Predicting Your Future

I am about to predict the future for you...
I can tell you the exact name of one of the people who is going to attack you during an assault, rape, robbery or home invaision.

Impossible you say?  Well, let me amaze you with my fortune-telling ability:

His name is Murphy S. Law.

Murphy is an assailant in every criminal confrontation that has ever...and will ever happen.

He is the guy who causes your "unstoppable" Glock to have a fail-to-feed, fail-to-eject or other stoppage.
He is the guy who causes the battery in your flashlight to run-dry as you search your house at 2:00AM.
He is the guy that causes your .45ACP "man stopper" round to have no effect on the psycho charging at you with a knife.
He is the guy that picks your house as the target for a violent home invasion and murder.
He is the guy that tells you it's OK to walk to your car alone at night after work or shopping.
He is the guy that tells you to ignore your intuition and that the stranger talking to you has no plans on raping and murdering you.

The good news is that it is easy to deal with Murphy: Just think of everything that can go wrong and then figure out multiple ways to quickly fix each of them.

OK, so it's not that easy.  But it is also not impossible.  Now that you know that Murphy will be one of your attackers, you can take steps to prevail against him and his accomplices.  Here are some important few:

1. Have a plan for as many situations as you can think of.  As you go through your day, stop and think of what you would do if you were attacked RIGHT NOW.  At your residence, in your car on your drive to work, at the school as you drop your kids off, at the convenience store you stop at for coffee, at your place of work, at your place of worship, at the park, etc.
2. Have a backup.  This is true at least for you plan, your gun and your flashlight.  Your backup doesn't have to be as big-and-bad as your primary, but it must be solid.  For example my everyday carry (EDC) gun is a Glock 19 compact handgun in 9x19 with an additional 15-round magazine.  I carry this 100% of the time whether I am at home or away.  When I go out of the house, I additionally carry a Glock 26 sub-compact handgun in 9x19.  They are both the same caliber and the G26 can even accept the same magazine as the G19.  I carry a pocket-sized canister of pepper-spray on me all the time but I also have a larger canister in my vehicle, home and other locations.  I carry a Surefire Z2X Combatlight most of the time when I am not at home and a Streamlight Microstream all of the time.
3. Get trained.  This means training the mind first and the body second.  There is a saying that goes, "Just because you own a piano, doesn't make you a concert pianist."  This also applies to owning a gun, pepper-spray or other defensive weapon.  If you don't get trained and don't practice, chances are you will not be very good at it during a violent confrontation.  There are currently more training opportunities available to the average citizen than ever before and for every budget.  There are local, national and international training organizations offering everything from introductory to advanced skill and topics.  Even if you have already taken training, there is always something new to learn or have reinforced.  And all of us can always use more training.
4. Never go unprepared in mindset and in gear.  When properly educated and trained, your defense-oriented mind is your ultimate weapon!  It is up to you whether you have it with you throughout your day.  Obtaining and then maintaining a proper defensive mindset and living in "Condition Yellow" is simply a matter of choice.  Just because you happen to live, work, vacation or visit someplace where you cannot carry a gun, doesn't mean you must go without a defensive weapon.  There are many other means of self-defense including empty-hand combatives, pepper-spray, innocuous impact weapons, etc.  Even normal, everyday items you find all around you can be used as a defensive weapon: kitchen knives, a pot of boiling water, a frying pan, car keys, a walking stick, etc.  You just need to take a look around your environment using your defensive mindset.

I guarantee Murphy will be at the criminal encounter you are a victim of and he will not be on your side.  Are you prepared to meet Murphy today?  If not, NOW is the best time to start being prepared.

BE A BIGHORN!