Wojo

With the exception of this year, I've been deer hunting around in Sterling. I've seen of the bird stocking areas and they seem pretty busy most of the time. I'd love to be able to do some grouse hunting. Sterling is 15 miles from me taking the back roads.

This is the edited version of my newsletter submission. Our editor's reigned me in a little, but did okay...I guess. ( I tried to modify the format but could not get rid of the bold font) Original Link HEADLINE: Despite Tucson shootings, gun control push falters SUMMARY: The shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson again put the spotlight on gun violence, but gun rights advocates and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said Thursday there was little chance the attack would produce significant new legislation or a change in a national culture that has long been accepting of guns. STORY LINK: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41071206/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/ ANALYSIS: This tragedy resembles others in many ways. The hope is to prevent future harm by learning from this experience as well as the hundreds prior. This incident like most, a variety of sources and self-proclaimed experts jumped to incorrect conclusions based on flawed information. Generally speaking the majority of the information you receive within the first 24 hours of a crisis is wrong. We had reports that the congresswoman was dead, that there was a second gunman, that someone had returned fire, the gunman was right-wing/left-wing extremist, etc. What we know to be true is that history has unfortunately repeated itself and the lessons learned from previous tragedies went unheeded. The gunman was very likely mentally ill, had numerous red flags that were largely ignored and followed a predictable path that other murderers have tread before him. We can look to our gun laws or the pitfalls of being an open society as scapegoats. But ultimately, the gunman took advantage of our society. His family and friends will forever be soul searching on why they missed his obvious need for professional help. Another similar case involved the Virginia Tech shootings. The event organizers broke protocol by not notifying the U.S. Capitol Police or the local law enforcement agency prior to the Congresswoman’s appearance. Had the organizers followed protocol there would have been a security element present, which arguably would have prevented this tragedy. Interns or untrained professionals should not be tasked with the security of these events. A large percentage of elected representatives resist having security because it can be viewed in a negative manner. The fact is, if you are a judge, a celebrity, a CEO, or a high net-worth individual, you have an elevated risk to danger. The recent 2010 campaign cycle had much higher amount of threats then previous years. We also experienced a significant increase in threats to executives when corporate bailouts and big business failures were everyday news items. In light of these events, we need to reevaluate our security measures and begin to conduct more appropriate threat and vulnerability analyses for high-risk people. Applying the lessons learned from this event to businesses, Brian Rutter, Firestorm Risk Analyst and former Diplomatic Security Agent, adds: In the forefront of the organizational leader’s mind is one’s responsibility to the bottom line. Also of paramount importance, but often underrepresented is the organization’s obligation to provide employees and key executives meaningful and effective security. Through Firestorm’s Predict.Plan.Perform.® strategy, it will be possible for leaders to create a comprehensive risk profile that identifies overlooked threats to employees (executives), business infrastructure as well as threats to normal business operations. Once specific and foreseen vulnerabilities are identified, reassurances may be issued to stakeholders through effective formulation of mitigating strategies that result in the significant lowering of threats to life, safety and business operations. Good security can be invisible to the untrained eye. Good planning, or “advance work,” is designed to identify, prioritize and address threats. Elimination of all threats is impossible. However a good security practitioner can address the most likely ones. By holding an elected office, these public stewards have forfeited their anonymity and are no longer a regular citizen. Upon taking the oath of public office they begin to represent something bigger than themselves. They are now a U.S. Interest. The existing specialized U.S. agencies have the tremendous task of protecting these individuals. But they cannot do it alone and the private sector to do its part. Stratfor Global Intelligence has provided information that makes a nice footnote on this commentary. Stratfor released a report that illustrated how rare attacks are on U.S. elected officials. The office of the President has experienced 20 assassination attempts, four being successful. Attacks on Congress members, whose overall numbers are significantly higher, are quite rare, with five recorded attacks including this one. For an open society, these are amazing low statistics. But the bottom line is, threats should not be ignored or discounted, and disaster plan needs to be in place to prevent, or minimize the effects of those seeking to do harm. --Scott Watkowski, Firestorm franchise principal EDITOR’S NOTE: For a thorough look at ways to minimize the threat of workplace violence to your organization, attend one of Firestorm’s upcoming free webinars on Feb. 9 and Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. EST. Visit www.firestorm.com for more information on the webinars or Firestorm’s Workplace Violence Prevention ToolKit.

Blooomberg was too busy micro-managing the recent snow removal to catch this. I'm sure once he catches wind of this, the author and editor will be fired. I submitted my commentary on the AZ shooting for our company Newsletter. It will be interesting to see how it is published now that Firestorm fired our previous media person. Once they edit and upload it, I plan to post a link.

If AZ expanded their hunting season to include illegals, I'd truly consider the move. Once my last child is out of high school, we are out of here. Having family in AZ and my wife and I both have good friends that moved to Commi-fornia years ago makes moving that much more attractive. Future water supplies is a big concern however.

