Monthly Archives: October 2014

Gems From Suarez International.

JIHAD JIMMY AND THE HATCHET HADJI

A top congressional Democrat and Republican both warned Sunday about more “lone wolf” attacks, inspired by Islamic jihad and easily promulgated through Internet propaganda.

“The police and the military have to be on guard,” California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We need to think in some new ways.”

Our only reaction to that statement is, “No…you must be joking”, with a definitive sarcastic and jaded tone.  Nonetheless, it seems the “leaders” have removed their heads from their usual resting place enough to see what everyone else sees.

I have been expecting things like this since we saw the activity in Mumbai. Far simpler and more effective than crashing an airplane, an armed jihadist easily acts alone or with a small group to act out their faithful jihad. As was seen in Canada, a quite restrictive environment with regards to firearms, gun laws will not prevent their actions.  And at the end of the day, if one cannot get a lever action 30-30, a simple axe will suffice.

Technology is a great aid to these modern Saracens, and virtually untraceable unless one of them is already on the radar. Think of all the social media and electronic traffic that takes place in a given day. Truly a modern version of Mao’s dictum of the guerrilla swimming like a fish through the population.  As was mentioned by the “suddenly enlightened” politicians, the enemy is already quite adept at using modern communications methods and social media.

So what are the ramifications?

1). Government will attempt to de-intensify the importance of any such acts as the work of a crazed individual…anything but tie it to Islam. One or two will be easy but thanks to open source news and online discussion venues, it will be to no avail.  The spade shall be identified as a freaking shovel.

2). As attacks increase, and I expect they will, the reaction will be divided. Some will come out with the usual “not all Muslims are like this”…usually non-Muslim liberals incidentally, as we tend to never hear directly from an anti-Jihad Muslim. And others will take a very anti-Islam posture. The extent of the latter is unknown. Radicalized is to Islam as Africanized is to bees. All bees will sting you in the end.

3). Expect sophistication to grow. Imagine a group of individual lone wolf jihadists brought together using the flash mob model at a given location and time. Imagine the possibilities as these terror acts inspire others to act.  Not all terrorists have been uneducated buffoons. What are the possibilities?

4). I expect a resurgence of interest in skill-at-arms, and the surge in sales of combat handguns and anti-personnel ammo suitable for anti-jihad duties (fewer J-frames and Kel-Tecs, and more Glocks and service weapons). As the successful repelling of attacks occurs, inevitable as far as the odds – expect gov response to mount in the anti-gun realm.

Nuggets Of Gold From Suarez International

With body armor and drugs protecting and fueling the goblins, adjust your tactics accordingly.

Gabe Suarez explains it:

shoot in face

Some points to set forth before we begin.

1).  Human beings are bigger and stronger today than at any other time in history due to advanced nutrition, the social prevalence of weight lifting and the popularity of contact and martial sports.  Any casual perusal of military museums will reveal that the average male was much smaller as close as a couple of generations ago.

2).  The prevalence of tactical pharmacology, both legal and illegal is far more common and refined today than in the past.  Substances from methamphetamines and cocaine to excessive HGH and similar substances give rise to mental attitudes of invincibility.

3).  Proliferation of body armor.  While ammunition has progressed dramatically in the last decade, so has the availability of protection from that ammunition.  Today the technology of body armor has developed to the point that even an assault rifle may be defeated.  Armor has always been common, and even back in 1991, one of my gunfights involved armored suspects.

4).  Finally, the reality of today shows that the adversary might be a Jihadist, or other terrorist, and not just the uneducated urban sloth seeking to take your watch at point of stolen pistol.  At the time of this writing, ISIS is exhorting its followers around the world to carry the jihad to every western shore.  As well, any cursory study of Active Shooter events around the nation reveals that in a great percentage, there are explosives on or near the terrorist, ready to be detonated when capture or defeat is at hand.

Group all of those elements and the only valid conclusion and solution is to get really good at proactive head shots.  Outside of the Special Operations and SWAT worlds, the head shot has been relegated as an airbag method, only to be used when the initial body shots were inadequate to stop the threat.  In the minds of those who teach that way, the head shot is defensible under those circumstances, but not otherwise. And even then, these paragons of tactical liability awareness will suggest shots to the pelvic structure as a more desirable solution.

Well, regardless of who these proponents are, or what their credentials are (or lack thereof) – they are wrong.  Here is why.

