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When you are suddenly surrounded by violence and killing, it’s too late to train.
My prayers and thoughts this morning are with the families of those that were killed or injured by the psychopath in Colorado, and also with my own family that attended a movie last weekend and shall do so again many times in the future.
Below, I have re-posted an email sent out this morning from Brian Hoffner in response to the Batman shooting. Brian is a Houston Police Department officer that trains other law enforcement officers at the academy. He also conducts courses for private citizens. At this time, in most of our nation's cities, one can find instructors like Brian that are ready, willing, and able to teach others how to not become a victim.
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7-20-12
This morning’s BATMAN SHOOTING, I wish I could have been there to stop this killer but I wasn’t. That’s the way it is...The sheepdogs wish they could have been there, the sheep are thankful that they weren’t.
This killer was prepared and calculating as he slowly made his way up the stairs and firing - picking random people. For years I have been lecturing about and preparing police and my students to defend against this kind of shooting including what to do in a movie theater because I know that it’s coming.
Responsible Americans must enjoy life while being prepared for the kooks. There are screwed up people in this world and they can appear anywhere at any moment. Be prepared for your immediate defense and the protection of their family. It is an obligation. It the reason I train Police and Responsible Citizens, but it takes more than skills and mindset,,, it also takes equipment and you have to have it with you. That’s why I have made holsters for the last quarter century and invented American Tactical Apparel Pants.
If you leave the house without your head screwed on right and without the equipment to win the sudden violent situation,,, you are a sheep, period. Unfortunately there are so many people out there that will not do what they need to do to be prepared, and I know many of them. They talk about it, procrastinate; find something other than the welfare of their family to spend their money and time on. I know because I don't see them in training. They train a little than they stop. They may carry their gun but will be unable to respond appropriately in the blink of an eye.
I canceled this weekend’s Tactical shotgun class, why? No one signed up for the best shotgun training in the world. No one signed up to retake at half price so they could work on getting their 5 shot time below two seconds.
So I will scratch my head, like I do when only a handful show up for SoSu on Saturday mornings, and I wonder why I am failing to motivate those who should not need to be motivated. For those of you attending day 2 of Tactical Pistol Sunday, congratulations, but like I told you in class, many of you will go no further.
We have the opportunity under our Constitution to ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for ourselves and for our families. The future will hold many challenges to our constitution and to us as individuals.
When your test comes suddenly and violently you will know who, and what, you are at that millisecond. You will understand what is happening is real and you will be glad that you are there to protect your family and save others and gloriously you will act with skill, ability, and confidence. Or you will doubt your ability, be overcome by fear, of no help to yourself or others...a sheep.
Sheep Dog Warriors are not apathetic and putting things off. They are tired because they are driven, always working, and training regardless. Get it together people, don't be sheep!
When you are suddenly surrounded by violence and killing, it’s too late to train, your skills toolbox must already be in order. You have to believe in what you can do and gloriously get it done, confidently, reactively, effectively. You know what is happening is real and you are glad to be there. This is why you train, this is why you prepare, this is why you spend so much time, money, and energy on all of it...because you are Sheepdog.
Wishing you safety through will, determination, and training,
Brian Hoffner
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I hope many of you have read my article:
Fear we are returning to a time in history where it is a common occurrence to fight for one's life?
Please allow me to remind you of Item 7
Complete the following courses in this order:
1. One half-day tactical folding knife class; $150.
2. 2-3 weekends of Tactical Pistol Courses; $1,000.
3. 2-3 weekends of Tactical Rifle Courses; $1,000.
4. One day of Self and Family Emergency Medical Aid/Trauma Kit Course; $150.
5. A series of several two-hour self-defense classes (not martial arts classes); $200.
6. Fulfillment of requirements for concealed handgun permit; $250.
You should learn in these classes how to safely conduct dry-fire training with your firearms and a dummy knife. Do this on a regular basis, such as once per week for at least 5 minutes.
Peace be with you,
h_h
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Ah, the big scam of all...
In US citizen economics, division of labour prevails up to the point of specialization.
When it comes to security, it gives room for crooks to sell the idea that an accelerated course can allow to be on par with a person who specializes in the skill sets.
That is part of the farming of the poor scheme.
As they pursue the unreachable dream of matching specialized skills sets as one can acquire by dedicating full time to training and application, they also transfer funds to specialists so they fund their own specialization and grow better.
Another side effect is that it creates a false sense of security: as people invest and pay for their weekly training hours, they consider themselves prepared to face situations that would take specialist expertise. And such, people grow careless, imbued with a false sense of security, treading in places they should have avoided, if relying on caution.
But hey, it is US citizen economics, and selling the idea that one can match specialist skills in any field is a long well profitable idea sold time after time.
