Man Shot by Deputy after Calling 911
#NegativeOutcome
After a Defensive Gun Use, don’t have your gun in hand when the POlice arrive.
[After the man called 911 saying he had killed someone,] The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the man’s home in the 4300 block of Central Avenue in Camarillo around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 31. The 79-year-old man was allegedly armed with a gun and the dispatcher, who was still on the line, had asked the elderly man to step out of the house.
The man was allegedly still armed and behaved in a ‘threatening matter,’ prompting one of the deputies to shoot him, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
Most likely after a Defensive Gun Use, a person is going to be very excited. Plan ahead of time to put your gun down before exposing yourself to the POlice. In my first class with John Farnam, he advised us to say “You might want to look over there” and point to your gun that’s in a recognizable place. Probably best for it to be unloaded to preclude the possibility of an Unintentional Discharge.
This type of incident falls into the Negative Outcome category of Undesirable Police Involvement. https://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=2617872
I had a different idea for #fridayfundamentals today but not getting shot is definitely fundamental.
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Negative Outcome – Chasing and Shooting
“Constable Deputies have an adult male suspect in custody following a shooting in the 5400 block of Monteith Drive.
Investigation revealed that the male observed an unknown male breaking into his vehicle and discharged his firearm, causing no injuries.
The unknown male fled the scene and the vehicle owner chased after him for almost a block. Once he caught up to him he discharged his firearm multiple times, striking the male in the torso.”
I find the fact that the shooter was in camo interesting. Purely speculation on my part but if he was waiting in ambush for the car thief it will make the situation even worse.
It’s very galling to have someone steal your property but spending time in prison for reacting to the theft is even worse. Every situation we face has at least two alternatives; sometimes we have to pick the one that’s least worst.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – October 2024
Whoops! I just realized that I had not posted the unlocked version of October’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
This month we have a Good story of taking care of oneself, a Bad story about failed parenting, and another Ugly story in which the authorities failed to protect someone they could and should have.
The musical selection for October is Metallica’s cover of The Ecstasy of Gold. Metal covers of songs from Westerns are rare and this is exceptionally good.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/good-bad-and-115130383
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY – OCTOBER 2024
The Good
A Hubert woman who fatally shot her ex-boyfriend in self-defense earlier this month will not face charges, according to the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office
“the woman fired five shots from a .380 caliber handgun. He was struck by all five shots.”
The Bad
Baby shot and killed by toddler who got hold of loaded gun in parked car
The child who fired the shot was 3 and the victim was 10 months old.
The Ugly
A Minneapolis man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting his neighbor for pruning a tree he believed was on his property line, court documents show
This is a follow up on last month’s Ugly incident; bear in mind that it doesn’t take much to set some people off. Just as in last month’s incident, the authorities took no action against the shooter before the incident despite him having active warrants.
Enjoy!
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The GBU isn’t drawn from The Armed Citizen column of the official NRA Journals but the October edition of The Armed Citizen is attached. Rather than an obsessive interest in ‘the worst case scenario,’ it shows what the vast majority of Defensive Gun Uses really look like.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – June 2024
Unsurprisingly, my hometown of Chicargo leads the post this month. Fortunately, the incidents fell in the Good category. Safety and mindset are fundamental in the other incidents.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/good-bad-and-107216506
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – June 2024
The Good – Shenanigans from Chicargo
Chicago concealed carry holder scares off armed carjackers in Irving Park
Bonus! The second happened a few blocks from the gas station (probably gone by now) where I worked after school in my Senior year. It wasn’t a great neighborhood then but apparently has gotten much worse now.
Chicago concealed carry holder shoots 3 men who attacked him in Belmont Cragin
The Bad
School District of Palm Beach County employee accidentally [shoots himself] during ‘training exercise.’
This story points out the importance of safe gunhandling at all times. Guns are relentlessly unforgiving of carelessness.
The Ugly
Minnesota dad told landlord he ‘already dug a hole’ before executing daughter’s boyfriend for suspected abuse
The number of people who feel that gunfire is the solution to most every problem astounds me. Many tools are only for a very specific task and guns are one of those tools.
Enjoy!
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The GBU isn’t drawn from The Armed Citizen column of the official NRA Journals but the June edition of The Armed Citizen is attached. Rather than an obsessive interest in ‘the worst case scenario,’ it shows what the vast majority of Defensive Gun Uses really look like.
