lemaymiami
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As noted "after the events of the last few days"... it's a serious wakeup call for politicians that think they can ride to office by accusing the police (and I sure hope voters everywhere pay attention to what can happen if you cater to the mob...).
All of which brings me back to the ultimate home defender (in my opinion) - a short barreled 12ga loaded with decent ammo (if you haven't gotten the idea by now - good luck...).
As a guy who entered police work the last week of 1973 and left it 22 years later these current events have a terrrible "deja vu" aspect since this is the same world any rookie cop came into back in the 1970's (wish it weren't so...). Many departments worked hard from then on to seriously up-grade their officer safety training ( I contributed my bit years later when I was charged with personnel and training stuff for my 100 man department for about three years....). I can't say today whether that hard won knowlege was successfully kept as an important part of officer training. I sure hope it was since tactics encouraged by proper training go a long way to cutting down casualties on the street. In my era I learned the hard way never to allow anyone on foot to approach me if I was parked somwhere. I made it a strict rule to always step out of my car if I saw anyone approaching on foot (at least on your feet you have a chance if things break bad on you....). I must admit, though, that I never worked in the kind of cold climate guys up in the northeast have to endure each winter...
A good primer for any young cop (or serious self defense student) back then was the book, Street Survival, since it was developed as a direct response to many cold blooded shootings of cops back then. The basic principles in that old book are still quite valid today... whether you're un-armed, using a sidearm, or any long gun -shotgun or rifle.
All of which brings me back to the ultimate home defender (in my opinion) - a short barreled 12ga loaded with decent ammo (if you haven't gotten the idea by now - good luck...).
As a guy who entered police work the last week of 1973 and left it 22 years later these current events have a terrrible "deja vu" aspect since this is the same world any rookie cop came into back in the 1970's (wish it weren't so...). Many departments worked hard from then on to seriously up-grade their officer safety training ( I contributed my bit years later when I was charged with personnel and training stuff for my 100 man department for about three years....). I can't say today whether that hard won knowlege was successfully kept as an important part of officer training. I sure hope it was since tactics encouraged by proper training go a long way to cutting down casualties on the street. In my era I learned the hard way never to allow anyone on foot to approach me if I was parked somwhere. I made it a strict rule to always step out of my car if I saw anyone approaching on foot (at least on your feet you have a chance if things break bad on you....). I must admit, though, that I never worked in the kind of cold climate guys up in the northeast have to endure each winter...
A good primer for any young cop (or serious self defense student) back then was the book, Street Survival, since it was developed as a direct response to many cold blooded shootings of cops back then. The basic principles in that old book are still quite valid today... whether you're un-armed, using a sidearm, or any long gun -shotgun or rifle.
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