My sister moved just outside Tucson two years ago and loves it.

My cousin married a Randolph cop who is a real good guy. They went to Alaska for their honeymoon so he could fish. She's a keeper and I'm glad to have him in the family.

I think vlad hit it pretty close to the mark.

I thought about it, but elected not to go that route. I wanted to remain as detached and a cool as I could on the surface. Our corporate office is in Atlanta so I could not be there in person to piss in his coffee cup. But I might send an immature email saying, "naa-naa you socialist prick". But that would be something only someone from NJ would stoop so low to do...and I am just that kind of guy.

Update on our Media Person - He has been terminated!!! Good luck finding a job you leftist, Obama / Pelosi supporter.

Jumping Jehovah...I never saw that one before. 4K rounds a minute! I am going to need a Sugar Momma to fund this purchase. Ron, when they don't list the price, it has to be pricey. Any ideas on the coin needed for any of the set ups?

Beautiful pictures Parker.

Kinda like banning Colt AR-15's by name or one of the many types of firearms banned in this state based mostly on cosmetics.

This makes me sick Westboro Protest Link Arizona residents are locking arms to stop the Westboro Baptist Church from disrupting the funerals for victims of Saturday's shooting in Tucson, with bikers and others organizing a massive counter-protest and state lawmakers fast-tracking a bill to hamstring the group. The Kansas-based Westboro church is notorious for showing up at the funerals of dead soldiers and other high-profile gatherings wielding anti-gay signs. But when the church announced it would picket the funeral Thursday for the 9-year-old girl fatally shot over the weekend at a Tucson grocery store by a gunman who allegedly killed five others and injured 14 others attending a town-hall session by Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Tucson- and Phoenix-area residents started organizing immediately. They may not be able to stop them, but they plan on giving the grieving family as much of a buffer as possible between the protesters and the service. "It makes me sick to my stomach," said Glen Littell, who's bringing a pack of bikers from the Phoenix Motorcycle Rider Group to Tucson on Thursday. "They're a stench from a slaughterhouse. We're just going to block the stench so the family can catch their breath." Had to snip it here...click the link for more Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/11/arizonans-rally-prevent-westboro-church-disruption-shooting-victims-funerals/#ixzz1AldgFmMe If I had snow tires on my Harley, I'd be heading west.

If it goes thru don't count on having anything grandfathered in here in the PRNJ. When NJ went overboard on with the AWB I had to get rid of a couple toys that I miss and magazines. So all the 15 rounders would have to be sold. So, ever more tubular 22lr Rifles will be come illegal and deemed assault rifles. If this does go California, getting NJ compliant magazines is going to suck for a lot of firearms. Just thought about this, are BB guns exempt from 15 rounds? I have a single shot Gamo and have no idea on Red Ryders and the ones from my youth that held like 250 BB's.

Done Don't despair yet. Many of the working people who don't have internet access at work will be chiming in when they get home.

I've shot all three, but have only ran one magazine out of the M&P. My observations are they are all very good firearms in a stock configuration to issue agency wide. All three triggers could be better especially on reset travel IMHO. The Glocks out of three felt the least natural to my hand angle, but still very, very usable to me. Aiming the Glock to me isn't a problem. Flash / rapid shooting is where my accuracy goes off with the Glocks. I recently bought a Glock and hope to improve my proficiency with them. I own a XD Gen 1 Tactical 45 that holds 12 rounds that probably has 4 to 5 thousand rounds of all sorts of ammo thru it and can not think of a single incident where it failed. This is my training gun and nite stand gun. The trigger has gotten better due to wearing in, but I still wish it had a shorter reset. At some point I will send it back to SA for a tune up and a trigger job. This pistol has been rolled in sand, dirt, dropped, and had lots of sweat dripped on it. The most abuse was during a week long training in over 90 degree temperatures this past summer and it was flawless. Because of the heat, sweat was the major obstacle to overcome when gripping and racking during misfire drills. I am sure that many rounds were fired "limp wristed" because of the palm sweat and it still went bang every time. The majority of rounds fired thru it has been reloads using 200g Laser Cast round nose loads and the barrel is absolutely fine. The finish has held up surprisingly well. Yes there is some evidence of wear on contact points, but all in all, the finish is much better then I would expect it to be at this point. And I have to agree with IIRC tbtrout, WTF Springfield, how about having some armorers courses instead of having to send them into the factory. I think it is more of a insurance liability decision on their part. Can't say I blame them. Perhaps they do now and if some knows, I'd appreciate an update. Bottom line, shoot all three and let your targets dictate what works best for you and not any slick advertising or your buddy's opinion. Hits matter and training is essential to increasing your hit ratio with any firearm's platform.

That was a pretty information interview with Dr Gupta. Amazing she survived is an understatement. Just goes to show, one to the head isn't enough. Spetnaz puts two in the head of the gassed terrorist just to be sure for good reasons.

"I heard gun shots and I ran towards it." That is the quality our Special Forces are looking for. Good man, Great American. Now he needs to stop smoking so he can run faster to a situation.

