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Perspectives: Wishful Thinking & Playing Dead is Not a Plan (Part 4)

by David Reeder | Nov 20, 2015 | Op-Eds | Active Killer, Going Commando, OIS Discussion, Terrorist Attack

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)

by David Reeder | Nov 19, 2015 | Op-Eds | Active Killer, Going Commando, In Death Ground, OIS Discussion, Terrorist Attack

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...

Perspectives: Wishful Thinking & Playing Dead is Not a Plan (Part 2)

by David Reeder | Nov 17, 2015 | Op-Eds | Active Killer, Going Commando, gorillafritz, In Death Ground, OIS Discussion, Terrorist Attack, Viking Tactics

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)

by David Reeder | Nov 16, 2015 | Op-Eds | Active Killer, Going Commando, In Death Ground, OIS Discussion, Terrorist Attack

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...

Taking Truth from the Dead – Newhall 45 Years Later

by David Reeder | Apr 7, 2015 | Assorted Ramblings | OIS Discussion

Gather round and take a knee. We're not only going to remember a day in history, but also consider why we should learn from it. Mad Duo Taking Truth from the Dead - Newhall 45 Years Later by David Reeder One of my early LE mentors, Sgt. Jim Clark of the Tulsa...

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Another "Killer Cop"

by Mad Duo | Jan 11, 2015 | Op-Eds | OIS Discussion, On The Job

You can see by the picture just how much he enjoyed killing that man. Why he's positively exulting in it.Knuckledraggers: exult.We're not going to get on a rant with this one. We just figured it would be a good chance to humanize the men and women On The Job (tens of...

Ferguson, Idiot Cops, and Experts Who Know Nothing At All

by Chris Hernandez | Dec 9, 2014 | Musings | OIS Discussion, On The Job

Remember a couple years back, when that plane crashed in that city and killed all those people? And all the news networks talked about it for months? And every guest interviewed on the news said, “I don’t know anything about flying, but let me tell you what that pilot...

Perception and Its Consequences

by Nate Murr | Oct 9, 2014 | Op-Eds | Don't Get Your Ass Kicked, OIS Discussion, Second Amendment Matters, Situational Awareness

Sometimes it's easy to explain why someone ends up dead. Sometimes, not so much (particularly if the reasons or causes are ambiguous). It would be nice if everything was as cut, dried and clear at the time of the event as it is in hindsight, but that's just not...