It is performed in many sectors and is another example of the distortion brought by US citizenism which pushes toward specialization of skills but still want to maintain the notion of common skill sets.
Disaster Artists, msm is again using its total AOLery et al. through the likes of BluffHo to scream BOLD HEADLINES right-in-your-face that you are being Punkd
FEAR missing children. missing women. deranged males FEAR. disaster. FEAR. slaughter. Fear for the wives and the sons and the daughters CONTROLLED by their relentless PsyOps
no. they don't stop and won't
ROBBING raping riddling ripping YOU apart ---divide et regere--- while yous busy look'n'round amongst their robbed, raped, riddled and ripped-a-part suspicious.powerless.defenseless for clues about like lemme think What To Do . . . ?
ie. oldie but a goodie maybe kinda like Bernhard Goetz maybe. sentenced. in defense. against just WHO . . .
they are not in the theater. they are not in the arena. they-are-nowhere-to-be-found on any battleground.in any killingfield.on any charge,court or account because they already know and have always known that The Enemy their raped robbed riddled riffraff can't anywhere find them behind their enemy lines where they of course preemptive have already first surrounded themselves with at least language of surveillance society but very much that cordoned-off and armed camp patrolled by such bought'n'sold forces as allows them so safely to sit behind their Big Picture window, screens and televivs with that dimon-like smile smirk who-me-worry amusement which is the already Cashed-In LAUGH they have at your expense patented
behind-your-back yet right-under-your-nose so's they can Do It right-in-your-face
. . . meanwhile . . . back-at-the-ranch ZH cowboys'n'goyem among other fellow galoots, cowpunchers and blowhards is talkin CC, 6guns and what their preemptive feminist disarmament termed MPF
Who Ya Shootin dumfux
You're right,
Shit Happens.
Wow, it is remarkable how much of that was readable but not comprehensible.
US citizens do not need to tell whether or not they comprehend US citizenism.
All they have to do is to act so that their US citizen nature makes US citizenism plain for all to see.
Keep acting and the rest is ensured.
WTF did you just try and say? Perhaps it might have made more sense had you included a few more US citizenisms in your moronic drivel... Just sayin'
US citizens do not need to understand US citizenism. They just need to act.
That is one of the most idiotic things you have shat out on this website, and that says a lot considering the sea of drivel you've posted.
I think you might have worms.
It is so idiotic that it goes beyond your comprehension level: you are unable to explain how it is idiotic. Another example of US citizen intelligence.
AsinineAnonymous is grasping at straws, now. Or is it worms? Worms can look like straws. Do they come out his head or out his butt? Either way, they drive his fingers to deposit roadside internet crap, at intermittent locations. Another example of Chinese Shitizenism.
Go to sleep, and feel your worms multiply.
The training that I have received and the concealed firearem that I carry do not create a false sense of security in me. I am not careless and I do not tread in places that I should avoid.
And as I try to go about my own pursuit of happiness with the simple hope of being left alone, if evil men do try to assert control over me or if they threaten my life or the lives of my loved ones or the lives of any innocent people around me, I have the power to confront them. I need not submit to lawlessness and plunder.
You need not be a hapless victim.
When Anders Behring Breivik carried out a mass shooting last year at a camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya where 69 people (mostly teenagers) were killed, the eye-witness accounts show that most of the people on that island simply hid and then waited to die. They made no effort to even try to defend themselves.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote about the fact that if people had violently resisted when Stalin's secret police came to take them away, those policemen would have been a lot less eager to come and take people away the next time. According to Solzhenitsyn, that would have greatly inhibited Stalin's tyrannical power.
Call me idealistic, but I intend to confront evil whenever and wherever it tries to assert control over me or the innocent people around me.
Very well put, thank you.
Well said.
And as I try to go about my own pursuit of happiness with the simple hope of being left alone, if evil men do try to assert control over me or if they threaten my life or the lives of my loved ones or the lives of any innocent people around me, I have the power to confront them. I need not submit to lawlessness and plunder.
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Lets adapt that speech to reality. You do not confront lawlessness and plunder but situations you feel you can control.
The US is a history of plunder. Dont claim you have put your life on the line to try to stop it. It simply does not stick.
Your clever attempt at wordsmithing falls short anon. He did not say he would not confront lawlessness and plunder but what he did say was that he need not submit to them. Have you no shame? lol.
He does not need to submit to them?
So it either means that he never encountered lawlessness or plunder, and therefore his training is useless, misallocation of resources or he encountered them and in which case he did not submit to them without confronting them.
Well, more US citizenism at work...
Well, kinda.
Certainly, there has been and is lots of plunder in the US. But I have chosen not to be plundered -- or at least I will put up a fight to keep from being plundered easily. I feel that I do indeed have (some) control over situations that involve me personally, and so I will make my stand there.
