES v. RAHIMI case
affects the
MERRICK B. GARLAND, ATTORNEY
GENERAL, ET AL.,
Petitioners
v.
BRYAN DAVID RANGE
Or, how it shouldn't affect.
"Canada's Prime Minister Just Banned All Handguns" by Colion Noir
In case you didn't recognize him, that's former Attorney General Eric Holder.
"GUN CONTROL: Liberals Shocked By Gun Control Facts"
by McCarthyism2.0 Maggie & Daniel McCarthy
"Rahimi On Remand" by Josh Blackman
Excerpt:
“. . . surety laws only required "certain individuals to post bond before carrying
weapons in public." 597 U.S. at 55. "These laws were not bans on public carry."
Id.; see also id. at 59 (same).”
---
This is insanity. The 2nd Amendment forbids "infringements". Claiming that having
to pay money to carry a gun is okay, because it's not a ban is WRONG! Being forced
to pay money to exercise a God given right is an infringement of that right.
“Is there no virtue among us? If there is not, we are without hope!
No form of government, existing nor theoretical, will keep us from harm.
To think that any government, in any form, will insure liberty and happiness
for a dishonorable population represents the height of self-deception.”
-- James Madison, 1788
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----- 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."
"The limited time you spend with students may be the only training they ever receive!"
-- John Farnam
----- Instructors -----
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
"Lessons Learned
New gun owners need to be guided, not led."
by Sheriff Jim Wilson
"cache" is pronounced [ kash ]
If you can't pronounce English words correctly, you have no business teaching.
Because you can't communicate.
If you say "you know", "I mean", "Does that make sense?" or use any other
filler words, you should not be teaching, because you can't think clearly.
Precision of language is precision of thought; and vice versa.
"Remember,
the students who require the extra effort
are the ones who need us the most!"
-- John Farnam
"Discussing use of force" by TENICOR (John Holschen)
If you're going to teach, you must explain the law of self-defense to your students.
"You must teach skill sustainment as part of training."
-- John Hearne
----- Students -----
I know training can be difficult. Let me share some words of encouragement that
my teacher told me, that I believe apply to all training regimens.
"Keep in mind that this is some seriously next level material. It is totally normal
that the first time you see this stuff, you find it confusing. You find it difficult to
understand. So, confusion should not discourage you. It does not represent any
intellectual failing on your part. Rather, keep in mind that it represents an opportunity
to get even smarter."
– Tim Roughgarden, Professor of Computer Science
and other stuff at Stanford University
"It's better to be wrong than to be vague." -- Freeman Dyson
If you are wrong, the instructor can correct you.
If you are vague, no one can help you.
----- Andragogy -----
‟An instructor should not expect any learning to take
place the first time new information is presented.”
-- ‶Building Shooters″ by Dustin Salomon
"Intellectual Humility" by Brian Willis
"Neuroscientist: How to LEARN ANYTHING Without Any Effort"
by Huberman on ThinkZone
90 minute cycles.
Deliberately engage and deliberately disengage. Repeat.
10 second random pauses during learning. (Take a break to use the bathroom,
get something to eat, get something to drink, etc.)
When he says "deep sleep", he is referring to REM sleep.
Use a varied rate of speech, as opposed to getting stuck in a default rate of speech.
Good English is concise.
Never use filler words, such as: "You may have heard . . .", "Does that make sense?",
"I have a question." (Just ask your question. There is no reason to announce your
intention to ask a question. It just wastes time.), "I was thinking . . ." (Make your
statement or ask your question, and then shut up. Nobody cares what you were thinking.),
"I just wanted to say, . . ." (Make your point and then shut up and sit down.), "Whatever".
Let other people talk. God gave you two ears and one mouth, because He expects you
to listen at least twice as much as you talk. Smart people are know for speaking very
little and listening a lot.
When you do talk, your speech should be terse. That way you're much easier to
understand. Verbose is much more difficult to understand.
IEEE Journal of Information Theory, instructions to authors -- "Your prose must be
crystal clear." Similarly, your lectures and explanations must be crystal clear.
