By John Farnam
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Welcome to the wild, wild world of 2017 AD!
Our Las Vegas, NV Sheriff says his officers didn’t arrive on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel until shooting was mostly over.
Hotel spokesman insists uniformed police were there much earlier.
Either way, in today’s volatile world, all LEOs having quick access to a rifle that is carefully sighted-in, and with which the officer has trained extensively, is not a melodramatic, over-the-top gesticulation.
It represents logical, prudent, and critically necessary policy!
Ditto for always carrying a “combat load” of ammunition (charged magazines) for both rifle and pistol(s).
Same applies to all practicing Operators, LEO, or not. We need to be instantly “capable!”
When The Test comes, they’ll be no time to “retrieve” weapons you need. Help is not on the way. The Test will not wait, and you’re going to live or die with what you have with you.
Put another way: YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN!
Today, I flew (via commercial airline) to a distant city to work with several local students. I’m staying in a local hotel.
Of course, I’ll be maintaining a low profile, but I have two pistols with me, a heavy, high-capacity service pistol, and a smaller back-up pistol (Beretta APX and Kahr PM45), both of which I’ll be carrying continuously, discreetly concealed.
In addition, I have my FSM4 (w/ Law Tactical folding stock adapter), with four, fully-charged 30-round magazines (one in the rifle, and three spares), discreetly concealed within an innocuous 511 “Skateboard Case”
I also have a DTI Trauma Kit, tactical flashlights, Fox OC spray, etc.
For domestic travel, the foregoing is standard!
“When you wait for mango fruits to fall, you’ll be wasting your time, while others are learning how to climb mango trees” ~ Michael B Johnson
/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
How, exactly, are ALL police officers to have quick access to a rifle that is carefully sighted in (not to mention extensive training with said rifle)? That would mean EACH OFFICER would be ISSUED a rifle; which is NOT going to happen given police budget constraints. John, you are blowing smoke and you know it. Come back when you enter the real world. Until then, keep your yap shut.
MY RUGER P90 .45ACP IS MY AMERICAN EXPRESS…” I NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT “
“For domestic travel, the foregoing is standard!”
Just don’t go to NY, NJ, CA, MA, etc….