I have withdrawn my financial assets from a corrupt financial system that appears intent on plundering my (meager) wealth and the wealth of the middle class. And I have the means to not submit to any criminal who threatens me physically. And I will do what I can to assert my constitutional rights whenever the government tries to take them from me.
Also, I will do what I can defend the innocent people around me. I would even defend your right to be a sheeple, if that is what you really want.
Well said.
A less wordy summation would be:
SPAM !
getting their 5 shot time below two seconds.
Huh? I don't even know a range in my area where they allow "Firing more than one shot per second"
Private ranges are the only choice for effective training.
how about forbidding arms in the us instead of being forced to attend courses in order to protect yourself and your family? ;-)
Hey good idea! Then let's ban cars when someone takes one and drives through a crowd. /sarc off
The shooter was in a "weapons prohibited zone". Maybe he didn't see the "weapons prohibited" sign. They should make those signs a little bigger so that mass killers will see them and look for victims where guns are allowed. Dumbass.
whats the benefit of a 'weapons prohibited zone' if everyone can buy guns everywhere? -.-
stop the industry, stop selling to the public, then prosecute the illegal ones. what does a student need guns for???
i do see the indivual freedom and i do much appreciate the american citizen defending his personal freedom, but guns are not needed nowadays, they are counterproductive imho.
How come the bad guys never care if it's forbidden to possess a firearm?
Criminals are Wolves. They have totally divorced themselves from the reach and power of the Law.
Prision to the Wolves only mean good meals, friends, rank system and a access to a Graduate level of learning their craft, whatever it may be from pickpockets to pyromanaics.
That is why most people are sheep. The wolves will be cunning and coldly evaluate at a moment's notice which of the sheep to prey on.
Not that hard to do.
That would be a disaster.
You know, US citizenism creed goes like that guns are to fight tyranny in government.
By banning guns, one would deprive of this essential marker of support to a US citizen government.
Anytime a US citizen from the US for example goes and say to disagree with certain elements of policy of the US government, the question is the following: does he/she earn enough money to buy a gun? If the answer is yes, then the conclusion is easy: despite his/her words, that US citizen condones, supports the policy of the US government.
If he disagrees with the policy of the US government, he would have used the gun to fight off tyranny in the government.
Access to guns in a US citizen society allows to state straightforwardly if a US citizen government governs with the consent of the governed.
In the US, considering the number of circulated guns, the answer is undubiously yes, yes, yes.
Very valuable piece of information and this conduit that allows to see through US citizen duplicity should not be removed.
What country are you from again ?
country . . .
that depends on what your definition of Is. is
a state of mind
The questions for AAnon - - - he constantly bashes America, but won't take what he dishes out. Never gives his country of origin . . . . its probably some Paradise like North Korea.
How is that working out down in Mexico?
Riiiiiight. Perhaps we should "forbid" bad behavior instead. That would certainly solve a lot more problems. Now how exactly would one enforce that?
We have the opportunity under our Constitution to ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for ourselves and for our families.
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Absolutely. And in the US, days when slaves took up the arms to fight for their freedom have become days of celebration.
Well, people who run an extortion business must also carry guns to back up their extortion scheme.
And by US history, the reason why guns should be sported in a US citizen society is clearly given.
God forbid I ever had to shoot a man. My eyes water when somebody else gets poked in the eye.
That said, I would have shot this nutcase in the face, right through his gas mask had I been there with my .45 and got an opportunity to do so.
The cops would probably bust the hero for discharging his gun in the theater, but the public would have shouted him out of jail.
Yeah, sure Mr. Rambo. In a crowded and dark movie theather, people running in panic at you, over you and after a smoke bomb blew up...
Mark7, you're clearly way over your head on this subject and from my perspective your posts are emotionally driven rather than by logic or reason. Try posting on something that requires less thought...
He was at the front of the theater. I've been through tear gas numerous times, getting accurate, well placed shots off, it's not a big deal if you know what to expect. Are you attenuated, sure, but it's doable. In a dark theater, with a sloped floor, he was likely a sitting duck for a while, providing clear target indicator by his large muzzle flash. His skills are attenuated as well, and based on his background, it's extremely unlikely he was very well trained, and it's a bitch to see out of a gas mask, let alone fight with one. He was ripe for being taken out. It's an unfortunate case of none of the right people in the right place at the right time. It's not about rambo, this stuff isn't that hard, it's just a matter of training and a certain level of chance.
Sgt,
I've been through tear gas numerous times
Latest reports were it was not tear gas, but smoke cannisters.Appears he was basically firing randomly into the packed theater.