Everything you say need not be pithy. That's why you generously quote other's
pithy statements. Do not strive to be pithy. Strive to be understood. Plain English
prose.
If your lectures are full of "ah", "um", "You know.", "Like", "Ya, well", etc.
it would be better for you to read off a script. That way you can rewrite, and rewrite,
and rewrite your script until it is succinct. A succinct lecture is far more powerful
than a rambling lecture.
“The most valuable resource that all teachers have is each other.
Without collaboration, our growth is limited to our own perspectives.”
-- Robert John Meehan
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----- Gear -----
And the safe storage thereof.
“Mission drives the gear train.”
-- Pat Rogers
"Low Light Concerns – Normal Human Beings" by Erick Gelhaus
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
"Concealed carry for women: Myths vs Facts" by She Equips Herself
You don't have to carry a 9mm or larger. (I agree. Carry whatever you can shoot
accurately.)
You don't have to dress around your gun. (I agree. There are a lot of options
now days that allow you to carry in many different ways, all of which are safe
and reliable.)
You don't have to wear a stiff tactical belt. (I agree. Lots of other ways to carry.)
You don't have to carry on your body. (I disagree. It's just too easy to lose control
of your pistol. I would always carry on my body. But, she is correct in that it is
better to carry off body than not to carry at all.)
You don't have to train constantly. (I agree. If you have trained and practiced to
a level of competency. And if you practice occasionally. Self-defense skills are perishable.)
There is no such thing as a "safe area" where you don't have to worry about being
attacked. (Absolute truth.)
Self-defense competence is achievable. It's not too complicated. (Truth.)
FlexCCarry℠ Solutions
Off body carry solutions and training.
Because sometimes you cannot carry on your body. Sorry, that's just reality.
"Pros & Cons Of Fanny Pack Concealed Carry" by Richard A. Mann
Excerpt:
"Some consider carrying a handgun in a fanny pack as off-body carry,
but I think that description better applies to a purse or handbag.
With the fanny pack, you’re essentially just strapping on a holster
just as you would with a gun belt. The main difference is that you’re
carrying in the open but doing so incognito."
---
"I carry in a fanny pack almost exclusively at the gym as well as when I walk,
hike, run, or cycle. It is a very useful option if you understand its limitations and
practice drawing from the pack on a regular basis."
-- Greg Ellifritz
---
I think "unhook the fanny pack and lay it on the dash of the golf cart." is a very
bad idea. It's off your body and out of your control.
Can you draw from your fanny pack with one hand?
-- Jon Low
"Magazine Management and You" by Uncle Zo
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
You can identify your magazines by engraving a number on the base plate with your
Dremel tool. It's easy and more permanent than any pen or tape.
I test the spring tension of my magazines by pressing the follower down before
charging the magazine. If it feels soft, I replace the spring. I've never felt the need
to replace a follower.
Disassembly and cleaning the magazine prevents problems, because every cleaning
is also a detailed inspection. If you stick your finger into your magazine and it comes
out black with carbon, you need to clean your magazine.
I met Uncle Zo at this past April 2024 at Tac Con. It's nice to meet the people who
write the articles that I read. It makes it much easier to contact them with questions
and makes it much more likely they will respond.
[I met Jared Yanis of "Guns and Gadgets" YouTube.com fame
at the Tennessee Firearms Association banquet last Saturday.
I met Air Marshal students of Mike Seeklander at the Gun Owners of America
convention in Knoxville, TN last month. It was a great convention.
I worked in the Tennessee Firearms Association booth.
-- Jon Low]
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I've read in forums, blogs, and such, complaints about grip safeties not working,
as a reason not to use a particular pistol. Not working in the sense that the pistol
would fire when the grip safety was not depressed. So the safety was not working
correctly. The pistol should be taken to a gunsmith for repair.
A malfunction that allows the pistol to fire when it should not, is only bad.
Because we always follow the 4 safety rules. We could still take such a pistol into
combat.
