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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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Yes, if you move the mouse to the link and then press the left mouse button, it will appear on your screen, and you can watch and listen to it.
I have a feeling you may need to listen to it more than once to get it.
Lincoln was a self-appointed military dictator and mass-murdering psychopath. Rigging elections. Jailing political opponents and newspaper writers. Suspension of habeas corpus. Micro-managing "total" war against civilian populations. Military conscription. And speaking of conscription... chattel slavery was just fine with him as long as the state or territory in question was loyal to the federal governmment. He thought the black race inferior and was pro-colonization till the end (i.e., preferred blacks be shipped back to places like Africa as opposed to having them live in America).
Free advice: Ignore the words of politicians. Pay attention to their actions.
chattel slavery was just fine with him as long as the state or territory in question was loyal to the federal governmment. He thought the black race inferior and was pro-colonization till the end (i.e., preferred blacks be shipped back to places like Africa as opposed to having them live in America).
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The US civil war was about slavery, not about emancipation.
The south wanted to expand slavery, the north wanted to maintain slavery.
While the US claims to support freedom, when they had a war about slavery, it was not to end slavery, not for emancipation.
Emancipation happened in the US as an incident of history.
US citizens are supporters of slavery under the guise of proclaiming freedom.
"The US civil war was about slavery, not about emancipation."
Partly right, partly wrong. The civil war was primarily the rusult of the South's trade success. The North simply wanted a piece of that pie.
Simply by recasting is to be "about slavery" gave the war popular support.
Fact is, a great many freed slaves went back to work at pay for thier former owners; they had nowhere else to go.
"Slaves," with probably more than a few exeptions, where for the most part taken care of as well. Housing, food, medical care.
There is a great deal more to the civil war than just the issue of slavery.
puter error
JohnG,
"The US civil war was about slavery, not about emancipation."
Dead on.......................
Not until Lincoln saw that the South was on the verge of getting foreign aid, and troops.He knew if that happened the north would likely lose.
Plus MOST people do not have a clue about the slaves that were freed.
Over 500,000 died of starvation and disease because they had no way to house,clothe,or feed themselves after the war was over.
And it was 10x's worse in the North.
U.S.Grant had slaves STILL in his control until two years after the war was over.
After the Trent Affair, the English were actually loading munitions, Provisions and Troops in prep to fight the Union North.
The confederates were outfitting ships in France, another friendly nation.
The war did us all some good. Disposed of the obsolete methods and introduced many profound changes felt to this day.
And a Sniper took about a thousand yard shot at Lincoln and due to the weapon used and the terrain, wind etc the error was large enough to hit the man standing near Lincoln.
Also after the war for example, Gen. Custer had a pair of Army Infantry divisions marching enroute about 5 days out. But no. He chose to push ahead against Big horn.
Lincoln was sworn to uphold and defend the United States and preserve it against all enemies foreign and domestic.
The South relied on manual labor from slaves for the economy based on the plantation while the North was more industrialized.
The border states, western states had it worst than others. In those areas even here in Arkansas echoes of the civil war still leaves wounds that will take generations to heal.
It is my hope and prayer that we will never ever have a battle such as Gettysburg ever again. Lincoln gave the speech and it is what it is. Nothing more and nothing less.
We will do well to learn what our forefathers have done when it comes to paying blood for YOUR freedom to sprout bullshit that needs to be corrected due to lack of adequate education.
YOU WIN AN AWARD FOR TROLL OF THE DAY
Lincoln took on the Bankers and Corporations, and freed man of slavery. HE ENDED THE FED with his non-interest bearing Greenback. There was no "national debt". He was a great man.
I hope very bad things happen to you Psychobilly, you pathetic piece of shit.
Based on your posts, I hope for your own sake that you were drunk as the alternative is that you are one seriously dumb sonofabitch. If you are a Lincoln fan you should absolutely love the world and government we have today, he laid the foundation stones for it and began the serious drive for centralized power uber alles in the US.
