| In my experience, there are three basic kinds | | | | a criminal to avoid injury and being injured. |
| of people. Wolves (a.k.a. the bad guys) are | | | | However, before you decide to resist, you |
| the first kind. They are the human | | | | must seriously consider all available |
| predators, the ones that prey on the weak. | | | | options. If all the criminal wants is |
| The Sheeple (sheep + people) are individuals | | | | something you can buy, borrow, or replace, |
| that believe it is society's duty to protect | | | | then just give it to him. It is not worth |
| them. These people blindly submit, even if | | | | your safety to fight over the twenty bucks in |
| it means death because they cannot bring | | | | your wallet. If he wants to force you or a |
| themselves to use force. The third type of | | | | loved one to go with him, or if you truly |
| person is the Shepherd. Shepherds are those | | | | believe he has another motive besides theft, |
| people who are strong and alert. They can | | | | then fight. You have to! Ask yourself is it |
| protect themselves. Shepherds protect the | | | | better to be shot in a parking lot where |
| weak because it is right and because they | | | | people can get you medical attention, or to |
| care. Police, Firemen, Soldiers, Sailors, | | | | be found six months later in a shallow grave |
| and Marines are shepherds, but they are not | | | | because you submitted to a kidnapers |
| the only ones. You don't have to be one of | | | | demand?Remember it is not just yourself that |
| those ready professionals in order to be a | | | | you are protecting. On a practical level, |
| shepherd. Protecting your own family is | | | | you need to be alive for your loved ones. |
| enough. You don't even have to carry a gun | | | | Your family needs you. If you are not there, |
| to be one; just stepping up and doing what | | | | who will be there for your family? On a |
| needs to be done is all it takes. A shepherd | | | | larger level, in the equation between you and |
| knows that all wolves understand is force, | | | | some criminal scumbag, the world is better |
| and against someone like that sometimes force | | | | served by you, not them, surviving the |
| needs to be applied.Force should never be | | | | encounter.Above all, you must never give up. |
| used lightly. It is the province of serious | | | | You will be hurt, and you will probably be |
| individuals. People who use force must make | | | | alone. Fear is a given, just don't allow |
| sure that what they are doing is justified. | | | | fear to paralyze you. Train hard and |
| Your mental state should be that while it is | | | | remember your training. Studies have shown |
| not desirable to hurt or kill another human, | | | | time and time again that you fight like you |
| anyone that uses force to get you to submit | | | | train. Visualize different scenarios so that |
| to their will has probably done it before and | | | | mentally you will be ready to survive and go |
| will probably do it again. Is it better to | | | | home to your family. They need you.David is |
| do what a wolf wants and risk death simply | | | | a former U.S. Marine Corps noncommissioned |
| because he wants no witnesses, or risk death | | | | officer, correctional supervisor and firearms |
| and fight back? That is a decision only you | | | | instructor for the TN Dept. of Correction. |
| can make based on the situation. Think about | | | | He is presently commissioned as an operations |
| this, what good is it to submit to violence | | | | officer for the Tennessee Emergency |
| if the aggressor commits a similar crime next | | | | Management Agency. He is also a certified |
| week to someone else?The FBI's uniform crime | | | | NRA instructor, and holds instructor ratings |
| statistics suggests that there is a | | | | with both the TN Dept of Safety, and the TN |
| connection between submitting to the will of | | | | Dept of Commerce and Insurance. |