For the past several months, some places have experienced social unrest. That unrest can quickly devolve into a full-blown riot where violent criminal acts take place sometimes without warning. People in the vicinity can be caught up in the moment to either become part of the criminal act or targeted victims. People can be curious […]
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In these time of the political and social unrest with “peaceful protest” race relations being upset and violent anarchist in cities across this nation, coupled with the COVID 19 Crisis, there are a number of things we can do to keep our sanity and safeguard our psyche and overall psychological well-being. Electronic and print news medias
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In May of 2020, there were several cities across the United States that experienced Civil Unrest. The cities may have started with a peaceful protest, but turned into riots, especially during the hours of darkness. I use the term “Domestic Insurgents.” Because these riots occurred across our nation, the descriptor of domestic can be used.
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I have a new book that has been published. The book is called “Disarm and Disable: The Active Shooter Defense Guide.” Since my last book “Shots Fired” was published, there were a number of active shooting cases that I needed to cover and elaborate on. I started with the October 1, 2017 Las Vegas shooting
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Staring with the example of late December of 2019, Stockton, California had between 150 to 200 people involved in fighting at two different shopping malls. There are a host of situations and circumstances where people are attending sporting events and a fight breaks out. Sometimes those fights can be between just two combatants. And then
Over the past couple of months, I have heard at least two stories where Federal law enforcement officials have given their professional opinions on active shootings in the United States. The officials are from very prestigious and reputable organizations and reduced their analyzed reports on active shooting cases and have each one reduced down to
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Although You-Tube is a great learning tool, there are good things to watch and not so good things. There are videos that can help you to be better at Kata, Weapons, Fighting and just about anything else a person would ever want to know. For the benefit of this session, let’s focus on kata. In
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After nearly every mass shooting, many people begin to ponder what were the motives behind the killer. Why did the killer begin their deadly rampage? Was the killer motivated by some terroristic ideology that led him/her to shoot and kill others? What can we and others do to possibly alter that person’s life that might
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Having been a street cop in the Reno, Nevada area for twenty-five years, I have had numerous experiences where the suspect forced or attempted to use force to evade an arrest. By the time I joined the force, I had just received my 2nd degree black belt and somewhat prepared for these physical confrontations. The
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On a very busy Saturday morning, a lone gunman appeared in the parking lot of a Walmart store in El Paso, TX and using a semi-automatic rifle shot and killed twenty-two people in the span of just a few minutes. The police responded and was able to take the young adult male into custody without
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