It isn't that ZH is populated by trolls as you claim though there are a few, its that there is short patience for outright stupidity and sloppy thinking.
Oh, good Lord...
Lincoln "took on the Bankers and Corporations"? Read this: http://www.ashevilletribune.com/archives/censored-truths/Morrill%20Tarif...
Freed man of slavery? http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Lincoln/emancipate.html
And, to top it all off, you wished ill on a person whose only transgression was disagreeing with your viewpoint.
That is truly pathetic.
You obviously know nothing about Lincoln.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo53.html
Another victim of government schools. Wallow in self-righteous ignorance forever for all I care.
+1 Seems you hit a nerve by exposing the father of neo-conservatism, and career-long advocate for protectionism (corporatism) was, alas, wearing no clothes. Tragically, our first American dictator will likely be overshadowed by our modern versions..
antidote to the Imperial conditioning on Lincoln: http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo-arch.html
didn't see your reply. posted the same link.
the ratio of Trolls to Humans clicking on the green and red arrows is aproximately 10:1 right now. Apparently the Federal Reserve has printed plenty of cash to backup their paychecks.
Funny how you get troll attacked by telling the truth about Lincoln.
YOU THINK MAYBE THE SCUMBAGS ARE AFRAID THAT THEY WILL LOSE THEIR FREE-MONEY PRINTING PRESS?
THEY KNOW WE COULD DEMAND A GREENBACK ANY DAY NOW, AND THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP US.
THAT IS WHY THEY SO DESPERATLY WANT TO TAKE OUR GUNSAWAY FROM US NOW, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE FOR THEM.
"THEY KNOW WE COULD DEMAND A GREENBACK ANY DAY NOW, AND THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP US."
You know less than nothing about this topic.
Lincoln hated Greenbacks and demanded congress quit sending him legal tender laws to sign. He instead promoted the National Bank Acts of 1863 and 1864, which only served to drive state banks out of business, quadruple the number of federal bonds purchased (by national banks), and make the biggest bankers even richer and more powerful through a more centralized, federal banking system. Not only was Lincoln not a foe of the bankers, he was their tool.
End the FED
Guillotine for all TROLLS
Relax. It's human to be wrong on occassion, and what you are wrong about will change you for the better once remedied.
Lincoln did NOT take on the bankers, he was very much pro-central banking.
Lincoln did NOT take on the corporations, he was pro-protectionism his entire career.
We've been lied to about Lincoln and lied to big time.
http://mises.org/daily/607
Look you morons...
I did not go to your public schools, I do not watch TV and I do not frequent Utube.
I do, however, have a very large collection of pre 1900 history books in very good original condition, and the ability to read and comprehend them.
I do not mind being wrong 50% of the time, the point you are missing is that if I am wrong about history or not, the truth is that our current system is a system of theft. If we the people by the people printed the money and loaned it to the Bank, instead of the other way around, the bankers would be the ones slaving to pay off their debts and we would be the ones retired on our private islands.
Now please go away you shameless trolls.
Do you know why it's important to understand why the grand Lincoln lie exists? And how it pertains to the Squid of all squids?
Lincoln consolidated Federal power and central banking, elevating government and money beyond reproach from the States. He laid the groundwork for expansionn of Empire and a corporatism/cronyism-centric economy - sound oddly familar to neo-conservatism? The lie had to be on a grand enough scale to support a new and dominant Republican party and its 150 year reign.
I understand the need for this argument but heres the problem. Most Americans are more likely to die in a multitude of other ways like cancer or a car accident. Its so low on the totem pole of ways to die that spending a lot of time and money defending against it is wasted.
You are making the tragic mistake of assuming the world of tomorrow will be the same as the world of today.
Let's recap... population growth has simply gone exponential over the last 100+ years. There are now more people alive and than have died so far in the history of mankind. Society in many developed places is long past the point where supply chains went from underdeveloped to robust. We have gone from robust to fragile as a result of increasing social complexity.
