The threats were, in the opinion of security experts we consulted, serious. The individual has a felony record and owns a gun. Police in three states became involved and we hired a personal security team to protect me, my family and TechCrunch employees. [More]Find the Boots asks some obvious questions.
Maybe Mr. Arrington wouldn't be so fearful if he stopped assuming his safety is something that can be outsourced. There can be something very liberating in knowing what you're capable of in a crunch.
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I first I wondering if this company was the one that owns the ability to legally do the numbers on the bullet and case. That they are trying to force on us to make a fast buck.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with making such decisions out of a sudden fear of the risk that has, actually, always been at your side:
ReplyDelete"...whereas private guards are generally in the business for the money. And here we have a problem, because anything that can be paid to a guard as wages can be multiplied tenfold by one who wishes to subvert him. No matter what salary you may pay your guard, your enemy can offer him the sky to avoid his duty..."
"...I don't like a man standing across the lobby of the hotel, obviously armed and watching me. I simply don't know what side he is on from day to day."
- Jeff Cooper, "Bodyguarding?"
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Recommended reading for Mr. Arrington: Principles of Personal Defense, by Jeff Cooper. It can be read in an hour, and may be the single most important hour's reading of any person's life.
Apparently he disabled the comments on this...wonder why?
ReplyDeleteWell, Lawyer, I would think it is because he is GOOD at running away.
ReplyDeleteFor pete's sake... Just buy a 1911, some 230gr JHP, and a nice comfortable holster. Of course, I'm sure he didn't think of that. Why try and protect yourself when you can spend $2k/day on someone else to do it.
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