If the grip safety failure was that it prevented the pistol from firing when correctly
depressed, that would be worst. We could not take that pistol into combat.
I think it's important to decide if the problem is bad, worse, or worst. Because
a trip to the gunsmith is inconvenient and expensive.
Yet another reloading device.
"Nine-Reloaded Quick Loader - TEST" by Danielle Valkyrie
Randy Harris on sight painting for better visibility.
Buy once, cry once.
"Sight Regulation and Point of Impact" by Mike Wood
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Col. Wood uses the word "regulation", root word "regulate", in the way English scholars
would consider correct usage in the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution at the time
it was written. English scholars would argue that "well regulated militia" means that the
members of the militia had their rifles properly zeroed. Legal scholars might argue
otherwise. But we should strive to read the plain text.
"Candela & Lumens" by Erick Gelhaus
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
"The big dot gang is fired up" by Ben Stoeger
It's the index, not the size of the dot.
Making the dot brighter makes it appear bigger. [I would be careful of burning a
ghost image into your eye. Which could last for a second or more. -- Jon Low]
Astigmatism turns the dot into a big fuzzy star. So either wear glasses to correct the
astigmatism or use a smaller dot (to get a smaller fuzzy star?).
Sporting an erection.
[If you've taken an intro level psychology course or an intro level physics course,
you may have seen a graph of human eye sensitivity vs. color compared to color
sensitivity of other testable animals. Generally speaking, for most humans, under
laboratory conditions, the human eye is more sensitive to green light than red light.
What that has to do with calming (a psychological effect) is not well defined in
my humble literature search. -- Jon Low]
"Ditch the “Carry Rotation”
Guns can be fun, but your carry gun is there for a specific purpose."
by Chris Cypert
Excerpt:
"If you switch between different brands, makes, and models on a daily basis,
this makes using whatever gun you happen to be carrying that day expertly while
under stress considerably more difficult."
"How To Perform Proper Handgun Maintenance and Why It Matters" by Rodger Holscher
White Glove Clean (carburetor cleaner, brake cleaner, etc.)
Duty Clean
Carry Clean
Range/Match Clean (lube the rails and sliding surfaces in the slide and go)
---
I check my pistol for cleanliness every morning when I put it on. Even if it's been in
my holster since the last cleaning, it can still accumulate lint, dust, moisture, etc.
You can inspect for cleanliness and damage while doing your chamber check and
magazine check. (You do that right? One second of cheap insurance.)
Ever discover that you had gone all day with an unloaded pistol? I had gotten
distracted and had forgotten to load my pistol after dry practice the previous day.
One second of cheap insurance.
-- Jon Low
"Perfect Conditions!" by John Farnam
The reason the M-16 / AR-15 family of rifles have such a huge volume inside the trigger
guard and such a skinny handle is to allow one to shoot the rifle with gloves on. Sometimes
you can't take your gloves off; you'll get frostbite. Even when it's not that cold, your hands
will go numb preventing you from pressing the trigger correctly. So have a pair of gloves
in your kit. I keep a pair in the pockets of all of my jackets.
Hi Security Team,
I couldn't help noticing that some of us are using holsters that release the retention
device by pressing with the trigger finger. This is an extremely bad idea. It is a design
flaw that has caused many documented injuries. May I invite your attention to
"The Serpa Compendium" by Greg Ellifritz
Cheers,
Jon
Bianchi Leather
I like their stuff.
Law enforcement trade ins at OfficerStore.com.
Vote with your dollars. Support these folks. The big money anti-gun groups are trying
to sue the parent company out of business. Lawfare at its finest.
I of course prefer the 45 ACP's
Cheap and plentiful. A Smith & Wesson M&P 45 Full Size, .45 ACP, with 3 Mags
for $275 in stock. Can't go wrong.
Some of the law enforcement trade ins are new in the box. What's going on there?
“Your car is not a holster.”
-- Pat Rogers
In the following two photographs the pistol is seated in the holster completely. Notice how the
trigger is exposed. The holster leather around the trigger guard is cut too low. A child's finger,
a young ladies finger, or a pencil could fire the pistol while it is in the holster.