Do you think this will continue?
Anyhow, now take into account the real nature of humanity when it is stripped down and put into a fight/flight mode. When millions upon millions of people find out thier pensions have been wiped out (in one way or another). When the mathematics of finite resources is finally realized and people at the margins are squeezed into homelessness, hunger, etc.
Rather, humans will keep humping and spitting out kids - especially in the welfare state where more kids equals more state $$$... precisely the segment of society that is going to squeeze the hardest when as we finally observe and reconcile the fact the cookie jar is empty.
Any of you that feel "safer" with a cop around, raise your hand...
I thought so.
What is your imagined outcome? I certainly didn't raise my hand.
Exactly. Most cops go their entire careers without drawing their gun in anger even one time. So despite the fact that I have a CC permit, I find it pretty much useless because mass shootings remain a statistical anomaly and the situations vary so much that it would be next to impossible to defend yourself in such a situation. Better to find good cover and try to escape than to confront a madman with a rifle while you have some tiny handgun.
Absolutely, see my post at the bottom of this thread. I still pack every day, just because you never know. But I know the odds of anything happening to me and my family are really low. But if TS does HTF, I will be prepared anyways.
Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
Better to be tried by 12, than carried by 6.
Suzanna Hupp on gun control... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-oNMHNrS-8&feature=fvwrel
If you've never seen it, wait for the last sentence at the end of the video.
"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. "
If you believe the violence issues of a society overrun with guns is solvable by more guns, then you're a sheep. Period.
"If you believe the violence issues of a society overrun with guns....."
Bzzzt. Wrong.
This society has violence issues because of it's large population of unfettered humanity.
It's not the guns causing it at all.
With radical freedom comes radical behavior. Though the US actually handles it remarkably well considering.
Remember how the Native Americans acted to each other? Violent. Bloodthirsty.
European settlers came along. Freed of strict control, they reverted to typical human behavior.
Killed their competition and took over. Survival of the fittest, "this is Sparta" and all that.
None of it is "right" or makes sense. Is this your first day being human?
The alternative is terroristic government that kills it's citizens. Slowly, then possibly all at once.
You can see it in action all over the world.
I'll take radical freedom with random chance killings over state sponsored murder and brainwashing.
Sucks, but...welcome to Planet Earth.
Remember how the Native Americans acted to each other? Violent. Bloodthirsty.
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Do you have any body count for tribal warfare of those times?
More fabled past. US citizens have to make up past to accomodate their troublesome present.
US citizens rule supreme, like noone else ever ruled the world, yet they are at a loss when it comes to explain why the world is in such situation.
It has to be someone else.
I don't have the figures for the Native American tribal wars, but here's the body count for the tribal warfare in China and mass extermination of it's citizens. You guys are way out in the lead.
Dynastic and Republican China - 105,000 Victims
Warlord China - 632,000 Victims
The Nationalist Period - 2,724,000 Victims
The Civil War - 4,968,000 Victims
The Totalization Period - 8,427,000 Victims
Collectivization and The Great Leap Forward - 7,474,000 Victims
The Great Famine and Retrenchment Period - 10,729,000 Victims
The Cultural Revolution - 7,731,000 Victims
Liberalization - 874,000 Victims
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/CHINA.TAB1.A.GIF
AnAnonymous the hypocrite said:
Like you making up that slavery in China over the last 3000 years was caused by "US citizenism"?
You seem to be forgetting that you yourself labeled Indians as US citizens.
Now, show us the eternal nature of Chinese citizenism, too afraid to lose face, too afraid of self-indiction, so the Chinese citizenism way is to deny and export the blame.
Of course it does. It has to be US citizens, right?
If you believe the violence issues of our society are solvable, period, then please tell us how?
Often, there are no intelligent solutions, but there are usually intelligent responses.
An armed society is a polite society.
Give people meaningful lives and stop destroying our wealth? That would be a good start.
FBI stats show violent crime down again last year, for the 5th or 6th yr straight.
