You know when I was a kid, my grandmother (who was the one who let me shoot her .38 when I was 8 years old) had this painting in her living room…it was a picture of an old bearded man praying and had the Serenity Prayer embossed over it. I can still see it. “God,…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Learning from Terrorist Tactics: Spotting Suicide Bombers
When I decided on this subject, I initially was prepared to do a ton of research and fact checking, but then it hit me one day: I really have to look no further than Israel and their Counter-Terrorism Networks to get the “scoop” on this subject! After all, they have been dealing with and neutralizing…
Poster Boy for WHY Firearms Training is Good…
I think this vid speaks for itself..all I can say is lucky the guy was only shooting .223, a .30 caliber would have chipped a few teeth!! I must admit: At first I thought this was an Iraqi Army Training Video 🙂 [youtube=http://youtu.be/Mgk_PvBVOck]
The Goths are at the Gate….
A recent letter from a friend…Never has a lesson from history been so relevant. Take it to Heart. I’ve not written you before, but then things have never been as clear and obvious as they are now. Id urge your readers to educate themselves on the Gothic invasion of Rome, which started as immigration, progressed…
The “Written in Blood” Rule Proves Correct Once Again…..
I remember during my tenure working for Uncle Sam in the Military that it was said, quite frequently and openly, that workplace “SAFETY PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES WERE WRITTEN IN BLOOD” mostly because of inept Government bureaucracy. As a young whippersnapper, I did not quite understand what that meant, until I saw, first hand a man get electrocuted due…
What the CO can Learn from the Eric Frien Manhunt
I started watching the story about Eric Frein with only casual interest at first, because I thought, this being a civilian cop killer, they would find him in no time and it would most likely end in a one-sided shootout with Frein in a bodybag and SWAT cops giving high fives. It has been over…
Another Incident to Fan the Racial Fires…..
[youtube=http://youtu.be/S9FtNOV6Qhk] Well, the head of the snake has fallen off, but the broken machine just keeps running…You would think since Eric Holder is announcing his long overdue resignation that the once so eager-beaver U.S. Justice Department who seems to insist (despite a Grand Jury finding no evidence of wrong doing) on filing racial hate crime…
Stopping a Dog Attack
Dog Attacks are so common now that it is hard to keep up. The worst attacks are always on children obviously, since vicious dogs always see children as the easier prey. The easy solution to an attacking, vicious animal has always been to put it down with hollow point “maul stoppers”.. but as the CO…
Skimming Awareness v2.0
Two years ago, my technical staff wrote a very informative article about CREDIT CARD SKIMMING. Between that time and now, the scam of skimming has exploded, contributing to the crimes of both identity theft and credit card fraud growing to epidemic proportions. The biggest reason for this explosion has been skimmers simply being more brazen, and…
“The Lazy and Stupid Parent”: Yeah there is an App for that!
Awareness (noun): Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact. Let’s face it. Being AWARE can help the CO more than any other skill-set, AVOID, DETER or DE-ESCALATE most bad situations before they get out of hand. Very often CO’s forget that just like any other skill-set in their toolbox, Awareness is perishable and if…