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***** ***** ***** Cryptology ***** ***** *****
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe,
and preserve order in the world as well as property.
Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of their use."
-- Thomas Paine
Cryptosystems are considered "arms" by federal law, ITAR,
International Traffic in Arms Regulations. That means cryptosystems are
protected by the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Never let the
government infringe on your right to keep and bear cryptosystems, to
include home made cryptosystems.
"NSA Releases Internal 1982 Lecture by Computing Pioneer Rear Admiral Grace Hopper"
The value of information. Database theory.
Do you see how the cost of information relates to intelligence?
The cost of having incorrect information in the system. Adm. Hopper only talks
about civil judgment costs, not about lives lost.
Plan in view of what will be available and the things that we will be doing.
"We've always done it that way." is the most dangerous phrase.
"There are a couple of problems we need it very badly." She's talking about
cryptologic problems. But she uses other examples.
"Failure to report is very costly." She uses a banking industry example, but consider,
every woman who fails to report her rapist is enabling the rapist to attack his next
victim. A grave disservice to every other woman in the community.
Call back procedure. How many systems do you know that use such?
Modular programming.
Standards in programming languages.
"If it isn't bolted down, bring it home."
"There is no excuse for writing programs that aren't portable."
The best and the brightest are not coming from the two coasts and the big cities.
[Deep truth. And still true today. -- Jon Low]
Cobol and FORTRAN.
While stationed at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, South Carolina, I would
drive across the Rear Admiral Grace Hopper bridge everyday.
"Never memorize anything. Rather, study it until it becomes obvious."
-- Norman Christ
"Operation Binder: Secrets of Inter-Process Communication"
by LaurieWired
GNU Linux is the Linux kernel with the GNU utilities. Android is the Linux kernel
with the Android utilities (many of which were copied from GNU).
Why Binder? UNIX / Linux / POSIX operating system already has several interprocess
communication facilities. Android kills / disables the needed operating system calls by
denying them access to a universal space.
Binder is a driver. Drivers may be inserted into the kernel and deleted from the kernel
during run time. (Need specialized knowledge? Take a class from University of California
at Santa Cruz Extension in Silicon Valley. Ya, they had a class on Linux Drivers. 1996
to 1999 in Silicon Valley, those were the days.)
Linux has a system call "thread" which creates a light weight thread (as defined in
POSIX threads), as opposed to the UNIX system call "fork". There are of course,
thread libraries.
"more optimal" doesn't make sense. She means "better".
"death notifications" aren't enough. You have to kill all the zombies.
---
There are many methods for Inter Process Communication:
Remote Procedure Calls
Pipes
Message Queues
Shared Memory
Semaphores and mutexes
Sockets
Message passing
Memory-mapped file
Signals
"Inter-Process Communication in Operating Systems:
A Comprehensive Guide with Real-life Examples and Code"
by Vishal Sharma
"A guide to inter-process communication in Linux"
by Marty Kalin
---
SIGINT in computer science means Signal Interrupt, not Signals Intelligence.
Notice how all the code is in C++? That's a clue.
---
The books you want are:
"UNIX Network Programming:
Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI"
Volume 1
by W. Richard Stevens
ISBN-10 : 013490012X
ISBN-13 : 978-0134900124
and
"Unix Network Programming:
Interprocess Communications"
Volume 2
by W. Richard Stevens
ASIN : B012HUWHKQ
"Computer science has nothing to do with computers or science."
-- Donald Knuth
Noobie tutorial.
"Compilers, How They Work, And Writing Them From Scratch"
by Adam McDaniel (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Ph.D. candidate)
Source code (in a high level programming language,
independent of any machine architecture if you write portable code) →
[compiler] →
assembly language code (a low level programming language,
independent of any source code, mildly dependent on the machine instruction set) →
[assembler (the IR referred to in the video)] →
machine language code (instructions specific to the target machine)
Adam talks about his Vitual Machine.
