Quote of the day

Cuddy: "I just want us to be friends"
House: "That's the last thing I want us to be"

The three best days of my life. So far.

October 5, 1991

July 17, 2007

November 10, 2009

Wonder what the next one will be....

What I'm looking at right now

Main Beach, Laguna. I love living in Orange County. Have I mentioned that before? Happy Mothers' Day.

Quote of the Day

"You know it's a bad day when the best thing about it is getting shot in the head"
- from "Hunting the Jackal" by Billy Waugh

How NOT to get shot by the police

From Warrior Talk News

We discussed this at the Active Shooter Interdiction Class in Virginia and there was a great deal of work done on it in class. The concern is that the good guy CCW, or off duty LEO for that matter, taking out the bad guy might be misidentified by responding police and shot. Police shoot one of their own every 18 months around the nation so it is a very plausible event.

Contributing factors seem to be as follows -

You are more likely to be mistakenly shot by police in areas where the carry of weapons by citizens is not common. Places like New York or Los Angeles immediately come to mind. The notion seems to be that only cops or criminals have guns. This is not the attitude I see nationwide but it is prevalent enough to be aware of it.

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Quote of the day

"Bravery is a far more common thing than cowardice, and the reason for it is a shame. People go into danger not alone, but with their friends, and you don't want to appear weak in front of them, so from the fear of cowardice comes the most insane of acts, the successful ones later celebrated as great heroism"
From "Rainbow Six" by Tom Clancy

Columbine Changed Law Enforcement 11 Years Ago - For the Better

From Trigger Pull Tactical

Eleven years ago April 20th Law Enforcement was changed forever when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Colorado and opened fire on students and teachers. What those two knuckle heads didn't know at the time was the profound impact they would have on law enforcement all over the United States and abroad. Because of their horribly thought up and acted out tragedy now almost every single officer in the United States goes through some form of Active Shooter/Rapid Deployment training. I myself am a Rapid Deployment trainer and I believe if it wasn't for Columbine we as a police officers would not have changed our tactics to combat the effectiveness of active shooters in businesses, schools, and public places. I do believe many lives have been saved and many more will in the future due to the training that is taking place across this great nation of ours.

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