+1 on Bullet Proof Me. Good stuff and good people from what I have been told from other customers. I plan on picking something up from them as soon as a certain client pays the invoice.

+1 QFT

vlad, I agree with your position. We are also talking about men trained in self-defense versus 90% of the untrained population. Picture some screaming gang-banger coming at you with arm raised overhead with a knife. Not hard to step off line and shoot, leg swipe, or any other flavor of defensive / offensive tactic. The element of surprise plays into engagement distances as well. I was more poking fun that at entire statement he made. 10 yards is the outer limits and the typical we address being the 7 yard rule. But to be able to attack three people at the same time? If I am coming to take down three people at short range, I can tell you I am going to pass on my edged weapon and will be using something magazine fed. I know my abilities and reactions and would probably still go for my gun using one hand to block / deflect and go for a contact shot. No extra charge for the powder burns. If I am in a good mood, I'll throw the 3rd and 4th shots in for free.

Good response by the NRA.

I'd give you 10 yards and you can charge me and / or two other armed men with a knife. I wonder how Vegas would wager the bet. I study KM, and most of us can type pretty good. Then again, we use headgear when sparring.

I want to share how deeply entrenched the media is on all this. As I mentioned in a past, I submit a lot of security analysis / commentary on security matters. I contacted our CEO and media person about submitting a piece on this. I will clip and list as best I could my exchange with him and our CEO this morning. - My original submission Here are my observations and commentary coming from a professional security perspective. 1. Where was the security? .... snipped 2. Crowd Control, where was it? ...snipped 3. If you are elected, you are a target. ...snipped 4. EMS - snipped and blah, blah Wojo (Yes I go by Wojo outside of forums) 1st response from our CEO Good insights. Let’s make this week’s newsletter and run it on both sites. We can add links to some articles and use copy for the ToolKit. We should reference the 2 webinars February 9th and 23rd at 2 PM EST on Workplace violence. PR Leftist MSM supporting tart Can we ignore the fact a deranged kid can buy ammo at freakin Walmart? My response to the media-tart We can’t afford to let personal bias about influence what happened here.He could have killed her with a knife because of the lack of security at this event. Before laying judgment here, wait until my submission of an article. I know we are on opposites sides of the spectrum, but anyone who has studied assassinations will tell you that you can’t lock down an entire society or deny rights to 99.99% of the population at the expense of a few. Wojo. Media-Tart response I do have a bias against 9 year olds getting shot, yes. And it happens here far more than in European countries because of our lax gun laws. Is it really necessary to have deadly weapons and ammo available at the neighborhood Walmart? Haven’t seen that in the Bill of Rights. CEO Response to above He had no record. The line between personal information, confidentiality, personal freedom, and the rights of the public will always produce conflict. The story is tragic. It clearly shows we take our personal protection for granted. My response M, There was a lot of chatter before the holidays that AQ was looking to use pick-up trucks or other large vehicles to mow down innocent people in crowds such as shopping malls, schools, churches, political gatherings etc in a coordinated attack. Should we ban vehicles over an established weight? Box cutters took down four airliners, fertilizer and diesel killed scores in OK City, gas was used in Japan, propane tanks almost killed hundreds in Time Square, … Tart Response without including the CEO C’mon Scott, you know I’m too savvy for the standard NRA propaganda. He could’ve used a knife (kind of hard to imagine stabbing 12 people before being stopped), but didn’t; could have gotten the gun elsewhere, but didn’t, etc.. Always changing the subject is a very effective strategy. As is buying enough politicians and judges to get your way. The word “ban’’ never came from me. I’m a realist. Simply asking why it’s necessary to make getting deadly weapons as easy as a beer or cigarettes? Why don’t we have a standard mental health screening? Why would even the most devout NRA nut want it to be this way? How many 9 year old girls have to die before we care? I sent this to the CEO and our president who is a NRA Life Member and carries in his home state every where I have remained silent for quite some time about M’s bias influencing his writings and watering down my submissions.Since I have been contributing to the newsletter, M continues to let his political and personal views cloud things. All too often he makes remarks to me that I find unprofessional for someone who should have the professional capacity to remain neutral for the benefit of Firestorm. I have kept everyone of his responses and really think he needs to be spoken to, or better yet removed from his position if he cannot be professional. He has obviously lost his capacity to remain neutral on security issues. Too many times when I have presented facts from credible resources, he has remarks or takes a political view on things. For the record, I am an Independent, but leans towards being a Libertarian or Constitutionalist. He is becoming a liability and I am beginning to have reservations about working with him moving forward. I would like to have a discussion on how we can address this matter. Wojo Last submission from our CEO Scott, M’s role will be changing. I will address. Jim I feel good that I might have removed him from his position. I included several other emails of him ranting against my commentaries about US Security issues and most recently that Muslim Extremists are here, and have been coming in from our borders north and south, and they ain't here to contribute in a positive manner.