Some languages, such as Java, have a VM (Virtual Machine) layer between the
assembly language code and the machine language code to isolate the hardware
from the user code, theoretically to make the source code portable (all machine
specific stuff is taken care of by the VM) and to protect the machine from malicious
code. Unfortunately, the VM does this by preventing the user from touching the
hardware. That's why you want to use C instead of Java. You must be able to
flip bits in the hardware.
19:12 / 23:52 Well, no, just because the compiler crashed does not mean you
can't get any information about the compiler state before the cash. You can run
the compiler in debug mode and recover the core dump.
We spent a lot of time and effort to make the C++ ANSI standard. It was a big deal
when in came out in 1997 (I think the official release was in 1998). I was working in
Silicon Valley at the time and it was a BIG deal. C++ is just a pre-processor for C.
All open and transparent.
Don't use Microsoft C++. It has all kinds of incompatible "features".
Don't use Microsoft C#. It is a proprietary language. It's not even compatible
with previous versions of itself.
"Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Life is not easy for any of us.
But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing must be attained."
-- Marie Curie
"Space-time tells matter how to move;
matter tells space-time how to curve."
-- John Archibald Wheeler (Richard Phillips Feynman's advisor at Cal Tech)
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil."
-- Donald Knuth
"The 3 Laws of Writing Readable Code" by Kantan Coding
"You don't need to memorize theorems,
because you can always derive them from first principles."
-- Sven Hartman
"Ptolemy’s Theorem and the Almagest:
we just found the best visual proof in 2000 years"
by Mathologer
"Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Violet Orlandi cover)"
Hi Chris,
In the context that you are working,
Classification of finite groups --
All finite groups are subgroups of the permutation group of n-dimensional minimal
polytopes in n+1 dimensional space. You need the +1 because you need mirror
reflections. A mirror reflection is the same as flipping the polytope in the +1 dimension.
Classification of infinite groups --
Got to be careful. A lot of infinite sets with a binary operation can not be determined
to be or not to be a group. No, you can't go from finite or infinite subgroups to a
conclusion that the infinite superset is a group. Sorry.
But a lot of mathematicians assume that your structure is a group and carry on.
I'm sure they would argue that the structure being or not being a group is similar
the the acceptance of rejection of the Axiom of Choice or Continuum Hypothesis
or Parallel Postulate.
Be careful.
Cheers,
Jon
"The unexpected probability result confusing everyone"
by Stand-up Maths (Matt Parker and Grant Cunningham)
Given two random variables X₁ and X₂ with identical uniform distribution over the
closed interval [0, 1], and R ∈ [0, 1], the probability, P, is given by
P( max(X₁ , X₂) ≤ R ) = R²
and
P( √(X₁) ≤ R ) = P( X₁ ≤ R² ) = R²
∴ P( max(X₁ , X₂) ≤ R ) = P( √X₁ ≤ R )
There are lots of equivalent probability distributions. Do you see how you can use
such in your cryptography?
But what does Avshalom Elitzur mean by "at the same time"?
No, unfortunately, it's not obvious.
Isotropic space is an assumption, not based on anything. Smooth and continuous time
is an assumption, not based on anything (and wrong if you believe in quantum mechanics
in which case time is quantized, not continuous). There isn't even a theory to explain
these assumptions. Occam's razor is not a theory.
"Why No One Has Measured The Speed Of Light" by Veritasium
"Einstein was WRONG About Time. Our Modern Theories are in Trouble."
by Dialect
Cited book,
If you read "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" by Newton, Isaac (1687A.D.) in
the original Latin, it is much more precise. The ambiguity in the English language is a
real problem.
"Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" Isaacus Newtonus, 1687
Our theories are not in trouble. If they predict correctly, they are just fine.
This is also known as the measurement problem or the observation problem.
Not to be confused with the fact that observing an event affects the event, which
is a different observation problem.
***** Signals Intelligence and Ground Electronic Warfare, Cyber Security,
(sometimes Air Electronic Warfare too) *****
“Your character is what you do when no one is looking.”
