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us podcast sites including youtube a topic i brought up was about decision points they are often overlooked in the community especially the concept of forcing the decision point i t s called a decision point and that was always very important to me to look at that and i think about it now in our context of h ow do we force the decision point on the situation where it s to our advantage as opposed to the predator s whenever possible we want to avoid becoming decisively engaged https thetacticalprofessor net 2014 06 25 situational awareness and positioning part i and having to fight the engagement to a conclusion by ourselves forcing the decision point makes the predator react to us rather than us react to them we can put boyd s process https thetacticalprofessor net 2025 02 16 more again about boyd and ooda to work for ourselves this way if you would like to read more in depth articles about self defense and personal protection please consider subscribing to my patreon page https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in awareness deadly force decision making incident analysis ooda rock hill sc assassination attempt by tacticalprofessor on june 19 2026 2 comments you don t have to be president trump to be targeted for termination bad decisions lead to negative outcomes one justifiable killing and one 10 year prison sentence this was basically an assassination attempt judge bill mckinnon said it s pre planned i mean they intercepted him in traffic to block his car in and then tried to kill him many thanks to good guy with a gun for reporting on this case executive summary of the crime woman aka wbm would be murderer gets into argument with a male co worker mcw texts girlfriend gf to bring her a tool aka pistol and sends picture of the male s car gf picks up wbm and they follow mcw in car when he leaves work mcw tries multiple times to escape the confrontation gf and wbm finally box mcw in at a stoplight wbm exits gf s car with pistol concealed in a grocery bag and confronts mcw mcw retrieves his own pistol from his vehicle and then shoots and kills wbm gf gets out of her car and punches mcw in the face mcw indicates to gf with pistol to back off gf is arrested by police gf charged with assault and battery and felony murder because of wbm s death police say mcw acted in self defense https www heraldonline com news local crime article289406968 html and no charges are filed against him gf pleads guilty to aggravated assault and battery judge is unsympathetic to her plea for leniency due to pregnancy and sentences gf to 10 years imprisonment prosecutors drop felony murder and other charges after 10 year sentence for a b there is no shortage of wackadoos who will try to kill you for nonsensical reasons if you would like to read more in depth articles about self defense and personal protection please consider subscribing to my patreon page https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in awareness deadly force decision making incident analysis negative outcomes serious mistakes tagged crime history true crime writing surviving edged weapons by tacticalprofessor on june 15 2026 1 comment there is plenty of commentary both informed and uninformed available about the legalities and moralities of austin metcalfe s murder so i m not going to go into those aspects of the incident what has been focused on less is the actual mechanics of the incident what s most important for us and our loved ones to know is how to avoid becoming a casualty or fatality in such an incident yes karmelo put his hand in the bag and said five times touch me and see what happens the witness testified https www courthousenews com prosecutors rest in karmelo anthony murder trial after testimony on track meet stabbing note that the weapon used was a camping multitool available at walmart it has a knife blade which is 3 5 inches long this was more than sufficient to pierce austin metcalfe s heart and kill him since anthony had his hand in the bag long enough to repeat his threat five times the knife was probably already open when it came out being within arm s length in that situation is very dangerous contrary to the pronouncements of some foolish common taters knives are definitely deadly weapons while many edged weapon attacks involve multiple slashes or stabs just one can be sufficient to cause death austin metcalfe s demise is a sad example of how quickly that can happen the video surviving edged weapons is available on youtube made in 1988 it s still well worth watching either for the first time or as a review it contains multiple actual incidents and re enactments of edged weapon attacks and their aftermaths as noted in one comment to the video the example at 7 15 of an officer being stabbed with a sword through the opening of a door recently occurred irl in boston https www cbsnews com boston news boston police northeastern university sword stabbing if you would like to read more in depth articles about self defense and personal protection please consider subscribing to my patreon page https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in awareness deadly force incident analysis tagged news writing situational awareness is sometimes of limited value by tacticalprofessor on june 7 2026 circumstances of a murder posted in uncategorized defense of a third party double trouble by tacticalprofessor on april 23 2026 1 comment what s the difference between truth and fiction fiction has to make sense variously attributed to mark twain tom clancy and other notable authors of fiction a recent incident was summarized in a news release by the georgia bureau of investigation because it involved a gbi agent s interaction with an armed citizen it is an example of why i don t bother making up worst possible cases i just follow the news i m not clever enough to dream up something as weird as this incident summary while driving with his daughter a man was blocked in by an unhinged driver the attacker exited his vehicle and approached the victim the victim put a revolver in his pocket and got out of his vehicle a fight ensued and the attacker got control of the victim s revolver the victim regained control of the revolver and shot the attacker a georgia bureau of investigation agent passing by saw the confrontation upon seeing the victim shoot the attacker the gbi agent opened fire on the victim fortunately no hits were scored the victim dropped his revolver and complied with the agent s commands the attacker drove off he went to an adjacent county and called for medical assistance after being treated he was arrested and charged with multiple felonies this incident contains at least three possibly all four elements of the avoid escape confront resist paradigm https thetacticalprofessor net 2016 07 24 the cost of killing the underlying causes of all this weirdness have not yet been revealed https gbi georgia gov press releases 2026 04 05 gbi investigates aggravated assault and officer involved shooting hull a few of the elements involved in the incident for consideration road rage perils of intervention don t go outside car carry entangled fight defense of 3d party mistaken identity shooting this incident is worthy of an entire series on my patreon page https www patreon com posts complicated of i 156362758 https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in deadly force decision making firearms incident analysis off body carry revolvers tagged news true crime competition