First… Watch this skit. Did you watch it? If not, I’ll wait… If so… What happened? I was whistling my way through the park when an armed bad guy (wearing the bad guy uniform) jumped out and demanded my wallet.
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This mistake could get you killed AFTER a self defense shooting
What to Do When You Get Home & the Police are Searching the House
Robb on Sharp as a Marble and Rooster (@FillYerHands) on Twitter are both talking about this story… The Lake County, Florida Sheriff’s office decided to serve a warrant on an attempted murder suspect at 1:30 in the morning. The suspect was riding a motorcycle
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Another example of why all cops should compete
Today I ran up to the range and the local swat team was shooting so I stopped to watch. While there are some fabulous SWAT teams around (LA & Dallas come to mind), there are also many that are less than
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Three tiers of police-citizen encounters
If you are a law-abiding citizen the most likely armed encounter you will ever have in a stressful situation is a with a police officer. I believe that it is our duty to attempt to de-escalate that situation as quickly as possible
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Quick thought about the rift between LEOs and common citizens
Over the past 4 days I have been redoing the When the Balloon Goes Up! blog in hopes of making it a more flexible site (I am moving it to WordPress at balloongoesup.com). I am moving the posts, the images,
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When seconds count
Click to watch video News story and audio tapes of a 66yo woman on the phone 911 as a man attempts to come through her window after being shot at twice. Her 3 round ever fired, killed the intruder. A
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Don’t clear your house, call 911! or not?
House clearing is best left up to the professionals! Don’t clear your house, call 911! How many times have you heard that? When it can be avoided, I completely agree, but he fact of the matter is sometimes it can’t.
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How to be a good witness
When I took the NC Handgun Permit class the instructor told a story about a time he drew his handgun in defense of a young lady that was being beaten by her boyfriend. As he told the story her boyfriend
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