"As he walked up the steps, he described how someone came up from behind and pulled him down.
“I just remember going to the ground,”
I guess this could have been totally random but something tells me there is more to this story. The dad didn’t “Just Intervene”, Nope the dad was in a real fight, got hit more than once or twice.
SA: Situational Awareness was definitely not operating anywhere near peak efficiency, for whatever reason(s). Happens to ALL of us! No? Let this be a reminder that the Bible verse ‘The enemy roams around like a lion looking for whom he may devour’ (paraphrased for now) applies to all the bad, would-be assailants out there, too!
CC/weapons: What if the young man attacked initially had been carrying a weapon of any kind? The assailant might have gotten it and killed all of them! Therefore, this makes me think: When you’re carrying any weapon(s), you need to be even more vigilent!
USCCA: Nope, I’m not an employee of this company but I sure would like to be insured and protected by them if I had attacked the attacker. Even in self defense, you’re going to face legal issues! So I’m just going to let this remind me to ALWAYS keep up my account!
There is a great video on USCCA’s home page after signing-in. It made me re-think a few things!
We are living in a dangerous world right now
The viciousness of this attack screams there is more to this story
The Situational Awareness was a FAIL
and this Father paid the price, the family paid the price.
We don’t need to be Afraid and Paranoid
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL and Code Orange 100% of the time.
THERE IS NO CALVARY OVER THE NEXT RISE TO SAVE THE DAY ANYMORE.
YOU ARE YOUR OWN (AND FAMILIES) FIRST RESPONDER
Head on a swivel, Eyes open, Ears up.
Teach your Family to be aware (you may not always be there to protect them).
The News say’s there are 12-20 MILLION Invaders, Terrorists and killers that have
crossed the Border (@ least they narrowed down the numbers a bit)
But that is NOT including the Roaming Lunatics’, Crazies and Gangsters that are home grown.
(AND they have lot’s of guns)
You folks are ahead of the curve if you’re already here:
You have @ least ONE Gun
You have Insurance for after an attack
You have access to some of the best Self Defense material out there
USE ALL OF THEM.
The only person who is going to train you is you.
The only one who is going to take you to the Range is you.
Dangerous times calls for Proactive measures.
That Gun sitting in your drawer isn’t going to train you.
This has all been said a million times by people way smarter than me.
BUT I GOT IT! I accepted the challenge that anytime I step out the door
I could run into trouble. I do not go to Malls, Concerts, Fairs etc for a while.
That is a lifesaving choice in my book. You are free to make choices but think about them.
You cannot protect your family if you are dead.
This dude got lucky he is still on this side of the grass.
JUST LOOK AT HIS FACE FOLK’S
That is the face of FAILURE ! ‘He did NOT do it right’
He got 'Pulled down from behind ‘EPIC FAILURE’
I say this numerous times for it to sink in.
Situational Awareness will save your life
If you are already attacked (surprised) you are real close to death.
If this sc**bag had a weapon there might been a MASSACRE.
A ‘GO ME FUND’ to BURY the entire family.
WAKE UP AMERICA! This is NOT your Grand parents America anymore.
With the way things are going some of us will be in a shoot—ACT ACCORDINGLY!
Reads like the kid was climbing steps and nearly inside the camper after parting ways with friends when he was attacked. I don’t think any one of us would be expecting this outcome given the circumstances. Two steps from having a door between him and the attacker.
I don’t read anything else into it other than some nutjob attacking a random stranger.
I’ll answer that with some questions Brother D,
Hypothetical Situation: IF you have a vehicle and park your car inside a Garage
Do you look to the door(s) when you open it/Them? or do you get in the car open the doors and simply pull out?
Do you ‘Warm’ your car outside when it’s cold and go back inside and finish your Coffee and get your stuff, load your pockets and get ready to leave?
When you pull into your Driveway/Garage at the end of the day do you have your door still locked?
Do you look around as you get close to your house?
Looking for suspicious activity, something that isn’t right?
Do you ‘Check 6’ INSIDE the Garage before you get out or just get out?
Do you close the door and wait for it all the way closed or activate the doors and go inside?
A lot of folk’s DIE in their Garages, their Front walks, Their Foyer’s while shutting their doors deranged. People get Assaulted/Killed in a Shopping mall parking lot. I’ve witnessed people unload their carts and NEVER look around
They are on their phones and loading with the other hand.
I’ve almost bumped into dozens of walking dead on their phones walking right at me oblivious I was even there. What if I had a knife or Gun?
What if my intentions were Evil?
I even ‘Loop’ my Sisters big bag to the cart in Walmart just to give me an edge if I miss some skell eyeballing it. (she now wears her gun on her person because scrambling around in that cavernous bag could give a BG the edge.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BROTHER.
Sleep walking through life now will get you DEAD.
If I check 6 (and it’s clear I load and unload (still scoping as I do).
I use to carry (2) cases of Bottled (Water, Green Tea, Gatorade) now I ‘CART’ them.
A small ‘Dolly’ so my Gun hand is free–Besides my Physical ability has changed (2) months ago I now use my Cane occasionally. So Cane hand (2) bags Groceries/Gun hand free…
Roger that. However I believe that every one of us will be vulnerable to an attack at some point whenever we are out in public. All it takes is the wrong person at the right time.
Truer words have never been spoken my friend
I really believe we are all vulnerable
whether we are ‘in the sticks’ where we use to be safer
or in a 'burb, city all bets are off now.
We have roving cars from ‘other neighborhoods’ lately
even the website ‘Next door’ is talking about it.
Dog-napping, vandalism , negative energy folks.
We are off the path of main roads so we personally haven’t
been ‘touched’ but if it deteriorates we will all be touched.