To save as many of the THR members as we can, we should be getting professional information out to them to save their lives.
I am just a dumb southern boy , that has never attended any kind of formal training facility.
So what I share plus $8 might get one a cup of Fru-Fru coffee.
-Mindset, paying attention, and raw gut will to survive, is what folks should be focusing on instead of some of the physical items they pay money for.
-Do not telegraph anything, other than you are paying attention.
You start doing some funky move, and the street thug, knows exactly what you are doing before you finish and he/she owns you.
-These "gangs" ain't all droopy britches, with .380 in a Nine with a Chinese Knock off knife.
Oh no.
Some of these "gangs" dress in dress casual, wear .40 cal Glocks, carry Benchmades and when a gun fight erupts, it looks like a damn IDPA/ISPC match , complete with using cover to reload and the mag changes are fast and smooth.
Folks stand next to them in a diner, department store, or anywhere, and never even know that person is a criminal.
That criminal knows you have a Glock 26 at appendix carry and the knife on left pocket is a Benchmade and the one on the left is a Emerson.
They own you, just you got lucky as they had other targets, better targets, with bigger pay offs than you .
You think just because you have a gun, two knives and 6 people with you, going to the Mini-Van in a parking lot, you are safe?
Wrong.
That nice looking gal or guy dressed like they are in IT, with a cane will have your feet out from under you in a heartbeat, and they can draw and get the first shot on target in less than 1.2 seconds.
1.2 seconds because the Internet gun forums "say" 1.5.
Now they have your van, from that parking lot, and your guns as you just left a shooting range, facility.
-Give me a 50 year old Biker with a baseball bat, or Buck 110 he/she scraped gaskets with, and is dull to watch my six.
-That 70 year old man with a well worn Case pocket knife, and Colt Detective Special in his pocket.
He will use his drug store cane, and transition.
-Folks want to be TEEM SEEL, or RangerRick.
Hey, these folks can have and do get any damn thing they want.
Guns,ammo, knives, whetstones, fancy sharpeners, and all sorts of gear.
They dump parts of various guns into a box, shake 'em up, and then sort 'em out to put back and do so in a hurry.
Same folks will be in areas and
Blending In. They are not using the fancy guns, or knives.
They have trained to use the local guns, like a single shot shotgun, and to use the local knife.
They may do what the set out to do, and in leaving, drop guns and gear into rivers, lakes, wherever as where they are going they can have nothing.
When they arrive someplace, they get the first stick, and cheesy knife they can get, to blend in and have.
They blend in, and they do not advertise TEEM SEEL or RangerRick.
-Gals, find a UC cop working a street deal with the homeless.
No makeup, don't take a bath, leave the nice gun and knife at home, and get some clothes from the Thrift Store, and do some yard work to get nice and sweaty, being as it is summer, and it hot and humid.
Tip with caveat: get a fake "pregnant tummy" under your clothes, sometimes it means you get a little extra food at the Rescue Mission.
It also means, since you are pregnant , you can't get pregnant, and you might be targeted for rape.
Or, be one targeted for a "doll" and you can trade sex for wine, smokes, dope, gift certs for McDonald's, etc.
Oh yeah baby, you want to see how savvy the streets are, get on the streets.
-Guys, don't shave, and you too get nice and sweaty working in the yard with Thrift Store clothes.
Leave the $2000 custom guns and $300 knives at home.
Tip: Learn how to hand roll a cigarette, and have some papers and tobacco, and matches. Not new, not full, just about half, to share and "get in the loop".
Half a pint of cheap booze is not a bad idea, and get a couple of $5 Gift Certs from McDonalds.
Pay attention and listen to you UC, and I do mean pay attention.
Can you stand at a intersection with a sign begging for money?
How about the "pregnant" gal with you , to really pull heart strings of motorists?
I've done it.
I have been on the streets for up to 2 weeks, living in cardboard boxes, getting a shower in a Rescue Mission, sleeping under a bridge up high....hopped a train, to head to next town and back again.
Some I did for staying safe, defensive reasons if you will.
Other times, for Sociology reasons.
It was about reading people, places and things.
That black man was not a hobo, he had a PhD in Sociology and I wanted to learn from him, some things.