Trump Assassination Attempt and DEI
Here’s an opinion that will no doubt annoy many people who have been common-tating about the attempted assassination of President Trump.
A female Secret Service Agent muzzling the crowd and having difficulty re-holstering has exactly zero relationship to the fact that an attempted assassination took place. Sorry folks, a low level field agent’s lack of competence in non-shooting tasks with her issue weapon has nothing to do with the planning and execution failures that took place prior to the shots being fired.
The investigation into the attempt need to focus at a much higher level; all the way up to the head of the Secret Service, her immediate subordinates, and the Supervisory Agents who were responsible for planning the protection of the President. If the planning and execution had been done right, the female Agent in question would never have needed to draw her pistol and none of us would have been the wiser.
Focusing on DEI at the USSS will only distract from much larger issues. Simply the fact that her issue holster is so obviously inappropriate for female agents in the field is an example of bureaucratic incompetence and the allowance of POlice cosplay during training.
Whether this whistleblower’s comments are addressed, one way or another, in the upcoming hearings will be of much more importance than the USSS hiring practices. This EP operation was planned by people who were hired long before Cheatle became Director.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/majority-trump-security-detail-were-171218007.html
Tactical Tip of the Day
If you go into a Wings takeout joint and a guy has a gun with an extendo tucked in his belt, leave immediately.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Disturbing surveillance video shows the moments two men started shooting at each other at a DeKalb County wings restaurant, all over a few dollars.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – April 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an iconic movie in American cinema and arguably the best of the ‘Spaghetti Westerns.’ Rather than my usual boring rants about Serious Mistakes, Negative Outcomes, http://seriousgunownermistakes.net and excruciatingly detailed analyses of Armed Citizen incidents, I’m creating a short collection of a Good, Bad, and Ugly incident each month. Here’s the April 2024 issue.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/good-bad-and-103337883
My Patrons get first look at it on the last day of each month. The following month I unlock the Patreon post on the last Monday and link it here for my blog Followers. I observed Memorial Day, so today’s the day to unlock the April 2024 edition.
My hope is that it will be both educational and entertaining. The movie soundtrack is outstanding so a snippet from the soundtrack is part of each month’s post also.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – April 2024
The Good
85-year-old Idaho woman who killed intruder committed ‘heroic act of self-preservation’
The Bad
Fayetteville man struck and killed while attempting to stop carjacker in Lumberton
The Ugly
It’s hard to know where to start on the Ugly for this month. It was an unbelievable month. Chronologically, they run like this.
Customer pulls gun on Burger King employee for giving him a discount
Las Vegas lawyer and wife killed amid custody fight for children from prior marriage, family says
Katy man charged with shooting at neighbor speaks with ABC13
CPL holder claims self defense in Kroger incident that led to felony assault charge in Oakland County
Enjoy!
The GBU isn’t drawn from The Armed Citizen column of the official NRA Journals but the April edition of The Armed Citizen is attached. Rather than an obsessive interest in ‘the worst case scenario,’ it shows what the vast majority of Defensive Gun Uses really look like.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – March 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an iconic movie in American cinema and arguably the best of the ‘Spaghetti Westerns.’ Rather than my usual boring rants about Serious Mistakes, Negative Outcomes, http://seriousgunownermistakes.net and excruciatingly detailed analyses of Armed Citizen incidents, I’m creating a short collection of a Good, Bad, and Ugly incident each month. Here’s the March 2024 issue.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/good-bad-and-101430615
My Patrons get first look at it on the last day of each month. The following month I unlock the Patreon post on the last Monday and link it here for my blog Followers. Today’s the day to unlock the March 2024 edition.
My hope is that it will be both educational and entertaining. The movie soundtrack is outstanding so a snippet from the soundtrack is part of each month’s post also.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – March 2024
The Good
Woman shoots 2 alleged intruders, killing 1, inside West Philadelphia apartment, police say
The Bad
The Bad section this month was difficult to decide which incident to use but the most tragic won out.
Mother accidentally shoots, kills daughter when searching for keys in purse, police say
The Ugly
Kentucky man accused of shooting roommate for eating last Hot Pocket, police say
Enjoy!