Where guns have been determined to be the problem, then all seized.
The murder rates WITH guns go up, and so does the violent crime rates.
Look at Britain, and Austrailia.....................the Bobbies used to carry sticks, now that ALL weapons have been taken away from the law abiding, ALL sectors of rape, and murder, violent crimes are WAY up, and they are now carrying Glocks.
Australia did the same, and now the government just cannot believe that the rates skyrocketed.Make the citizens sheeple, and the wolves can feast.
The only people who turned in their firearms in both countries were the law abiding, and criminals are law breakers by definition.
So, who is left with weapons.The criminals................this never seems to get through Liberals heads, and I always find it AMAZING that during every Democratic political slot, these things go UP exponentially.
Plus we have Agenda 21 coming right around the corner, the timing is always precise.
The FBI are the criminals
Reference to anything from the FBI reveals you as a Troll before you even start bablling bullshit.
Also, you can see by the ratio of down arrows to up arrows above, this post is under TROLL ATTACK.
I don't know why you got junked. The FBI are mostly criminals. As are all of the alphabet soup agencies under the aegis of DHS and DOJ.
I junked him because he said anyone who references data from the FBI is a troll before they open their mouth. Goldman is mostly criminal in many minds around here, does that mean that anyone using Goldman data is a troll? Is Tyler a troll for using Goldman data? The answer to both is no of course. In my mind anyone that limits the discussion to only approved data sources has a weak hand.
fuu,
Yes your correct, why would the FBI post lower crime stats, rather than made up HIGHER one's?.
If they had an agenda(like the Dem's and NWO crowd) they would.
They are certainly not the only LE agency working to keep crime down,much less civilian crime stats.
Fair enough.
Modern trolling uses a mixture of truth and propaganda. They go to school to learn it. It's becoming increasingly difficult to counter them, and there are more of them now than ever before. I do the best I can, and I don't get much back-up.
Secondly, nothing that comes out of the FBI can be taken seriously at all. They are the ones that scare the living daylights out of little children every time they watch a DVD. Also, they have branched off to become the TSA, we know what they do to little children now don't we.
"Modern trolling uses a mixture of truth and propaganda. "
"Secondly, nothing that comes out of the FBI can be taken seriously at all."
You shouldn't out yourself like that.
Although I see now you outed yourself on your 5th ever post on ZH.
You waiting for someone else (government?) to give you a meaningful life? I predict you'll be waiting forever.
me thinks u misunderstood his point...
Or maybe not. The words people use tell us quite a bit about their locus of control.
do you mean: Give people meaningful lives and stop the government from destroying our ability to create wealth?
A few ninja stars go a long, long way. Highly suggest getting good at throwing ninja stars. Deck 'em in the eyes...
I don't know if you are trolling or actually being serious.
Ninja stars, swords, nunchuks etc etc etc are weapons and most likely illegal.
How are you gonna do when big popcorn in one hand, drink by your elbow and the girl in the other packed into a room with 200 strangers.
Your lighting is going to be shitty, your fight or flee reactions is gonna turn you to mush, and you probably will hurt someone else with those stupid stars.
I have not been to a Movie Theater since "Patriot" by Mel Gibson and the Passion (We played that in our Church to minimize danger from strangers...)
And no I will not go into a theater now. Not with the crappy 20 dollar tix and 30 dollar junk food and 300 thuggies doing god knows what back in the party row.
No, this Gunman planned this to the last detail and left bombs to kill police at his home knowing they will come for it.
It takes a Sheepdog, Marine/Soldier, Policeman etc to stand up and stop these crimes before ANYMORE people gets hurt.
You can practice with the stars if a Dojo will teach you. But before weapons, you learn function with body first. Then Mind second. And maybe... maybe you will be allowed to train with stars and what not.
I have had a little Kenpo and Ninjustu long ago in a different life. The closest I come to real live trouble was a hot coffee thrown into the bad guy's face and a knife in the other hand.... took some chain and wrapped him up.