Reality Check...

Watching "The Killer Speaks" on A&E. It completely reaffirms that you need to be prepared and ready to defend your life at all times.

Just google "Levi King" and see the stuff this piece of shit did to innocent people that he didnt even know. People that were just going about their daily life until he entered their life.

Dont make the mistake of only going to the range. Yes range time is important, but if you dont mentally prepare, you wont be ready.

I work mids and have a lot of down time, so between coast to coast am (ya i get that board) and calls for service I constantly play the "what if game". I use mental imagery to prepare myself for situations I might encounter (like every good sports coach teaches their players to do).

I'll now be doing more "at home/off work" mental imagery. What will I do if I hear someone in my home? Or if I walk in on someone in my home?

Prepare yourself, there is real evil out there looking to prey upon the innocent.

Lima Charlie
The predatory Wolf is pacing at the Door no doubt.
Semper Parratus

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Originally Posted by VooDoo6Actual

Lima Charlie
The predatory Wolf is pacing at the Door no doubt.
Semper Parratus

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And the true sheepdogs will likely tire of babysitting suicidal and Schizophrenic sheep.

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Originally Posted by J-Dub

Watching "The Killer Speaks" on A&E. It completely reaffirms that you need to be prepared and ready to defend your life at all times.

Just google "Levi King" and see the stuff this piece of shit did to innocent people that he didnt even know. People that were just going about their daily life until he entered their life.

Dont make the mistake of only going to the range. Yes range time is important, but if you dont mentally prepare, you wont be ready.

I work mids and have a lot of down time, so between coast to coast am (ya i get that board) and calls for service I constantly play the "what if game". I use mental imagery to prepare myself for situations I might encounter (like every good sports coach teaches their players to do).

I'll now be doing more "at home/off work" mental imagery. What will I do if I hear someone in my home? Or if I walk in on someone in my home?

Prepare yourself, there is real evil out there looking to prey upon the innocent.

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"I Survived" was usually a good wake up call too. Even if it happened to be a "here is how NOT to be" example.

The absolute best thing anyone can do is pop that "it can't / won't happen to me because it's too unlikely" bubble. People get ****ed over because they spend the the "small window of opportunity" they sometimes get to do something that will prevent the situation or permit escape and instead fail to comprehend what is happening or stand there in stunned disbelief that it is happening.

If you can get out of your "probably won't happen to me" bubble and simply live a vigilant lifestyle then you would see things as they develop and you can then at least deal with the situation at hand. If you are really lucky you will have an actual plan for basic scenarios and the means to enact those plans.

You don't have to be a paranoid nutjob about it, just have some basic plans for unexpected encounters with dangerously violent people, same as you have a plan for if this jerkoff in the next lane suddenly cuts me off.

When I used to live in the middle of funtown Ft. Lauderdale there were more than a few incidents where some "bad things" were setting up for me but my simple awareness of them developing was all that was needed for them to go away. This can be something as simple as realizing the person who seemingly has no reason to ask you for anything at a gas station late at night is probably distracting you from the person he is hoping you don't even realize is there.

This is why we don't need guns. We don't have to worry about people like this. The police are always vigilant. Don't trouble yourself to worry. You are just fine.

Except for the 5, 10, 15 it takes for them to get to you since your not armed and able to protect yourself.

When this subject matter comes up I recall these nuggets of wisdom.

(re-posting from an old thread)

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Originally Posted by Moose-Knuckle

Pre-incident indicators of violent, civilian events:

Jason Falla

Pat McNamara

Mike Pannone






Along the same lines, some informative reads by Larry Mudgett . . .


Why Surrender is Never an Option

Why do I need a rifle?

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