I remember the headlines of many of the websites and papers after they discovered a resource office, Scot Peterson, stayed outside while 17 people were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on a February morning in 2018. Last week, Scot Peterson was charged with multiple counts of child neglect. Is Peterson a coward? Yes. Should he ever be a police officer again? … [Read more...]
Tactical Regret
“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once”. William Shakespeare I’ve had a lot of interesting jobs in the tactical world. The common denominators for these gigs were the fact that they were hard, dangerous and the pay sucked. So, when a guy offered me $30 an hour to babysit some rich dude who wanted a hired gun in … [Read more...]
Alarm Fatigue: Correlative Applications to Gun-Related Self Defense
Alarm Fatigue: Correlative Applications to Gun-Related Self Defense by Kjell Rosenberg MD, Rangemaster and NRA Instructor People often ask me if doing anesthesia is dangerous. The answer is, “yes, but also very safe.” How are both of those things true? Because we know the dangers are there and we set monitors up to watch our patients very closely. Our constant vigilance … [Read more...]
Identity Theft – Americans Overwhelmingly Concerned About Credit Card Fraud
Identity Theft - Americans Overwhelmingly Concerned About Credit Card Fraud by: Special Guest Research conducted recently by the Unisys Corporation reveals that identity theft when it comes to credit card scams is Americans' number one issue. Can identity theft be scarier than terrorism? When people ask me, "How do I protect myself from credit card scams?" I tell … [Read more...]
I’m Your Huckleberry: Felon Arrested with Black Powder Revolver Raises Questions
Written by Kevin Wilson On March 11, 2019, a man in Fresno, California was pulled over at a routine traffic stop. The driver, a 19 year old gang member with apparent past felonies, admitted to the officers that he had a .44 Magnum under the seat, and was promptly arrested and booked for being a felon in possession of a firearm. There's just one little problem with this … [Read more...]
Search Warrants: The Fruit of The Poisonous Tree
Search Warrants: The Fruit of The Poisonous Tree by Nick Perna There has been much said, written and posted recently about the Nunes letter that made allegations regarding the veracity and integrity of the FISA warrants that launched the Russian Collusion investigation. What’s come into question is the credibility of the Fusion GPS report that provided at least some of the … [Read more...]
“Not My Tribe:” Coast Guard Lieutenant Arrested For Democrat “Kill List”
"Not My Tribe:" Coast Guard Lieutenant Arrested For Democrat "Kill List" by Scott Faith "Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats, TV hosts," the NBC headline screamed. Well, that's unusual; you don't normally see a lot of Coastie officers getting hemmed up for stuff like this. And after the recent Covington kerfuffle and the ongoing dumpster fire of the Jussie … [Read more...]
Your “Tactical Tampon” is Useless for Life-Threatening Hemorrhage
Your "Tactical Tampon" is Useless for Life-Threatening Hemorrhage by Andrew Fisher The myth that tampons can quell life-threatening hemorrhage just won’t die. It seems that every other week a post on social media touts the amazing effects of tampons as a life-saving intervention (LSI). After all, there are anecdotes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the veteran … [Read more...]
Delayed Emotions: A Perspective from a LEO and Combat Veteran
Written by Special Guest Author Craig L. I recently had an unexpected emotional release. I thought I was perfectly fine, impervious to the emotional setbacks that the violence of war brings us. My experience is a little bit different than most. I was a veteran police officer with 20 years of experience under my belt before I deployed to Iraq and then Afghanistan. The … [Read more...]
The “Sheepdog” Analogy is Deeply Flawed
Everyone who reads this site is familiar with the sheep, wolves, and sheepdog analogy, as popularized by LTC (Ret) Grossman in his book On Combat. We all fit into one of those categories, he says—we need protecting, we are a predator, or we are a protector. While Grossman’s analogy has a lot to do with the psychology of how an individual deals with trauma or how they are … [Read more...]