alternate pov by tacticalprofessor on april 18 2026 greg ellifritz recently made a post about andy stanford s book gunfighter u https www activeresponsetraining net gunfighter u that a few of us were fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of at taccon 2026 andy and greg make some good points i ve been deficient in my reading so let me present an alternate point of view based solely on what greg posted greg s comment was after seeing more than a few shooters obsessively chasing performance at tac con with what col cooper described as preoccupation with inconsequential increments i wanted to share some of andy s advice from the book shoot at least twelve matches total not more than one a week no fewer than one a month if you wish shoot until you reach a b classification in uspsa or expert in idpa then throttle back to one or two matches a year at most at this point spend your spare time learning tactical medicine or applied combatives or conversing with your significant other or playing with your kids to get a grandmaster card or win a major match requires many esoteric skills that have nothing to do with gunfighting as with most things in life competition yields what you put into it this includes not only effort but philosophy after taking a 10 year mostly hiatus from competition i ve started competing regularly again but with a much different attitude and personal philosophy i ve unlocked my patreon post about my change in attitude https www patreon com posts discipline for 138437533 something i try to be very cautious about as a trainer and educator is assuming that all gunowners have access to the same resources and opportunities that i do one of the most important of these is availability of a gun club where i can draw from a holster and practice most of what i d like to since i m a numbers nerd years ago i calculated how many gunowners in the atlanta metro area had that resource the number i came up with was 1 in 1 000 hardly any indoor range in the metro area allows shooters to draw from a holster or do any moving outdoor gun clubs are private and require a membership what i gather from talking to shooters in other parts of the us is that we are exceptionally fortunate here in atlanta some areas in the northeast the number is an order or two of magnitude higher what that means is that the other 999 shooters have only two venues where they can draw from a holster at a match or at a training event the match i go to costs 20 to enter and has an ammunition cost of about 25 it takes about 5 hours starting at 11am and is a 45 minute drive from the city the resource requirements for a training event obviously exceed that by a large margin and such events are only occasionally available another aspect of competition that i think is useful could be described as legally and morally defensible performance standards in a competition the bare minimum standard is to hit the silhouette with every shot experienced shooters will rarely miss the entire silhouette even novice competitors will hit the entire silhouette somewhere in the 80 90 range because they know that misses dramatically hurt their score this far exceeds the most common qualification standard of 70 and the general 50 average seen at indoor ranges we all agree that the only safe place for bullets to land is in the body of a criminal attacker so i think getting that hit average up is a good thing although there are numerous other positives to competition the one i will finish this post with relates to empty chamber carry we all roll our eyes at people who think ecc is a good idea empty chamber carry is rooted in the fear of having a negligent discharge period people who do this are either afraid they ll shoot themselves or shoot someone else they shouldn t why because they are inexperienced gunhandlers they haven t yet developed confidence that they have an adequate level of skill to carry a loaded gun in the 25 years and hundreds of matches i ve shot the only competitors i ve seen who believe in empty chamber carry are cowboy action shooters and bullseye shooters that doesn t just mean single action revolvers either competitors who are used to carrying a 20 th century gun in a holster and drawing it to shoot don t carry empty chamber i m back to shooting one local match a month now and i probably won t shoot another major match my classification is down to sharpshooter and i don t care the attitude i approach competition with is very different from the past when i was a four gun master with 36 major match wins where i place in the scores is completely unimportant to me what is important to me is to test myself and my equipment have some fun and see folks i haven t seen in a while i learn something about shooting in every match oddly enough because i shoot compact carry pistol i still usually win my division because almost everyone else is shooting optics now there are a lot more benefits that i ll share on my patreon page but this post is food for thought for the community https www patreon com tacticalprofessor posted in competition concealed carry idpa marksmanship philosophy skills standards tagged firearms pistol shooting training tactical conference 2026 i by tacticalprofessor on april 3 2026 2 comments the 2026 rangemaster tactical conference aka taccon https taccon info wrapped up last sunday evening it was three full days of training focused on personal development for self defense and personal protection a wide variety of subjects were presented in a buffet format the classes ranged from live fire with pistols and shotguns to hands on encounters without firearms to theoretical and philosophical seminars friday s schedule gives a glimpse of the classes that are available i gave my presentation a deep dive into boyd s process aka the o o d a loop twice it seemed to be fairly well received my object was to dispel some myths and give a more detailed analysis of what colonel john boyd actually said in memory of chuck norris concluded my presentation good guys wear black airport fight although i spent much of the conference in discussions with my colleagues i attended two classes concealment workshop by jon and sarah hauptman and target bullets and body parts by chuck haggard with a lineup of dozens of classes it s not possible to take them all in i also observed or sat in for a bit on several others what you should know about defensive shooting by john farnam hardest state carry quals by karl rehn low round count evaluations by lee weems and defensive knife for concealed carriers by greg ellifritz were worthwhile additions to my schedule an important part of the conference to me is the pistol match because it is a rare opportunity to shoot at turning targets visual cues are rather different than an audio cue such as a shot timer the staff graciously consented to allow me to shoot it twice once for record with my glock 19 and a second time the next day with my lcp ii 380 for comparison the results will be in my next post posted in awareness competition concealed carry deadly force decision making ooda safety tagged firearms life training writing principles of personal defense by tacticalprofessor on march 14 2026 2 comments the jeff cooper legacy foundation https jeffcooperfoundation org has made available as a free pdf download jeff cooper s short book principles of personal defense https jeffcooperfoundation org page_id 1546 the download link is at the bottom of the page you now have no excuse for not reading it it is a short book and we...