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Improvised Hotel Security

Published on June 4, 2012 by in Security, TravelSec

This last week has been incredibly busy!  I don’t think I’ve stopped working yet to start a new week, but “I’m loving” it.  Saturday I taught an Intro to Defensive Pistol class (to everyone there, you guys rock!), Sunday during the day I played bass in the church band, and here I am writing this in a hotel room 400 miles from home so that I can be in New Mexico early tomorrow morning and back home by the time you are reading this. In my craziness (this was an unscheduled trip) I didn’t pack everything I normally take.  I got to the hotel late at night, so I didn’t get to drive around and look at the area like

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Being in the Heat

Published on June 3, 2012 by in First Aid, Security

Today I was outside all day teaching.  Last week was all about hydration.  Today I continued drinking water (not enough, but I’ll get to that).  It was about as hot as it could have been.  Temps in the upper 90s and humidity towards 80% with no breeze on the range, it didn’t feel like it could be any hotter. Smart things to do if you know you are going to be in the heat.  First, bring your own shade.  I always have a tarp and/or poncho liner and 550 Cord to create my own shade.   It’s hard to make shade for lots of people, but easy to make it for one.  Find a tree, post, structure, trashcan, or anything off

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Dealing with the Heat

Published on May 31, 2012 by in First Aid, Security, Self Defense

I’m teaching a class this weekend and the temperature has shot up 10 degrees this week.  I was really hoping it would stay down in the 80s, so much for planning and hoping.  This post is to help you deal with the heat, especially if you aren’t always outside. First of all I’m getting acclimated again.  I’m sitting outside right now typing instead if my air-conditioned house.  If you know you are going to be outside in the heat in a class or just for fun and you normally have an office job, go outside as much as you can.  You don’t have to sit outside and work all day, but eat your lunch outside, and after work do something

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Racial Profiling

Published on May 30, 2012 by in Security, Self Defense, TravelSec

This is completing politically incorrect, but when it comes to saving yourself and family from violence you are probably like me and don’t care about being politically correct.  I care about keeping my family safe.  I define racial profiling as just profiling.  I profile people by the their appearance, how they act, how they dress, and the environment they are in.  Skin color is really not a factor and only means something if they are in the wrong area. In California I lived in a low-income part of Orange County, predominately Mexican immigrant area and highly infested with gang members (no one isn’t an effect of the other).   I think my roommate and I were 2 of 4 white people

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When an Attack Begins

Published on May 29, 2012 by in HomeSec, Security, Self Defense, TravelSec

At what point are you actually under attack?  At what point should you react?  You are under attack as soon as someone does something you don’t want.  You should react as soon as possible.  I’m not talking about violence, at first, I mean use avoidance tactics to get away. I’ll use an example from my own life when I was in college and living at home.  It was the middle of the day and I was home alone.  The day before I had a salesman come to the door that just wouldn’t take no for an answer.  I finally slammed the door in his face.  About the same time, there was another knock on the door and I stupidly (now

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