Texas Drifter: When Self Defense Not Theory
Marshall’s Law Dateline – In addition to ability and experience the self defender needs to have the instincts and reflexes for necessary actions to win. If thought of taking the life of threatening person in self defense situation might cause self defender to hesitate; then self defender should consider other options.
Following writing exercise when self defense not theory is by one licensed to teach private sector continuing education class “Art and Ethics of Surveillance”. Training manual for class is SPY AS A VERB based on field experiences not desk piloting, and was first compiled in early 1990’s.
One of components of class is personal security for the “undercover” agent conducting physical, and or personal communications surveillance to gather intelligence. Primary elements in personal security include avoiding, evading, reducing, eliminating or stopping threat.
Many of self defense components for self defender or intelligence operations manager are similar. Once threat starts, why threat occurs is insignificant to surviving threatening scenario. As surviving old timer explained to Texas Drifter over four decade ago why threat is threat D.M.S. (don’t mean s---).
As field operations manager, one does not care if bad guy point’s gun at one of his team members because they are getting paid too, scared, under influence of drugs, had rotten childhood, or are just plain crazy. Operation manager’s one and only concern is neutralizing threat as quickly and efficiently at minimum risk to bystanders, so as to be ready for additional threats.
Background information, self defense is not a sin. The Ten Commandments are rules for individuals; while The Bill of Rights are the rules for governments. Individuals do not get to change Ten Commandments for convenience because they want to commit adultery. Mobs or feral politicians like Obama do not get to change Bill of Rights because they prefer benefits of tyranny compared to inconveniences of liberty.
Another element of concern for self defender is evolution of soft targets. Bullies migrate away from hard and hardened targets. Hardened targets like police stations, banks, airport lobbies will cause bullies to migrate to softer targets like schools, malls, and other places reader can list.
Reader needs to understand that once schools are hardened; bullies will likely evolve to school bus stops and school crosswalks possibly using other weapon of choice like vehicles. Only pilgrims, the naive, or those too stupid to live free can seriously believe that concept of utopian security ever did or ever will exist in real world.
Mid writing exercise thoughts, what is difference between anti-gun mob wanting to tamper with Second Amendment Rights and another mob wanting to tamper with First Amendment Rights? Answer none beware those like NRA seemingly wanting to censor violent content may stop where? Who knows there are many violent acts recorded in Holy Bible, will that be next on some censors list?
Remember, picking and choosing which of Bill of Rights to honor is no different than picking and choosing which of Ten Commandments to honor. America’s contemporary problems can be traced to one of two sources: individuals violating Ten Commandment rules and governments violating Bill of Rights rules.
Better place for reader to find answers to recent violent problems in America is over use of prescription psycho drugs; good guess might be that Baby Boomer generation that found their youth wisdom in illegal drugs might be over depending on legal prescription drugs for their kids – just a thought.
Back to writing exercise theme, natural fact, as population density increases so do sub-groups of criminals, ethnic and ideological haters, crazies, and evil among general population. These bad guys will use explosives, guns, knives, clubs, rocks or whatever tool is accessible.
Key element for self defender is timely response to threat. Average response time for law enforcement arrival after notification in urban, suburban areas is five to ten minutes, and fifteen to twenty minutes or longer in rural areas. Never understood why liberals rather than defending their families have no problem with their women and daughters being sexually abused until law enforcement arrives.
Reader’s assignment, if self defense is not a sin; how do liberals justify loved ones, friends, and law abiding citizens being murdered, raped, robbed, and victimized because the bad guys including feral politicians could not be talked into not being bad?
Bonus question for self defenders: what are differences between constitutional due process self defense, constitutional due process justice, and revenge?
Reader might consider following elements from Texas Drifter’s class of interest:
SPY AS A VERB: Art and ethics of Surveillance Section <23> (Excerpt)
When involved in a shooting, questionable incident, or accident; do not under any circumstance discuss what happened with anyone but your attorney. Operation plans should include managing post assignments criminal or civil legal threats. Remember public sector investigators were called to the scene to conduct a criminal investigation and not be anyone’s friend.
Never forget, anything you do or say to anyone can be used against you or your client. Inadvertent or casual comments can be overheard by bystanders, and come back to haunt the actor; so do not let on scene emotions cause future problems.
There is truth in the old expression: everybody walks when nobody talks. In America, people are considered innocent until proven guilty. Proper procedure should include: identify self; provide proper identification; and politely calmly inform the authorities that you will only respond to their questions following advice from your lawyer. From the beginning of the incident, agents should not say ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.
This rule also applies to team member as potential witnesses. In America, every citizen is entitled to legal counsel whenever they feel it is in their best interests. Every single team member should avoid saying anything to anybody without benefit of counsel, even if their role in a specific legal scenario is that of “only” a witness. Expressed in street terms, not talking is original immunity. End Excerpt.
Closing thought, recall primary elements in personal security include avoiding, evading, reducing, eliminating or stopping threat. Former team manager Texas Drifter worked for used to say: avoiding and evading were best because they eliminated all that d--- paper work.
Until next writing exercise, reader might consider thinking about when self defense not theory.
