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Police Recruiting in a “Red” State vs Police Recruiting in a “Blue” State

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A CNBC article popped up on Yahoo in the last day or so that mentions a couple police recruiting videos that have gone viral.  Without realizing it, the author hit on something I can’t help but notice.  Most of us know that Georgia is a decidedly “Red” state, or as us gun folks might say, a “free” state that recognizes the rights of its citizens and one in which the Constitution still holds water. California, on the other hand, is decidedly “Blue” and a state that has been on a 50 year tear to completely eliminate the 2nd Amendment rights of not just Californians but, the entire country because apparently, politicians from California think the people serve the government rather than the other way around.  So with that thought, take a look at police recruiting videos from Decatur, GA versus Newport Beach, CA.  The CNBC article makes fun of the difference in attitude, characterizing Decatur as “Mayberry” while Newport and California in general is jokingly referred to as “Afghanistan.”  Now I’ve been to both cities and I have to say, nothing about California outside gang infested areas like South Central LA has ever reminded me of anything I’d associate with Afghanistan.  Decatur might indeed be a lot like Mayberry in the sense that it is still a small town and feels like it.  Newport however, in spite of its recruiting video, is about as far removed from “Afghanistan” as you can get so the, “we’ll chew you up and spit you out” attitude of their recruiting video just makes me laugh.

-Gary

Decatur,GA

Newport Beach, CA

 

Failure to follow lawful commands can be deadly

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http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/07/officer-kills-suspect-in-sw-houston/

I’m having a hard time feeling sympathy for the deceased in this case.  The family can debate in ignorance if they like but, folks, when an officer says “let me see your hands,” that is NOT the time to start getting cute or deciding demonstrating your complete lack of understanding of the law.  This officer apparently gave the orders in both English and Spanish but, the decedent decided he didn’t have to show his hands and kept his hand hidden from view in a manner indicative of a concealed weapon.

If an officer gives you a lawful order, you are bound by law to comply, not debate the officer’s authority or otherwise resist.  Furthermore, you cannot lawfully resist arrest, even if you know the arrest is wrong.  And at the end of the day, you will never, ever, win a fight on a street with the cops.  You might manage to beat “a” cop but, you cannot out run Motorola (or Fox if you’re in Houston) and there are almost always more cops than you are prepared to handle.  For your own safety, just do what the cop says.
-Gary

 

Ish Just Got Real as some might say.

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http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/02/congressmen-urge-the-un-to-trample-the-us-constitution/

Don’t be surprised if you haven’t seen this mentioned in mainstream media…They approve of almost anything and everything Democrats do, including selling the entire US population into slavery for the benefit of big insurance firms by calling it health care reform.  But we’ve also heard both the President and Attorney General of the United States go on record saying they could envision ways of getting around the Constitution to enact and enforce stricter gun laws.  Obama and Holder are not alone in their desire to get around the Constitution. See the except below:

 “…a group of anti-gun members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), went so far as to circulate a letter last week to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, in which they “strongly urge the United States to take a leadership role in pushing for a strong, verifiable Arms Trade Treaty.”

These House members insist that the treaty include “controls on a comprehensive list of weaponry, including small arms and light weapons,” as well as controls on ammunition. For good measure, they wrap their unconstitutional demands in the mantle of advancing “human rights” and preventing international violence.

Don’t you dare think these people give a rats butt about SCOTUS rulings stating that the Constitution does indeed guarantee an individual right to keep and bear arms.  After years of courts ruling in their favor, suddenly, that decision was a politically motivated ruling by activists judges and in their minds, invalid.  They support the Bill of Rights only up to the point it furthers their own agenda.  The minute those right apply to a view point other than their own, they’ll go out of their way to try to alienate those rights for the people who don’t share their own point of view.

-Gary

Repost from the Vuurwapen Blog

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http://vuurwapenblog.com/2012/07/05/training-with-military-vs-competition-shooters/

This is a well written article and it echos the thoughts of a great many of us who’ve had the opportunity to train with a wide variety of instructors.  I’ve trained with military, law enforcement shooters and competitive shooters.  While they may have very different perspectives on a wide variety of subjects, at the end of the day, you’re really paying them to help make you a faster, more accurate shooter and that’s pretty much it.  There are some things you’ll learn with one that you may or may not cover with the other but, in either case, if you think you’ll become some sort of super-secret ninja-squirrel “operator” just from attending a few classes, you are fooling yourself.

-Gary