-- Thomas Jefferson
"Microchip's Macro Problem" by the Merge
---
"The Microchip Industry Just Changed Forever!" by Cyrus Janssen
Cited article,
"Geopolitical Risk and Decoupling: Evidence from U.S. Export Controls"
by Matteo Crosignani, Lina Han, Marco Macchiavelli, and André F. Silva
How does malware get past your anti-virus software?
"Exploring the Toulouse Hyperspectral Dataset Using ENVI/IDL"
by David Starbuck
If someone contacts you to tell you that they cannot access your web site,
you need to take them seriously. Saying stupid things like, "Well it works fine for me.
The problem must be on your end." Is insulting and demonstrates an ignorance of
how the internet works, especially the DNS (Domain Name System) servers.
The vast majority of users who attempt and fail to access your web site will balk,
give up, and move on with their life. Anyone expending the effort to contact you to
let you know that you have a problem is doing you a great favor. Because you don't
know what you don't know, and very few people will tell you. Because they don't
care. Because you have lots of competition. Your competitor's servers work, so
why would they waste time with you? You can't even maintain your URL in the
DNS servers. Because you can't see the problem, because you can access your server.
"Grief is the price we pay for love."
-- Queen Elizabeth II
A fine experiment.
"Secret Numbers Stations Phone Numbers Were Posted On Craigslist!"
by Ringway Manchester
Do you understand why each digit is pronounced by a different person? Think about
how kidnappers create their ransom letters.
The country code is +1. The form is area code, exchange, phone number.
Five decimal digits. Remember ITA2?
XOR with one time key pad. Theoretically perfect security.
---
2600 (Ya, as a matter of fact they do still have meetings. Some are very useful.)
/. Slashdot [as in the UNIX command line]
A Tempest attack.
"RAMBO: Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap
Computers by Spelling Covert Radio Signals from Computer RAM"
by Mordechai Guri
Notice the university at which he works.
The author's web site,
"AIR-GAP RESEARCH
This website is dedicated to air-gap jumping academic research"
by Dr. Mordechai Guri
Video about the paper,
"new attack leaks secrets using RAM as a radio" by Low Level Learning
Magazine article about the paper,
"Mind the Gap: This Researcher Steals Data With Noise, Light, and Magnets"
by Andy Greenberg
Breaking Defense has a weekly newsletter, "Networks & Digital Warfare" at
Crypto-Gram by Bruce Schneier
‟If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it.
The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury.
Therefore what he must fear is his victim.”
-- Col. Jeff Cooper, "Principles of Personal Defense"
Lauren Freebird at Nudies Honky Tonk
20 September 2024
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
409 Broadway, Nashville, TN, United States
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***** ***** ***** Intelligence ***** ***** *****
Gathering, Analyzing, Disseminating
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
-- Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution
The art and practice of Intelligence is an arm protected by the 2nd Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution. Never let anyone infringe upon your God given right
to keep and bear intelligence. (The enemy, foreign and domestic, will try to dumb
you down. Resist!)
"Fuzion"
Report on the Afghanistan Withdrawal
"Jeffrey Sachs:
The Looming War With Iran, CIA Coups, and Warning of the Next Financial Crisis"
by Tucker Carlson
Where are the competent generals and flag officers? Obama purged them. Biden
purged them.
Prof. Sachs is a Columbia University liberal. But, it's important to hear all sides
of the issues.
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after
the sweetness of the low price is forgotten."
"The Tennessee Star Releases ‘Manifesto’ Left by
Transgender Covenant School Killer Audrey Hale"
by Tom Pappert
Download primary source document,
"cache" is pronounced [ kash ]
If you can't pronounce English words correctly, you have no business briefing.
Because you can't communicate.
If you say "you know", "I mean", "Does that make sense?" or use any other
filler words, you should not be briefing, because you can't think clearly.
Precision of language is precision of thought; and vice versa.
“very aspirational at best, right now”
— Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William Wilburn Jr.,
on the Pentagon’s CJADC2 dreams to connect every sensor to shooter
Hat tip to the Merge.