Hard to miss when victims are in a barrel.
as if you would be able to indentify the target, and thenget off a clear shot with all the choas, confusion, and bumping all all else that occurred. You pull out that gun, you just made yourself a main target of police.
No, more correctly would be that the defending shooter would be the psycho's next target, possibly giving others time to disable him.
"You pull out that gun, you just made yourself a main target". It's called self sacrifice. You may want to look it up. Unlike you, there are those who would place their life at risk to defend the defenseless.
Yea, because police use teleporters to miracle their fucking asses to the nearest crime. Give me a break. Most cases with active shooter, they wait outside until the bad guy runs out of ammo, after they've managed to get their cocky tyrannical asses to where they're dispatched, and on a good day, that's 5 minutes minimum. Good luck with that!
"had I been there with my .45 and got an opportunity to do so."
It was a chaotic situation, and it would take a piece of luck to get off a good shot. Nobody said otherwise.
Once the lunatic is down, I would drop the gun at my feet and act as harmless as possible for the cops to have a chance to size up what happened.
I would drop the gun at my feet and act as harmless as possible for the cops to have a chance to size up what happened.
You re-holster your defense handgun after you've taken the bad guy out of the fight, and re-conceal it until the doughnut dimwit commandos arrive, then explain how you were frightened for your life, shut your mouth and ask for an attorney.
I disarmed a guy once. Of a hand gun. Never found out if it was loaded or not, didn't care. I saw it flash under the table next to me and I had one thought, a very simple animal thought: Mine.
Without a word I hit him as hard as I could, knocked him out of his chair to the floor and it fell out of his pocket, and I took it and tossed it behind the bar.
No training required.
Animal instincts, application of brute power, and speed without hesitation.
Find your inner animal and you'll know exactly what to do, immediately, every time. Zen training doesn't hurt either.
You gotta wonder, what was there in what I wrote that required a down-vote? I don't usually pay any attention to such things; not here to win any friends actually. But I would think someone being able to manage a complex situation would be okay.
Many years ago I went through teacher training. I was going to teach Biology in public school. It was useful training as most such things are, you can always learn something. I even did a lot of teaching later and enjoyed it. However the only part of my actual training that I recall vividly was the following:
Teachers in training attend all-day seminars. This guest lecturer comes to the class one day and starts her segment off by asking which of the assembled felt confident they could take control of a difficult situation. I raised my hand, because that's how I am. I was the only one who did so. The lecturer turned to me and said (I think these were her exact words) "Then you are at risk of becoming a tin-pot dictator."
Wow man. I mean holy shit that was harsh. I think my nascent teaching career was damaged right there on the spot. Probably I should have walked out of there, changed major, and become a truck driver or something where you don't have to sit and listen to bullshit like that. The only real dictator I've ever met, right there.
I didn't quit the program. But I never forgot what she said. Never. Nor will I. Ever.
News flash to all you mealy-mouthed effete snobs out there; Don't ever put me in a situation I don't like, because me taking over will be the least of your problems. Dicator or no, with tin-pot or without, I'll break your ass in half. I'm a monster in a Hawaiian shirt. I'm all animal all the time every day. You bring a gun, you better bring several and be ready to use them. You plan on killing me, you better kill me really hard lots of times because if I can lay a hand on you I will absolutely break your neck.
There, that felt good. Hey lady guest lecturer, hope that didn't like piss you off or anything. Go ahead and vote me down if you want to. I've been not really caring what you think for a long time.
For the record I'm actually one hell of a good Biology instructor, too.
Why were you downvoted? Quite simple.
Your response isnt to run and tell someone in authority. A "person" with the soul of a rabbit doesnt comprehend anything else.
Can I buy you a beer?
Yeah, I wondered why someone downvoted your earlier post too. But theres a lot a pure pussies out there (and I'm not talking about the gals). - - They can't stand that anyone would actually think or act like man when required.
Am no Rambo, but have been in a few situations where it took taking action Right Now. So, I know what you mean & I'm sure there are others out here too.
Found your public school teacher story interesting. If you havent already done so, check out the books & interviews of John Taylor Gatto, former NY state and NYC Teacher of the Year. He knows the public education score. I have to give you guys a lot of credit for putting up with that kind of femi-Nazi controlled environment. I could never put up with it (though I tutor my h.s. nephew and niece in economics, science, and math. Started in engineering in college, graduated in finance/economics with computer science minor) It isnt any wonder that these witches have so many schoolboys on drugs for 'ADHD' b.s.
Regards
I once broke a guy's nose. He snuck up behind me on a Chicago street one day and I felt his hands begin to encircle my waist. With no hesitation, I elbowed him right in the face. Boom, done. I looked back afterwards and blood was gushing from his mangled schnozz, then I ran. I was 13 at the time.