In the wake of the atrocities, loss of life and the kidnapping and killing of innocents in Israel, accounts of heroic actions to save the lives of families and other have emerged from the carnage. These stories share a common element, the individuals and groups who made the lifesaving difference had access to firearms and ammunition with the training and ability to use them. Civilians having firearms saves lives. It’s as simple as that.
It is important to note that Israel does not have the equivalent of our Second Amendment. Despite the whole genre of off-duty female Israeli troops carrying an M4, firearm ownership in Israel is not common. Firearms there are strictly controlled and residents who do have permits are only allowed 50 rounds of ammunition.
As a direct result of the horrific attacks, Israel announced it was significantly modifying their permit process to allow more civilian ownership, as well as increasing the number of rounds permitted to 100. They will also be distributing 10,000 assault rifles to civilian security teams in border areas.
Call these groups by whatever name you will; civilian security teams, guardians, or neighborhood watch, but they all fall under our definition of militia.
The Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
What is the militia? Well first off, it’s not what our news media has tried to convince you of. Their typical portrayal is of the most radical, right-wing outcasts made up of old, overweight white guys in camo running around in the woods spouting off anti-government rhetoric. Nor is it what the gun-control zealots tell you, the state-run National Guard.
From the very beginning of our nation, the militia was every able-bodied male in the community, each of whom was expected to supply their own arms and equipment. Their charter was incredibly simple. To protect the community from threats. It shouldn’t be any different 247 years later.
Today it is small groups of concerned people coming together for the safety of their church, their businesses, and their community. These groups continue to make a real difference in our country time and time again. Your own ‘militia’ could be family, friends, or entire neighborhoods. It doesn’t have to don camo and run around in the woods; it only has to be able to work together in an emergency, for any type of emergency.
You may be saying to yourself, there’s no way something like what happened in Israel could happen here. We’re the United States of America! We’re a superpower! BULLSH!T! Israel is among the very best, if not the best in the world at stopping terrorists. Yet this horrific attack still occurred. If it can happen there, it can occur in any nation on the planet, including here.
Keep in mind the deadliest terrorist attack in history was here in the United States on 09/11 with 2977 victims killed and thousands more injured. What makes you think that of the millions of people who have entered our country illegally across our open southern border in the last three years, many of them military aged males, couldn’t do the same thing here?
Just this weekend, the Director of the FBI, who is typically laser focused on monitoring and controlling the exigent threat of religious and conservative parents speaking out at school board meetings, issued a warning about the rise in violent extremism to the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference.
If you think the government will protect you, remember what happened around our country with the BLM/Antifa “fiery but most peaceful” riots. Despite over $2 billion in damages and at least 25 people dead, their intent was only to assault, steal, loot, damage, burn, destroy, and intimidate the cities they attacked. Local, state, and federal law enforcement could do very little to stop it even if their political leaders had allowed them to.
We are now in a position in our country where many of our city’s defunded, demoralized and highly restricted police departments can no longer handle even their day-to-day calls. Response times for emergencies in some cites extend into hours. Who is going to keep you safe until the police finally show up?
Remember YOU are the one responsible for you and your family’s safety, 24/7, 365 days a year, at home or in public, no matter what the situation.
If a firearm is the right tool for you, make sure you have one and sufficient ammunition. Carry it with you always. Get training for you and your family with your firearms. Get training in first aid and trauma care. Seek out others in your family and your community who can help each other in times of need. Work together for everyone’s safety.
Bob
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Do You Lock Your Doors At Night?
All parts of our country are covered by a law enforcement agency, even if they are a significant distance away. Shouldn’t that be enough to protect your home? The answer is very simply the police can’t prevent your home from being broken into. They can only respond after the fact to investigate and attempt to bring the perpetrators to justice. That after-the-fact ‘deterrent’ is what is supposed to stop the crime from occurring. That same deterrent effect is what is supposed to be protecting you and your family from assault, rape, robbery, murder or other mayhem in public. The only thing different is you don’t have a locked door between you and criminal.
Let’s start back at your house. What prevents burglars, robbers and home invaders from getting into your home is having a hard target. That means a house that can prevent criminals from getting in in the first place. Lights outside so their approach can be seen, cameras so they can be observed on your property, sturdy locks properly installed in heavy door jams to prevent them from getting in and alarms to alert you of their unlawful entry if they are able to get inside. These things, and many more, will help prevent the crime from being committed in the first place.
Criminals may not be the smartest people in town, but they aren’t morons. If there’s a choice between a hard target and a nice soft, unprotected one, they’re going to pick the soft one every time.
Now let’s talk about you and your family out in public. You don’t have a nice thick, solid core door with deadbolts to carry around with you. You have yourself and whatever you carry with you to keep you safe from harm. That means how successful you’ll be depends a lot on your gender, size and skills.
Sad but nonetheless true, the elderly, women and smaller statured individuals are victimized at alarming rates. Quite simply put, without an effective force multiplier, they are not able to defend themselves from larger or better-armed assailants. There are a variety of effective self-defense items available, up to and including firearms. Your choice of what would be effective depends a lot of your physical abilities.
Even worse, far too many jurisdictions in our country say you are already adequately protected by whatever law enforcement agency is there and that you do not need to carry a firearm for protection. They say you do not have a special need or sufficient ‘just cause’ to carry a firearm. Even though it is the most effective force multiplier available, it isn’t available to you.
Now take a look at yourself from a criminal’s point of view. Are you hard target? Do you present a confident, strong image each and every time you are in public? That doesn’t mean you walk down the street in your gi, growling at dogs and punching streetlights. It means you are engaged, alert, on the lookout for threats instead of being fully engaged in on social media on your smart phone. How you conduct yourself is a major consideration for perspective attackers.
Side note: If you aren’t familiar with Col. Jeff Coopers Color Codes of Awareness, I strongly encourage you to read it and get some quality self defense training.
So what is going to prevent someone from victimizing you and your family? It’s not the police who are minutes to hours away. It’s not the prosecutor or courts who in many cases aren’t even willing to give criminals a slap on the wrist any more. It’s fear of their potential victim that will stop them. It’s the criminals fear that they will be injured or killed themselves that will keep them from attacking.
In parts of the country where the average citizen is not legally allowed to carry a firearm for defense, there is very little to prevent them from attacking anyone they have a physical advantage over. If they are carrying some kind of weapon – and most criminals are – then physical advantage is less important.
It boils down to this. Your safety and the safety of your family is your responsibility. Just as the locks, lights and alarms at your home is your responsibility, so is your safety in public. If you think you can effectively delegate this to the police because you paid your taxes, you are very, very wrong. To be safe you need to have the most effective self-defense force multiplier that is right for you readily available.
Until our elected officials get off their collective asses and start working on the causes of crime like poverty, jobs and mental health, and parents return to teaching their children about right from wrong, responsibility and accountability– crime is going to continue to increase.
YOU are the only one who can prevent yourself from being a victim. Become the hard target no criminal wants to deal with.
Bob
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