By John Farnam
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Follow-up on domestic terrorist attacks, from a friend who works in the security department of a large insurance company with office complexes in a number of major metro areas within CONUS:
“As part of my job and as a result of frequent requests, I recently presented a security seminar for our region. The subject was:
‘Terrorist Attacks and Active Murderers.’
The core of my presentation was, of course:
Avoid, Separate, Evade, Flee. Fight when there is no other choice.
I expressed the opinion that “lock-downs” were tantamount to suicide and that running away almost always makes more sense.
My students (company employees) were enthusiastic, and desperate for more information, particularly with regard to state concealed-carry regulations, and going armed.
When wind of my presentation wafted up the food-chain, our department received a scathing email (the same day) from the highest corporate levels ordering us to stop all presentations and stop distributing any additional information about personal safety.
I should have expected it!
In the business world, it is far less expensive to quietly pay claims from families of murdered employees, than to pay claims from ‘families’ of dead terrorists. After all, employees are all insured, which is to say their lives have already been translated into a pre-determined number of dollars (and not a penny more)!
Conversely, terrorists and other violent criminals are of infinite value! Once dead, they will predictably be portrayed by plaintiff’s attorneys, aided and abetted by the liberal media, as ‘troubled youth, crying out for help.’ For months after the incident, perpetrators will be shown only in photos taken when they were wearing acolyte gowns at the age of twelve! Their murderous careers thereafter will be ignored by the media as ‘irrelevant.’
Oh, the career-ending bad publicity!
With many guns constantly protecting their lives, executives think they can afford to be casual about the (expendable) lives of those of us down here at the peon-level.
It looks as if I won’t be asked to make any more presentations…!”
Comment:
I wish I were surprised!
Sheep don’t trust sheepdogs and more than they trust wolves!
When executives, in the public or private sectors, talk about “liability concerns,” that translates in plain English to:
“When our people are murdered, we will ‘react’ by paying for their funerals, and then hiring more!”
Unilateral action (ie: heroically defending oneself with gunfire) on the part of audacious employees in an effort to protect their own lives is always going to be “unthinkable” in the cloistered corporate world.
“Fighting” with improvised weapons (staplers, fire extinguishers) is grudgingly accepted, so long as it is pathetically ineffective. Really effective fighting, with real weapons that might actually succeed, is of course, absolutely prohibited!
In our current system, expect this kind a casual attitude toward your life. Don’t become a victim of it!
Understand who is ultimately responsible for your personal safety. Also understand that when people (employers, politicians, regulators, et al) make “rules,” (that they cynically never intend to observe themselves) such “rules” are invariably designed to benefit them, not you!
/John
About John Farnam & Defense Training International, Inc
As a defensive weapons and tactics instructor John Farnam will urge you, based on your own beliefs, to make up your mind in advance as to what you would do when faced with an imminent and unlawful lethal threat. You should, of course, also decide what preparations you should make in advance, if any. Defense Training International wants to make sure that their students fully understand the physical, legal, psychological, and societal consequences of their actions or inactions.
It is our duty to make you aware of certain unpleasant physical realities intrinsic to the Planet Earth. Mr Farnam is happy to be your counselor and advisor. Visit: www.defense-training.com
I’m thankful that my company allows concealed carry, but even if it didn’t, I’d still do it anyway. You only have chronic over-achievers at the top, and they are already trying to die at their desks, I just refuse to let them take me with them in any way.
Some years ago I was the mental health guy for my company when we had a disgruntled, and psychotic, individual come in with a .357 intending to coerce us to release a court-sealed file. He stated openly that he intended to kill his mother and then himself after locating her through the data in the sealed file. The incident was resolved peacefully (more or less – no one got shot anyway) and the police took him off to the local psych ward. The aftermath was more interesting. I talked with the police psychologist, a friend of mine, about the somewhat… Read more »
Sometimes just HAVING a hidden resource as a last-resort option can provide a greater sense of confidence, and the patience to continue “talking down” the psycho. You did well. Kept your head, in both senses, and maintained your “secret last resort” and your job. Well played. Oh and the psych case got the help he needed…. or at least, the protection he needed.
Please let us know the name and location of the company you work for.
In some situations fire extinguishers work. Just have the presence of mind to squirt ’em with the white foam first, then hit ’em with the red can. LOL
WELL said and truth also, it has been this way for years we are only worth so much $$ and will be replaced in a heart beat. Never think the company got your back, they care less. What a shame when all our worth is a fist half full of dollars no matter what your position may be. SHAME !