Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Lessons Learned the Hard Way

Because some times, as much as we'd prefer otherwise, there is no choice but to fight or die. How prepared are you?

[Via Plug Nickel Times]
Posted by David Codrea at 5/21/2008 09:28:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

An excellent reminder that there are people who think WAY differently from us, do NOT want to get along, consider dead victims a badge of honor, and that being a kind, gentle human being is sometimes a death sentence.
People who make Hannibal Lecter look like Mr. Rogers.
Why we have to keep them warehoused instead of sending them home to hell is, I guess, a measure of our civilized nature.
Sometimes they escape, though.
The difference between these guys and a mad dog is, the dog CAN'T CHOOSE NOT TO.

5/21/2008 12:36 PM
Anonymous said...

"The difference between these guys and a mad dog is, the dog CAN'T CHOOSE NOT TO."

An even bigger difference: most people recognize a mad dog when they see it and respond accordingly. Way too many people seem to not "believe" in the existence of mad men; they certainly don't act like they do.

It doesn't help that a mad man looks just like a normal guy and the fact that their numbers are small won't help if you encounter one of them when he's "in the mood" to do damage.

5/21/2008 5:01 PM
Anonymous said...

Problem is this letter has a lot of crap in it. While SOME of it is applicable to non-LEOs, most of it is not.

The writer also makes some bad assumptions based on bad training.

Yes, I have decades of experience, and yes I am hoping to find time to give it the fisking it deserves.

The core is to find a GOOD instructor. I don't care which art or cqb system they teach, the instructor is key.

5/23/2008 6:44 AM

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