As you no doubt already know, there were shootings today on both coasts. Out East, a crazy old man opened fire on the GOP's baseball team, wounding at least five people. One of those was the Majority Whip of the House, Steve Scalise of Louisiana, who is reportedly in...
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Warnings Unheeded: Lessons from a Man Who Killed an Active Shooter
Last week, former Air Force Security Policeman Andy Brown released his book Warnings Unheeded. Brown’s book is an account of his response to the 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base mass shooting, and the...
Active Killer Events | Lessons from the Hood
Today's guest post comes to us from Samuel Hayes. His formative years took place under decidedly different circumstances than many of us, and thus offers him different insights and perspectives. Today he writes about "Sudden Shooter Events". Read up. [content_block...
Perspectives: Wishful Thinking & Playing Dead is Not a Plan (Part 4)
Part Four of our latest Perspectives series comes to you today with input from our editor and a couple guys who you should pay attention to: Mike Pannone and Danny "Gator" Pritbor. The latter two have a remarkable depth and breadth of experience, allowing them to give...
Perspectives: Wishful Thinking & Playing Dead is Not a Plan (Part 3)
Here is Part 3 of our ongoing Perspectives series about what we can do at the individual and family level to prepare for an event like the Paris attack (or for that matter an active shooter who didn't like his pancakes at the Village Inn). One thing we'd ask - share...
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Perspectives: Wishful Thinking & Playing Dead is Not a Plan (Part 2)
Yesterday we started a series that proved as popular as we'd hoped; it seemed to generate a lot of discussion. The question was, What can the average American do to be as pragmatically, practically and realistically prepared for an event like Paris, Boston, Madrid,...
Perspectives: Wishful Thinking & Playing Dead Is Not a Plan (Part 1)
The attacks in Paris last Friday are rightfully dominating conversation across the country (except for in certain solipsistic student gatherings in Missouri). In today's Perspectives article, we'll set all politics and sanctimonious commentary aside, we're going to...
Charleston, Chattanooga, Aurora – It's Our Fault
Yesterday a man shot and killed 4 Marines during a "domestic terrorism" attack on a recruiting station and a reserve center. A few hours later James Holmes was found guilty of murder in the Aurora theater shootings of July, 2012. Initial reports of the first event...