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What are the chances?
In TX this week, a man out for a brisk walk on a local hiking trail was precipitously attacked and killed by three pit bulls.Over the next few minutes, he was torn to pieces and died at the scene from his injuries. His mutilated, lifeless body was only discovered after several hours.
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Minutes later, these same three dogs attacked a woman in her own driveway as she was entering her car, along with her two-year-old child. Both the woman and her child were severely injured, but the woman was able to “discourage” the dogs by striking them with a folding chair. The dogs eventually relented and left.
Several neighbors can be seen on a video of the second attack, but they take no action to aid the woman.
All three dogs were owned by a neighbor, but had “escaped his yard”
The subsequent local TV news report of the incidents featured some “expert advice” with regard to such dog attacks. Viewers were advised to drop to the ground and “curl-up in a ball” [you mean like the person who was killed likely did?] Good thing the woman in this case did not take that “expert” recommendation!
Media anchors arrogantly added that such attacks are “very unusual,” another way of saying, “… and let’s all pretend it never really happened.”
The liberal media cynically omitted, of course, the obvious, legitimate advice that would have saved the man’s life and prevented injury to the woman and her child:
Go armed!
Be armed routinely, even on your casual walks and trips to the grocery store.
The media also fails to mention that expecting those who witness such incidents to get involved and come to your aid is mostly delusional, as we see. In fact, heroes who do try to help their neighbors when they are under attack (by dogs or violent felons) will be immediately labeled (by the same liberal media) as “vigilantes” who “took the law into their own hands.”
Widespread cultural disparagement of guns, gun-owners, and the entire concept of deadly-force in self-defense, unquestioningly embraced by leftist politicians and our leftist media, unfailingly leads to the automatic demonization of any American who boldly protects himself and family via gunfire, particularly when such righteous self-defense involves guns that are privately owned, kept, and carried.
To leftists, agendas are always more important than innocent lives
So, what are the chances?
You’re asking the wrong question!
When a “bad outcome” is sufficiently grievous, the mathematical probability of it actually happening becomes irrelevant, and a farcical argument!
/John
About John Farnam & Defense Training International, Inc
As a defensive weapons and tactics instructor, John Farnam will urge you, based on your beliefs, to make up your mind about what you would do when faced with an imminent lethal threat. You should, of course, also decide what preparations you should make in advance if any. Defense Training International wants to ensure that its students fully understand the physical, legal, psychological, and societal consequences of their actions or in-actions.
It is our duty to make you aware of certain unpleasant physical realities intrinsic to Planet Earth. Mr. Farnam is happy to be your counselor and advisor. Visit: www.defense-training.com
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