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My idea on what all America needs to do instead of talking about Politics!

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How I use to see Thursday when they still allowed me in the Classroom!

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Yeah I know that it has nothing to do with guns. But I thought it was cool!


 

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I don't think that you should show this to your students!


Your Students Parents &  Administrators usually don’t have much of a sense of humor for some reason on this subject!

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The Victoria Cross

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The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour “in the face of the enemy”. It takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals. VCs are cast from the bronze cascabels of two cannons that were captured from the Russians at the siege of Sevastopol in 1854-1855.
Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey receives the Victoria Cross from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. L/Cpl Leakey became the first living British recipient of the medal from the Afghan conflict for his courage in three times running through heavy fire to set up machine guns and beat back a Taliban attack in August 2013. The 1 Para man showed “complete disregard” for his own safety as the group came under attack from around 20 insurgents armed with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades in Helmand province.
This medal by the way is awarded by most of the British Commonwealth / Empire Armed Forces. The troops call it the Very Careless Medal by the way. As you really have to not have a care / death wish in the world to win it.
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Somebody here picked the wrong guy to piss off!
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TELLS of a Violent Encounter

Stand Your GroundStand Your Ground
U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- After being in the firearms self-defense instruction business for over 40 years, I have been asked many times what it the most important skill I could pass on to a new student. It made me think each time it was asked. And the answer has been and still is……. Awareness and mindset.
It never ceases to amaze me that most concealed carry permit holders have never been in a violent encounter or even a fist fight.
I have developed a syllabus that covers awareness and mindset in all our curriculum regardless of the platform. Pistol, shotgun or carbine.
We start with several issues, warrior mindset, both definition and application. Next the OODA Loop, history, and usage. Then on to Color Codes of Awareness of USMC and Jeff Cooper fame. The history and usage. How it applies to everyday use. Then on to the dynamics of a violent encounter or patterns of conflict.
The final piece of this puzzle is to know what the TELLS of a violent encounter with another person looks like. A TELL will give you an idea in advance of a violent encounter. A violent criminal does not start a violent encounter in a vacuum. There are many tell tale signs of the oncoming violent encounter, but you must know the signs or tells.
So here we go:

  1. Verbalization- “I am going to kick your ass” “So, you think you are a badass?” “You will be sorry” “. Those are easy ones. But they can be very offsetting also. “Hey, can you help me out?” “Have any spare change?” “I need some help” Those are meant to get you to lower your guard, gain sympathy and allow invasion of personal space.
  2. Visable overt awareness- Visible weapons, unusual nervousness, hidden hands.
  3. Asumption of a fighter stance or bladed stance.
  4. Looking around to see if they are alone, no witnesses. Looking for an escape route, a possible assistant assailant. Overall assessing their battle area.
  5. Invasion of personal space
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  6. Change in Body Language
  7. Clenching of jaw muscles, clenching and unclenching of fists.
  8. Blinking eyes unnaturally or squinting. Eye movement changes from the normal 20 closures a minute. Staring hard at or through you.
  9. Aggression redirected to other objects or people. Kicking cans, kicking or shoving chairs. Smacking walls, breaking pencils, or glasses and inanimate objects. Yelling at others.
  10. Sweating
  11. Flared nostrils, heavier than normal breathing. Lips part showing teeth to intake more breath.
  12. Tensed up posture.
  13. Stretching back and arms. Opening and closing elbows. Head rolls and neck stretches.
  14. Removal of excess clothing.
  15. Pacing, finger pointing shaking fists, over exaggerated hand, and arm movements.
  16. Facial discoloration, normally to red.
  17. Dress, what they wear and how they wear it.

Most of these have been noted in a survey that was done by two researchers from University of Toledo, Richard Johnson and Jasmine Aaron in “Adults’ Beliefs Regarding Nonverbal Cues Predictive of Violence. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
When we notice these TELLs, we want to create space and time to make the attack easier to manage or to Avoid, Evade and Escape.
Always remember violent encounters are a mathematical equation of time and distance. The problem is we do not know the digits until the encounter is over.

Time and distance are your friends or your worst enemies.


About Bob HarveyBob Harvey
Bob is a veteran Marine Corps veteran firearms coach PMI, Marine Security Guard, PPSU Instructor, NRA Training Counselor and Instructor. Owner of both South Florida Gun School and SDK Security Consultants. Subject matter expert, an expert trial witness for firearms and their use.

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The $$$$$$$$$$$ Cost of the US Wars

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Back in the days, when We as a United People dared to do great things. God how I miss that time!