The recent terror attack against the 25 year old British Soldier should chill the bones of everyone. (the fact that it doesn't is still annoying to no end...but thats a different subject...the apologist can meet their fate and I won't care at all).
How do you protect yourself when faced with an attack like we saw the other day?
Awareness.Those bastards used a car to run over their victim before they set upon him. If he was in condition yellow MAYBE (and I say that guardly...I wasn't there and don't know) he could have avoided being hit by the car which was the initiator of the violence.I've noticed that between the Boston bombing, the FBI shooting of their terrorist accomplice (yeah they said there wasn't an active terror cell too) and now this attack in London, its obvious that we're entering a new phase of the war on terror.
Unrelenting, violent resistance.Take what you're hearing from law enforcement professionals and toss it into the trash. Violent crime...even armed robbery will cost the criminal years in prison (well maybe not in the Northeast but the rest of the US) so the first and best witness is the victim. It pays for them to either frighten the victim so much that they fear reporting it or, if they want to be sure, kill them. Knowing that you should resist to the best of your abilities. If you have the understanding that this person is seeking to hurt you and cannot be reasoned with (unlike the bystanders of the British terrorist attack) then you realize that you must meet their aggression with aggression of your own and then surpass it to assume a position of dominance over them. If you succeed, then also understand that they would have shown you no mercy. Don't give them any.
Don't rely on tech.Are you one of those that have decided that you won't you deadly force? Do you believe that pepper spray or a taser is good enough? Well let me educate you to the flaws in that thinking. Most people buy pepper spray and if they carry it then its a tiny bottle good enough for one use, they don't test the bottles because its such a small container and subject it to riding in a pocket or purse being subjected to all kinds of abuse. Notice that the people that do use it on a continuous basis (law enforcement), carry it in a separate holder on their belts, test spray it at least weekly (if they don't actually use it in the line of duty) and replace it after about a year. The downside of pepper spray is that you can build immunity. If you are in the military you have to qualify with it annually (depending on your job and rank) which means getting sprayed. If you use it often you'll build up immunity. If you've been sprayed with it often likewise. Pepper spray is hardly the deterrent many believe. Same goes with tasers. They're rarely used, rarely tested and the biggest failure point is weak batteries.
Train, train and train.I once knew fight dynamics cold but its getting a bit fuzzy. Definitely time to pull out the notebooks, but a quick overview goes like this. When you're going to engage in combat, you first recognize that you're in a fight. This causes the brain to put the body into an immediate fight/flight mode. You're going to get hit with a massive adrenalin dump. Heart will beat faster, blood will flow from your extremities to your core to prep your body for battle and if you're inexperienced you will probably stop breathing (for a breath or two). If you recognized that the attack was coming then you're halfway to meeting the aggression of the person coming at ya. If you didn't then you're way behind the power curve and trying to catch up.
How do you defeat body dynamics that in some ways put you at a disadvantage. You train. Train to be alert, train to be capable of putting up a credible fight, train with the tools that you're going to engage a bad guy with in a fight, practice carrying those tools with you at all times.
You train for every conceivable situation you can think of, you avoid going to places where people act stupidly and you're aware that being in a major city is a dangerous thing regardless of how well you've prepped yourself.
Unlike the last phase, this will be a law enforcement led effort.
The FBI was aware of the bombers and MI-5 was aware of the London attackers.
Do you think that they're going to protect you when they couldn't prevent those attacks. Your self defense is your responsibility. I hope you pick up the challenge.
For my fellow gun guys. If you're a gun guy then you're like me. You workout and train. You're aware of your surroundings, don't go to places where stupid people do stupid things and unless its an emergency you won't be slinking around at 2am chasing tail. Good, so this is actually fluff for you. You already know all this. But let me ask you this. Do you carry at least two spare mags with you? A religious fanatic, drugged up or determined criminal won't be stopped with just a few hits. Check out the paper below. Its a pain but carry those spare mags!
http://www.counter-currents.com/2013/05/woolwich-and-the-dynamics-of-awareness/
ReplyDeleteBasically if you training for defence, you trying to be prepared to unpredictable situation. You will not have time to analyze, you will not have time to think a plan, the only thing that will be availabe -- its you reflexes and nothing more. And your opponent will choose where to fight and when to fight and will be prepared. Best way to protect yourself -- eliminate the threat.
ReplyDeleteNow we have clear message who is the source of the threat, our countries infiltrated by hostile forces (armies literally) and we must deal with them.
How we will deal with them? Nothing is new under the moon. Lets look to the history.
1. Spain. Reconquista.
Year 1492 is famous for Columbus expedition, but more importantly it is the year when Reconquista have ended and hostile population was expelled from Spain to Africa and arabic states. No genocide, no atrocities, almost no rebellions, everything carefully documented. Problem of ethnic criminals was solved, no more child molesters on the streets, killings of "infidels", etc. Problem was solved by the government, nice and easy with minimal losses for both sides.
2. Beginning of XX century. Europe is plagued by rising homoperverts and ethnic criminals. After Germany lost WWI Hitler has come to power, and it was possible because he was playing on general anger of desperate people against homoperverts and ethnic criminals. What happens next we all know...
God help us if our governments will not choose first variant, insane maniacs could easlily get widespread support in coming years.
Homoperverts? Ethnic crimials? You don't know shit, do you?
DeleteI think this kind of quasi preparednes is unachievable and unpractical ,combat units fall into ambushes all the time and they are in a war zone prepared for anything ,being run over by a car is not something you can avoid. Its the cowards that prepare for such things they should stay at home at their couch with the gun in their hans and avoid everything altogether. Normal people on the other hand carry on with their lives British survived more than fair share on war and terrorism ,while americans shit their pants on 9.11 and are still scared shitles due to media and politicans propagating the fear.
ReplyDelete1,500 police officers were rapidly mobilised to protect mosques.
ReplyDeletewhich says a great deal