Me and mine could have taken down 4 gals in a diner one night.
All 4 had on gun logo gear, and vests of some type.
Advertising like crazy about "gun".
Keys to the mini van left on the table, and they all went to the bathroom.
Hell, if I and mine had been crooks, wanting to arm rob the joint, we would have shot all 4 of them first in the corner , as we come into the door.
Now I am with UC cops, one a rookie, learning. We looked like disgruntled war Vets.
Now I placed my screwdriver under that bathroom door, meaning these four with guns and knives could not exit.
Seasoned Cop, snagged the key, and went out to the van, made a note of name, address, of the owner of the van.
He came back in, I removed screwdriver and later...
We informed this hot shot gal that was "the gift to women and guns" what we did.
We knew her, and she was flat dangerous, and actually got some gals hurt with her instructing.
She had about 3 years total experience with firearms.
She said I and mine could never take her, or surprise her.
I am 6', with a mustache, and she was "looking" for a guy.
Rain and dark are great friends of mine.
Wearing a ladies raincoat, and umbrella, I used lipstick to slit her throat.
She likes pink and purple, so I used a pink and purple dog leash.
Just slipped over her head, and cinched up, so her arms could not move, slit , took her purse, and ran.
My folks watching and she just stood there with red lipstick across her throat.
She could not reach her "guns" or "knives" (training ones).
These street thugs, are not all dumb.
Some are better trained than those that take training classes.
Crooks do not care about "laws" or "regulations", and they know the law better than many law abiding.
YOU say the thug had a weapon and being in fear, drew and fired.
In the excitement that screwdriver he/she went for, got lost, like he /she threw it in a gutter, a dumpster, the bed of a pickup truck going by, or wherever.
Problem 2.
You drew a knife, or gun and used it to defend.
Where is the weapon the thug was supposed to have?
They know the law better than you do.
IF this happens in a no weapon zone, you are screwed blue and tattooed.
You had a knife in a no weapon area, and dressed as you are is not going to look good, to first responders.
"Hey officer, man I don't know what the lady/fella was thinking, I was just minding my business and she/he knifed me..."
..."no man, I did not have a weapon, my radiator hose is leaking and the screwdriver I used to tighten it, maybe they freaked when I asked if they had some extra anti-freeze or something..."
First Responders are going to see what they see, and hear first what they hear first.
I have been in a courtroom, and trust me, the person in trouble cringed when the weapon and the picture of how they were dressed was tossed on the table.
Dressed in casuals, but the night of the deal they were not.
That stuff on the table, knife, gun, and other stuff sure did raise some eyebrows.
An attorney will ask umpteen times "anything I need to know" and you had better tell the attorney.
For an attorney will cringe seeing them pictures of how dressed and the stuff on the table too.
What am I going to do about it?
Do what I have been for decades, sharing what I know from experiences and observations, and then suggesting folks get to the next level for what they need.
I am over 50 years old, and I know about battered ladies, abused kids, elderly, and physically limited.
We did not have fancy training places, guns, or knives.
WE had evil, and we dealt with folks staying safe from evil.
Folks want "professional input" - go sit in a courtroom . Pay attention and learn.
That courtroom will educate one about what is going on, how it is being done, and the legal aspects for their jurisdictions.
You will not have a gun , knife, nail clippers or anything in that courthouse.
Pay attention as to how law abiding , family and friends of criminals, carry themselves.
The playing field is leveled for you, as the metal detectors and subject to search at the entrance entering the courthouse will do so.
Where else are you going to get the latest updates on what is going on in your area, and how it went down the results in a leveled playing field setting?
So you have a neat knife and gun.
If evil wants them and you, he already owns them, just a matter if it is your turn to be taken down.
Today:
The keys told me what kind of car that fella had, the knife clipped to pocket had me watch hands and he is left handed, so I looked while he bent down.
He has a gun on hip
His mother, looks to be about 65 years old and was sitting in the car, with the A/C on.
Humm.
1. One could take that lady down and steal that car.
2. Get the license and registration and know where this guy lives , as he had a vanity plate that screams "guns"
3. All sorts of options with this guy, I mean use his mom to force him to open a safe full of guns...
Don't look like prey - think like a criminal.
