“American Sniper” is really two stories in one: Chris Kyle‘s journey to becoming the United State’s most prolific military sniper ever; and a surprisingly frank account of a couple’s marriage strained by the separation caused by the war and Kyle’s commitment to the Teams. Interwoven into the story of Kyle’s deployments overseas and his brief [...] Read more »
“That horrible incident underlined something I’d learned in SEAL training and that I believe even more strongly today: You can’t anticipate al the challenges that are going to be thrown your way. All you can do is prepare yourself to the best of your abilities.” Don Mann, Inside SEAL Team 6, p. 100 Mann [...] Read more »
“Law enforcement officers around the world have a round in the chamber at all times because they know that seconds count. Law enforcement encounters normally take place at 7 meters or less and are over in less than 5 seconds. It is fast, it is violent, and you do not have time to think. You [...] Read more »
“…Department of Justice studies have proven that an adversary armed with only a knife can advance and defeat an individual armed with a handgun from distances up to 20 feet. By the time the armed individual recognizes the threat, determines that lethal force is justified, and withdraws the handgun from the holster, the adversary can [...] Read more »
Assisting with a recent concealed handgun instructional module in a high level executive protection course revealed a number of items which apply to everyone carrying a concealed weapon for self-defense. This particular course had representatives from the military, law enforcement and the security industry. There was also a very skilled martial artist taking the course as a way [...] Read more »
“Additionally, according to the FBI, states with Right-to-Carry laws have a 22 percent lower total violent crime rate, a 30 percent lower murder rate, a 46 percent lower robbery rate and a 12 percent lower aggravated assault rate compared ot the rest of the country. Similar FBI statistics show total violent crime rates drop once [...] Read more »
Steve Kardian and I recently certified five new women’s self-defense instructors for two modules of the Women’s Empowerment Series at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Haley Taricani, Joe Salvati, Secret Brown, Samantha Cook-Watt, and Sherry Gelle successfully passed the requirements to teach New women’s self-defense instructors (l. to r.) Sherry Gelle, [...] Read more »
In the news story which features the video of the woman being attacked in Brooklyn, a person identified as the self-defense expert at the end of the story continues to promulgate the theory that yelling ‘fire’ is more effective than yelling ‘help’. This theory holds that you are more likely to attract people’s attention by [...] Read more »
Here is a rare video of a woman being attacked by a rapist in New York taken by a homeowner’s surveillance camera. It offers the opportunity to discuss some elements of the attack: The attack happened on a sidewalk in a public place, the very kind of transition area like parking lots and parking [...] Read more »
When you take a look at these U.S. violent crime rates as presented by the Disaster Center, it would appear that the rate of violent crimes in many areas are slowly dropping to levels not seen since the 1970s. The total number of these crimes, however, are still significantly more than they were 40 years [...] Read more »