"Good habits and skill beat luck every time."
-- Sheriff Jim Wilson
"The Merge"
Breaking Defense
Intrigue
1440
Phone numbers for grocery stores.
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***** ***** ***** After Thoughts, Politics, and such ***** ***** *****
Rest In Peace Paul Harrell.
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
-- (Mary) Flannery O'Connor
In response to the ideology of feminism.
"Okay let's cut to the chase. You can believe what you want to.
But women like you die alone."
-- Kevin Roshon Samuels
Propaganda is misuse of language. There are two sexes: male and female. There are
three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Gender is not a synonym for sex.
Precision of language is precision of thought. Imprecise language is imprecise thought,
which is propaganda.
"Reproductive rights", "abortion", etc. are euphemisms for baby murder.
"Trans rights" is a euphemism for genital mutilation, chemical castration, and sterilization.
If your mindset ain't right, you'll fall for anything.
The root cause of political problems.
Some people are so stupid they can't tell the good guys from the bad guys.
Some people are so stupid they believe the lies.
Weaponizing the "right" not to be offended.
Remember, for 50 years there was a "right" to murder babies.
Remember, all hate speech laws are censorship, a violation of your 1st Amendment
U. S. Constitutional rights.
"In response to recent neo-Nazi activity, Nashville council advances slate of restrictions"
by Angele Latham
Never attribute to conspiracy what can be accounted for by incompetence.
Yes, this is your Secret Service.
"WHAT?! FBI Leak Shows They Now Consider The Term "2nd Amendment"
Violent Extremism?!" by Guns & Gadgets
Leaked document,
"Eli Crane Asks Blackwater Founder If The Secret Service
Could Stop A Terrorist Threat Against Trump"
by Forbes Breaking News
Erik Prince (Blackwater),
Dan Bongino (former Secret Service),
Washington Regional SWAT counter-sniper Ben Shaffer.
---
" ‘Do You Find It Odd…?’:
Cory Mills Presses Witnesses On Puzzling Details Surrounding Trump Shooting"
by Forbes Breaking News
The FBI washed the roof, destroying evidence. The FBI released the assassin's
body for cremation, destroying evidence (no toxicology report).
---
"Dan Bongino To Matt Gaetz:
This Is How 'Cover-Up' Around Trump Assassination Attempt Would Work"
by Forbes Breaking News
Kind of true.
Religion and wilderness by RFK Jr.
There is an objective reality.
If you look at problem solving psychologically rather than technologically
you'd get different results.
Do you recognize the campus?
You ain't ready to revolt shit.
“You can’t truly call yourself ‘peaceful’ unless you are capable of great violence.
If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful, you’re harmless.
Important distinction.”
-- Stef Starkgaryen
Semper Fidelis,
Jonathan D. Low
Email: Jon_Low@yahoo.com
Radio: KI4SDN
Post Script:
"The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond" by Ella Roberts
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomon'
Where me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'
O ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low,
An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye
For me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'
'Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomon'
Where in the purple hue the Hieland hills we view,
An' the moon comin' out in the gloamin'
O ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low,
An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye
For me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'
The wee birdies sing and the wild flow'rs spring,
And in sunshine the waters are sleepin'
But the broken heart it kens nae second spring again,
Tho' the waefu' may cease frae their greetin'
O ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low,
An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye
For me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'
My parents are coming for dinner. Wear your most expensive outfit.
Shania Twain sings about how the girl can be late.
But I prefer "a good fast fisher" (Ricochet).
The female myth.
Brilliant.
Parenting advice.
"The writing is on the wall: Saudi Arabia’s collapse is imminent"
by Thomas Sowell TV
"Why do Asian kids outperform Western kids in math?"
by Malcolm Gladwell
Attitude, nothing to do with genetics.
"Why Math is Important" by Up and Atom (Jade)
FBI corruption.
Why I no longer claim Columbia University as my alma mater.
"Shooting Shit" with Lilly
"Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n’ Roses (Cover by First To Eleven)"
by First To Eleven
