Think!
1911Tuner wrote:
This may become the newest trend. Be vigilant, friends. Be vigilant. Don't let yourselves get boxed in if at all possible.
Yes Sir - that is the point of this thread. Thank You!
Some know of my background and other things. Many know I have my "druthers" on many matters. Think folks, just think. I am a firm believer in thinking out the box, think like a thief, and think on your feet.
Software not Hardware. Please. We are not supposed to be where trouble is, leave if trouble shows , engage without and engaging - then stop an immediate threat if matters come to that.
Knowing how to do the above is paramount! We can not be complacent, not access each activity we do.
Yes, the criminal element understands strength in numbers. Criminals know, a big , heavier 4wd may go for hopping a curb, pushing a vehicle in front/ behind, to get distance. They know this, just like a pack of wolves will go after a bigger prey - they know increased numbers, and keeping one "busy" distracted, throwing one off the expected works.
One by themselves may try many things - add a passenger, now what if that passenger is a child in a car seat? What if an elderly person? Strategy and Tactics change - for the same criminal act.
These Criminals will bash a tire iron onto rear truck/bash into glass- jolted driver / passengers by that surprise, they have gained access to driver, passenger sides.
Do not fall into the false sense of security that a gun, a heavy vehicle, anything will always work.
Vehicles used to be heavier, bigger engines, and I know a Lincoln with a 460 V8, Cadillac with V8, a Suburban with a V8 can be run off the road, blocked tight as a drum - by a smaller vehicle(s). I know, oh dear me how I know.
I and others go back before fast food restaurants, before drive through lanes for ATM - as there were no ATM. We do know about Bank Deposits night drops, and we know the lanes for parking desks can be the Avenue to hell, injury, or death.
FWIW, many of us used a .44 mag, with .44 loadings for car guns. I am not the only one that knows the feel and sound of metal against concrete, driving on flat tires, and having only the metal wheel to drive on with sparks flying from metal against concrete - and some of them sparks were incoming bullets.
Think, have a plan, a back-up plan and...Improvise, Adapt, Overcome.
I have put a 4wd with locked hubs , and a tricked out engine - cold stopped, by myself, on foot, and no weapons. It took me 1.2 seconds from hiding to making that vehicle stopped where it could not go forward, backwards, or evade.
Criminals know this trick - this is where I learned it. It was pulled on a Rep I knew, and he was robbed. WE practiced not only using the same trick against a BG, also not getting into the same situation he did.
All I did was run from the shadows, below driver's view on passenger side and use a set of home-made Wheel Chocks. Two folks working with Chocks even better, one can roll under and pop-up with a gun on drivers side.as the other one does the same on passenger side.
Add a third person that smashes out back glass with a tire tool - gotcha!
Learned a few things from actual situations, from criminals from ...you get the ideas...
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