Opinion
The “Plan”
Many among the naive are attracted to “feel-good” personal-security advice and dubious gadgets that supposedly “empower them” and instill them with “confidence”
Yet, is it a genuine “plan,” or a cynical deception?
A sign at the entrance of a popular hiking trail reads:
“Be ‘Trail-Smart:’ Travel with a friend. Have a cell phone. Be aware of your surroundings.”
Among the naive are those who look at the above simplistic narrative as a legitimate “security plan.”
Yet, failure to consider “matters in full” will leave hikers unprepared to confront reasonably foreseeable threats to their health, like hungry bears and machete-wielding lunatics!
A more honest and genuinely helpful sign might read: “Be ‘Trail-Smart:’ Rescue is unlikely. You’re on your own! Go armed. Be alert and aware. Be ever-prepared to defend yourself with gunfire (and carry a cell phone too).”
The foregoing narrative is at least the beginning of a legitimate personal security plan, but you’ll never see it posted!
In the end, it is easy for officials and politicians to say, “Yes, we have a plan,” in an effort to either con people or lull them into an erroneous sense of personal safety.
Predictably, “their plan” is ever-designed to “serve and protect” them, not you!
“If people had been as mealy-mouthed in centuries past as they are today, ‘Ivan the Terrible’ would have been ‘Ivan the Inappropriate!”’ ~ Thomas Sowell.
/John
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As a defensive weapons and tactics instructor, John Farnam will urge you, based on your beliefs, to make up your mind about what you would do when faced with an imminent lethal threat. You should, of course, also decide what preparations you should make in advance if any. Defense Training International wants to ensure that its students fully understand the physical, legal, psychological, and societal consequences of their actions or in-actions.
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