A).  In the case of items #2, 3, and 4 above, preliminary body shots will not solve the problem.  Sure, if you are set upon unexpectedly and must react suddenly, the burst to the chest is the best default as it is faster, and easily placed at close ranges regardless of the level of shooting skills.  But if you have prior understanding and information of altered mental states, armor, or it is evident that the scene unfolding before you is Active Shooter-based, or Jihad-motivated, trying to shoot them in the politically-correct chest is foolish, and may cost you your life.

B).  Insofar as the Pelvic Girdle Shots go, it does not take a degree in medicine to realize that the pelvic bone is not connected to the hands, nor the brain, and that a pelvic shot – even if successful – will not stop a terrorist from continuing to fire, or setting off an explosive.

Medical explanation:  The pelvis is a ring structure.  It is exceedingly strong and people with broken pelvises in car accidents have in fact been ambulatory immediately afterwards.  In order to break and destabilize the pelvis, it must be broken in two places.  Those places are near where the two pockets would be in a man wearing Levis.  They are far smaller than the area suggested for a brain shot.   So a proponent of the pelvic shot wants you to hit not one, but two targets that are smaller and harder to hit than the head shot’s highest value area…and two targets that will prevent neither return gunfire nor explosives detonation. Stupid idea, do not take such advice.

Solution?  Simple – shoot them in the face.  If you shoot most creatures on earth in the face, they will tend to stand down from the fight.  I am even aware of a case where a man brought down a bear with a magazine full of .40 S&W.  Imagine that.  Surely a human will require less.

Like any target discussion, we have a tiered system for desirable placement.  In the best case, shoot them in the eyes.  A skilled marksman, with an accurate and modern weapon can make eyeball shots at room distances of ten to fifteen feet.  The way to a terrorist’s brain is right through the eyes.  If you are an overachiever, go for the tear duct.

Next best placement area is bordered thus: eyebrows to moustache and inside the outer corners of the eyes.  This is the “face” proper and an easy area to penetrate through into the brain.  It is also much larger than the internal-affairs-approved pelvic shot.

The objective of the shot is flaccid paralysis. This is a common result when the bullet enters the “best target zone” in a terrorist’s face.  When the bullet enters thus, it tends to strike the medulla oblongata causing flaccid paralysis. The subject is incapacitated instantaneously preventing involuntary muscle contraction that may pull the trigger or detonate an explosive device.

Expanding from there is the head proper.  Some will eschew anything outside the last targeted zone, and truly that will yield the greatest return on investment.  However, let’s consider the following.

It is easy to knock someone into unconsciousness by hitting them on the forehead with a baton or a heavy metal flashlight.  A boxer or MMA fighter can knock someone out with a punch to the jaw or mouth.  Are we to assume that a punch to the mouth will have a solid effect, but that the 9mm or 40 round will simply be ignored?  As well, anyone who has ever been punched in the throat will verify that a throat punch is not anything to be scoffed at.

So the extended target area extends from the eyebrows, down to the base of the throat, or the suprasternal notch. So we are looking at a roughly 8” X 4” box we can throw lead into.  To give a better idea take a standard 8.5×11 piece of paper and fold it in half.  That is about it.  This is much easier to hit than the lawyer-fearing pundits would think, and easier to turn someone off most Riki-tik.

So practice your face shots boys and girls, and as your skill grows, make the face shot the default proactive response (saving the easy body shots for unexpected close range fights).  The face shot is not only defensible in today’s world, but it may be the only real solution you have available.

Next time we will discuss dealing with the apparently downed adversary. Just when do you stop shooting? It is surprisingly easy to fire accurate face shots on a terrorist or active shooter that is on his back attempting to detonate an IED.

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Illegal immigrants found on the voting rolls in North Carolina

America's Watchtower

 According to this Winston-Salem Journal report illegal immigrants have been found on the voting rolls in North Carolina.

  Here is more:

The voter rolls kept by the State Board of Elections contain 145 names that belong to a certain category of ineligible voter – immigrants in the U.S. under a federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, according to elections officials.

Josh Lawson, an SBOE spokesman, said that election officials found out about the number Tuesday night, after the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles ran a specific search for drivers with DACA licenses.

  And they just happen to be from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, what a coincidence! And, also according to the article, there may be more.

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