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An ancient fighting art:
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My love for the martial arts started with at age 6 with a plastic throwing star. Still love them today.
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If you are going be one of the tact-cool guys or gals on the firing line, don’t start throwing around military terms you know nothing about. Yesterday over heard one shooter tell another , a “klick”, is around 3 miles". No, just no.
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I mean no offense, but I have to ask what kind of church you attend? I often usher at my church (Episcopal, FWIW) and while we often have older guests who need some assistance, I would be utterly shocked if we had any security issues.
Here’s my take from living in a city that has for many years had a problem with aggressive panhandlers: Be firm but not insulting; shake your head no or just say “no” firmly, and don’t smile. A polite statement like “Sorry, I can’t help you” is bad because it suggests that maybe with a little more coaxing you might hand something over. A smile will be perceived as inviting further interaction.
Now, all that said, I have occasionally given money to panhandlers who struck me as particularly polite and respectful (yes, they do exist).
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Take a few minutes and read this. Things to think about today.
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Un -Fuxxking- believable. Shame, just pure shame:
And this is one reason I love visiting the USAF Museum !! Along with my other favs like an SR-71 Blackbird.
One day when I’m sufficiently old maybe I’ll volunteer tour guide
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Hello Brothers - hope all are doing well.
Been working more than I should the last year +.
@idaho - I wonder if the hand to hand not only builds skill needed when getting ‘personal’ but better sharpens the marital spirit needed to get in and stay in the fight.
And submariners - exceedingly grateful but no way, no how after touring that WW II one in Muskogee a couple of times.
@s_afsoc - We have an electronic locking system that engages 5 minutes after services begin with only 1 manned entry available afterward. Strict check-in for children’s area. A uniformed deputy on site and several members concealed carry, that have gone through a church security course both within and ‘patrolling’. Most of these seem to be LEO or former military.
Church is about 400+ a Sunday and absolutely in the country. Prayer that we never need 1 minute of this preparation.
Really good to hear from you, hope all is well with your family. I believe training in any martial is really not for kick ass skills, imho, what it really does is prepare you mentally for thinking through and executing good decisions during a critical time.
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No better example than the current situation in Florida.
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Duty is heavy as an anvil, death light as a feather.
Love the agent reply. It is, in the end, what can you do the most effectively as an individual. So what if Bruce did it well? If I can’t do it under pressure it’s off no use to me right?
And try all you can, mix them up until you have your own combined set of techniques.
That’s good advice. I’ve only recently given any money to panhandlers who were obviously elderly and in rough shape. Seeing elderly people on the street is a new phenomenon here. I used to occasionally go through the McDonald’s drive through and give the local panhandler in the town I work in a double cheeseburger, but I stopped when I noticed his iPhone was newer and much more expensive than my device.
The overwhelming majority of panhandlers in my area are able-bodied people who just want to get high without having to follow any rules. No sympathy from me. I hope they find a way out of the hole they are in, but I’m not going to give them $5 so they can dig a deeper hole.
From a tactical point of view, IV drug users living on the street are people you don’t want to tangle with. Do everything possible to avoid any kind of conflict or even contact and you won’t get a blood-borne disease. There’s no winning scenario when you, the passerby, agree to engage with a mentally ill drug addict. There are only different ways to lose.
It is sadly an increasingly rampant and increasingly uncontrolled problem in my community.