The GBU isn’t drawn from The Armed Citizen column of the official NRA Journals but the March edition of The Armed Citizen is attached. Rather than an obsessive interest in ‘the worst case scenario,’ it shows what the vast majority of Defensive Gun Uses really look like. Naturally, my hometown of Chicargo is prominently featured.
Rangemaster Tactical Conference 2024
TacCon 2024, as we call it, is now in the books. [link] It is an annual teaching and learning conference for those who are, or want to be, serious students of the Art of Self-Defense and Personal Protection. This is the fourth year it has been held at the Dallas Pistol Club, a marvelous facility.
The Conference is three days long. This year there were 42 trainers, who taught 69 different classes in 10 different ranges/classrooms. Topics ranged widely from shooting technique to unarmed combatives to medical procedures to using social media effectively and safely. Some classes are live fire, some are hands-on non-live fire, and some are lectures.
There is also a pistol match for those who choose to shoot it. The match is not mandatory and some attendees don’t shoot it. Not everyone who attends TacCon is a gun person, although most are. The Pistol Match consists of 40 rounds shot on turning silhouette targets at distances of 3 to 10 yards.
The presentation I gave was Off-Duty Shootouts of the LAPD. The basis for my presentation was the entirety of shootouts by LAPD officers, while they were off-duty, during the period 2005 to 2022, the last year full reporting has been published.
Since there are generally 10 classes going on at time, it’s impossible to attend them all. Some of the classes are repeated once or twice but the majority are not. Classes I was able to attend were:
Friday
Beware of… Well, Just Beware by Tom Givens
As my colleague Craig Douglas likes to ask “How do you do ‘Situational Awareness?’” Tom provided some answers to that question.
Civilian Defender Philosophy by Dr. Sherman House
The Art of Self-Defense and Personal Protection has many different facets, as represented by the wide variety of topics presented at TacCon. ‘The Real Dr. House’ presented his thoughts on how to prioritize and integrate them.
SATURDAY
Off-Duty Shootouts of the LAPD by Claude Werner, the Tactical Professor. To start the day off right, my presentation was one of the 8AM offerings.
Why study Off-Duty POlice Shootings? LAPD officers are encouraged to NOT take “enforcement action” while off-duty. Off-duty lethal force incidents involving LAPD officers are almost always Self-Defense/Personal Protection incidents much like those that could be encountered by Armed Private Citizens. They provide a thoroughly researched and documented database of shootings and the circumstances that led up to them.
Pistol Match
I finished about middle of the field. But since I shot a Taurus 856 snub revolver and speedloaders against a bunch of red dot equipped service sized autoloaders, I’m okay with that. POV video of the match will be up in a few days on my YouTube channel.
10 Tips for Teaching Gateway Students by Karl Rehn
It’s heartening to me to see how many high level instructors are thinking about best practices for teaching entry level gunowners and shooters. Karl’s wasn’t the only such presentation at the Conference but the only one I could attend.
During lunch, Andy Stanford from Surefire did a video interview with me about Serious Mistakes Gunowners Make and Guns That Get No Respect. When he publishes the edit, I’ll link it.
More about the Conference tomorrow
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – February 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an iconic movie in American cinema and arguably the best of the ‘Spaghetti Westerns.’ Rather than my usual boring rants about Serious Mistakes, Negative Outcomes, http://seriousgunownermistakes.net and excruciatingly detailed analyses of Armed Citizen incidents, I’m creating a short collection of a Good, Bad, and Ugly incident each month. Here’s the February 2024 issue.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/good-bad-and-99377217
My Patrons get first look at it on the last day of each month. The following month I unlock the Patreon post on the last Monday and link it here for my blog Followers. Today’s the day to unlock the February 2024 edition.
My hope is that it will be both educational and entertaining. The movie soundtrack is outstanding so a snippet from the soundtrack is part of each month’s post also.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – February 2024
The Good
RCSD: Fatal Columbia shooting determined to be self-defense
The Bad
Man arrested by police after TSA stops him with loaded gun at Pittsburgh International Airport
The Ugly
Two Men Charged with Murder in Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Parade Shooting
Enjoy!
The GBU isn’t drawn from The Armed Citizen column of the official NRA Journals but the February edition of The Armed Citizen is attached. Rather than an obsessive interest in ‘the worst case scenario,’ it shows what the vast majority of Defensive Gun Uses really look like.
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