W.A.A.R on Monday

Weekly After Action Report for things you may have missed last week.

Last week, like most weeks, lots of things happened. Stay safe with some knowledge you might have missed.

To Impeach or Not to Impeach

Who gives a F$#(@ F#$@! This is what I feel like about the entire impeachment hearings.

I think Congress is going to quietly try and pass a bunch of bills that no one wants maybe even a pay raise for themselves while the media is reporting on what I’m sure will be talked about as the “trial of the century.”

OJ was last century so we need a new one.

In the link I think NPR gives a halfway fair outline of the arguments on both sides. Read past what would be the fold into the bottom of the article to get it. The top half shows which way the author and/or editor is leaning politically.

Me… I don’t trust a damned word that comes out of any politicians mouth. It’s been my experience that they lie as a way of life. I’m still looking for the exception to prove the rule.

The New Hellcat does 10,000 rounds in 2 Days

Impressive that it went 10,000 rounds in 2 days. That’s a lot of shooting with accelerated wear and tear.

They did treat the gun very nicely, cooling it down every 300-500 rounds, wipe down and oil every 500, and full cleaning and cool down every 1,000. They also replaced the recoil spring every 2,500 rounds. Who does that! Even though most manufactures recommend it.

It did better then I would have expected. No parts breakages and only 4 failures to fire. Those four where true failures to fire and the primer didn’t break when struck the first time… the second time they did.

That’s pretty decent for any gun. I would have expected some true malfunctions that could have been blamed on the gun and maybe some parts that would have worn out or broken. Not bad.

Virginia Misses the Mark… not unusual

Two long-awaited reports were released to the public last week that where ignored because they didn’t say guns where evil and the problem.

Anyone and anything that wants to look at the actually problem and how it can be solved is snuffed out. We have to stop yelling at each other and start finding common ground on things or the shouting will turn to spitting, then to punching, then to shooting, and before long war.

I just don’t know how to get anyone on two sides of argument these days to sit down and look at the problem.

I do know the media is not going to be that voice. I heard an interview with book writer and Dilbert comic creator Scott Adams expertly say about the media; if one side reports it one way, and the other side reports it the other, they are both wrong. If they both report the same thing as fact it might be.

Saddens me that our media is that bad. What happen to honesty in journalism… did it go away with honesty in politics?

Role of Questions in Personal Protection

What questions do you ask when you talk to yourself? What questions do trainers tell you to ask?

Great article by the Tactical Professor who inspired me to write an article, Why Are You Here? It’s the question I tell students to ask of all the people around them all the time. If you can answer why that person is there correctly, you can determine if they are a threat or not.

Use all the questions, and practice. It’s how you can get good at things.

Stay Safe,

Ben