Understanding Lethal Force Encounters
Nowadays, if you attend any sort of firearms or self-defense training the subject of mindset will invariably be raised. Typically, the instructor will recount COL Jeff Cooper’s Color Codes and then commence a sort of rah-rah speech designed to momentarily raise your motivation, but cause no long term change in behavior or attitudes. It’s the equivalent of eating a Krispy Kreme donut…tastes good, but lacks the substance to properly fuel the mind or body.
To begin, let’s talk about the fundamentals. Having the mindset to survive a (potentially) lethal encounter stems from an understanding that there are people who want to hurt you and your family AND understanding that the government cannot possibly provide enough laws, law enforcement officers, or prisons to adequately protect you. I’ve met people who acknowledge these truths, who nonetheless say that regardless of the consequences, they will not resist. Simply put, these people will be killed if their assailant so chooses.
The purpose of this blog is to provide analysis of lethal force situations that are encountered by both citizens and law enforcement officers. We’ll begin our study by digging into the FBI’s crime statistics from 2007. The preliminary goal is find and understand correlations during encounters which resulted in the death of a law enforcement officer. The ultimate goal is to understand how our training methodology must prepare us for the realities of the job.
I am a firearms instructor for the state of KY and agree 100% with the second paragraph. As long as people (in general) go to work in the morning after having watched FOX News, getting on the Blackberry and Internet, having good coffee, and their car starts taking them to work-then it must be going to be good day. What these folks fail to realize is that “goal-oriented people” are out there as soon as the average person wakes up that want to take their life. These are people that do nothing in their lives but prey on others.
Now, with the Mexican Drug Cartels taking over American cities by the minute and others who want to do us harm, we haven’t even mentioned the average terrorist who is already in place just waiting to be given the order to do us harm. What is the answer, get off your butts and take charge of your lives whether it be professional or personal and do something about it. The average person is just a statistic waiting to happen with these bad folks. How do you change? Change your MINDSET! Get some professional training that will take you to the edge for a potential bad situation. Look at your family every night and say to yourself I will not be just another police report. This company sounds like they care about the average person and law enforcement as well. Please take advantage of them.
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