| In my experience, there are three basic kinds of | | | | injury and being injured. However, before you decide to |
| people. Wolves (a.k.a. the bad guys) are the first kind. | | | | resist, you must seriously consider all available options. |
| They are the human predators, the ones that prey on | | | | If all the criminal wants is something you can buy, |
| the weak. The Sheeple (sheep + people) are | | | | borrow, or replace, then just give it to him. It is not |
| individuals that believe it is society's duty to protect | | | | worth your safety to fight over the twenty bucks in |
| them. These people blindly submit, even if it means | | | | your wallet. If he wants to force you or a loved one to |
| death because they cannot bring themselves to use | | | | go with him, or if you truly believe he has another |
| force. The third type of person is the Shepherd. | | | | motive besides theft, then fight. You have to! Ask |
| Shepherds are those people who are strong and alert. | | | | yourself is it better to be shot in a parking lot where |
| They can protect themselves. Shepherds protect the | | | | people can get you medical attention, or to be found |
| weak because it is right and because they care. Police, | | | | six months later in a shallow grave because you |
| Firemen, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines are shepherds, | | | | submitted to a kidnapers demand?Remember it is not |
| but they are not the only ones. You don't have to be | | | | just yourself that you are protecting. On a practical |
| one of those ready professionals in order to be a | | | | level, you need to be alive for your loved ones. Your |
| shepherd. Protecting your own family is enough. You | | | | family needs you. If you are not there, who will be |
| don't even have to carry a gun to be one; just | | | | there for your family? On a larger level, in the equation |
| stepping up and doing what needs to be done is all it | | | | between you and some criminal scumbag, the world is |
| takes. A shepherd knows that all wolves understand is | | | | better served by you, not them, surviving the |
| force, and against someone like that sometimes force | | | | encounter.Above all, you must never give up. You will |
| needs to be applied.Force should never be used lightly. | | | | be hurt, and you will probably be alone. Fear is a given, |
| It is the province of serious individuals. People who use | | | | just don't allow fear to paralyze you. Train hard and |
| force must make sure that what they are doing is | | | | remember your training. Studies have shown time and |
| justified. Your mental state should be that while it is not | | | | time again that you fight like you train. Visualize |
| desirable to hurt or kill another human, anyone that | | | | different scenarios so that mentally you will be ready |
| uses force to get you to submit to their will has | | | | to survive and go home to your family. They need |
| probably done it before and will probably do it again. Is | | | | you.David is a former U.S. Marine Corps |
| it better to do what a wolf wants and risk death | | | | noncommissioned officer, correctional supervisor and |
| simply because he wants no witnesses, or risk death | | | | firearms instructor for the TN Dept. of Correction. He is |
| and fight back? That is a decision only you can make | | | | presently commissioned as an operations officer for |
| based on the situation. Think about this, what good is it | | | | the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. He |
| to submit to violence if the aggressor commits a similar | | | | is also a certified NRA instructor, and holds instructor |
| crime next week to someone else?The FBI's uniform | | | | ratings with both the TN Dept of Safety, and the TN |
| crime statistics suggests that there is a connection | | | | Dept of Commerce and Insurance. |
| between submitting to the will of a criminal to avoid | | | | |