Many do.
4 classes scheduled this week including this mornings.
(Thanks for the kind words).
I gotta set up a class with you.
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Why You Always Carry and Be Aware of Your Surroundings
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I gotta set up a class with you.
Thinking out loud. I know all wal-marts have video surveillance. Wouldn't the person who was robbed: A. Called the police. B.Noted the tag. C. Give a statement. D. go talk with Walmart management about the video of the robbery. E. BUY A NEW PISTOL.
Many criminals know the images on these cameras aren't high enough in quality to give the Police much more than a basic description of the perp or the vehicle.
Tis the season for the thugs to profit more from the unknowing and unprepared.
That baffles me. We have cameras that can take a picture of my shoe laces from a satellite in outer space, yet security cameras look like they were made on a Fischer Price camera.
Glad I have my new pocket 9 and 2 xtra mags
Spy satellites are created by govts w/ infinite budgets. Retail systems are used as deterrents.
While it is real easy to second guess someone after the fact ( "I would've done this" or "I would've done that") criminals predictably use techniques or variations of those techniques every time.
As Col. J. Cooper noted decades ago MINDSET along w/ situational awareness are the most important weapons.
Many of the greatest tacticians in history Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musachi, Frederick the Great, Napoleon, Gen. Lee, etc. put great emphasis on having intimate knowledge of your "enemy".
It is no different w/ street criminals.
In this particular case, having or not having a firearm was less significant than not having the right mindset/ situational awareness.
No... you cannot maintain a constant "Condition orange" mentality w/ your head on a swivel assuming EVERYONE is a threat.
However my choice is to treat any stranger who interacts or tries to interact w/ me in public at their discretion is a threat till proven otherwise. Of course that approach is situationally dependent.
If you're in church (usually, but not always a low threat environment) & you get tapped on the shoulder by the pastors's wife who is wanting to introduce you to her elderly uncle & you respond by slamming your stiffened fingers into his trachea & shattering his knee you will not be invited to the next covered dish dinner.
Honing that "6th Sense" that todays society has repressed is critical.
One of our problems as "God fearing Christian southerners" is that too often we have been conditioned to be overly hospitable & generous. That can be a weakness for criminals to exploit.
It took me years to find the right balance & still have to work on it.
Studying human nature & criminal behavior, specifically predatory techniques is a great help.
Don't be afraid to politely ask, firmly request, or loudly demand ( whatever the situation & your "gut" feels is appropriate) for someone to keep their distance. No you don't want to escalate a situation but if an aggressor can force you to stay "behind the power curve" making you react to them, then you will probably make a very good victim.
They usually know what they are going to do... it's up to you to disrupt their plan & make them start reacting to you (& questioning their choice of victim).
Amazing how often taking an aggressive stance along w/ stating a firm, challenge to "STOP right there... what do you want?" w/ a bit of a snarl makes people stop in their tracks. If unwarranted you can always apologize later.
Also, while you do have to focus/ process the "threat" in front of you, always assume there is another threat.
Moving laterally (hopefully to some form of cover/ escape) & possibly taking a quick glance around might save your life.
Also "Owning" your draw from concealment, shooting from retention. & dynamic lateral movement skillsets as well as having a PLAN on using them is absolutely critical. (Hint: Force on Force drills against real life opponents are a great way to sharpen that edge).
Finding & training w/ a professional is money well spent if you ever get in a situation where you could be killed.
I sometimes laugh to myself at those who spend hundreds, even thousands on shiny guns but balk at a hundred or two for quality training.
I spent several THOUSAND dollars on classes from '90 till last year because I considered my survival a top priority & wanted to learn from people smarter than me.
Obviously theres a lot more to it than that but thats a short answer....
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The trade-off is usually quality vs. distance.
It's hard to have both w/o exponential cost.
That's a great answer.
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