tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post1001656916311937044..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Modern Survivalism : Getting your Family On BoardFerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-8939682476650394542013-04-15T09:21:08.466-07:002013-04-15T09:21:08.466-07:001) It is not clear from Matt's letter where hi...1) It is not clear from Matt's letter where his family is. If they are civilian dependents<br />living on a military base then they probably won't be allowed to have personal firearms<br />unless those firearms are kept secured in the base armory --not in living quarters.<br />Although he obviously would know more about the local regulations than I.<br /><br />2) If they are parents, spouse or family living off base then the situation is different, of <br />course. But , as Ferfal noted, protection in that case involves a lot more than basic firearms training (awareness, surveillance detection, locks, alarm systems, <br />anti-carjacking tactics,etc.)<br /><br />3) Matt might step back and analyze the possible threats to his family, their probability and what are reasonable countermeasures to take. What the executive protection guys do. <br /><br />4) His local MP unit may have<br />someone who could provide a lot of good advice on this and who could possibly speak to Matt's family, maybe only for the price of a few drinks.<br /><br />5) Some of the best protective services out there are in the US Army Military Police units. People think of them as guys with batons beating on drunks but they are much more. They don't police civilians --they police soldiers. In a foreign area, they are responsible for dealing with enemy special forces like the <br />Soviet Spetnez (with the help of borrowed assets like Army Aviation--e.g, armed helicopters.) They handle counterterrorist/force protection and are bodyguards<br />to key personnel (generals, some intel officers, etc.)<br /><br />When I worked on an army project decades ago, I remember the<br />infantry guys grumbling over the MPs having weapons (automatic grenade launchers)that even the infantry didn't have. One former MP I knew had been trained as a sniper. When you see a news photo of a general getting off the airplane in Kabul, look at the<br />guys in diamond formation around him --and those are just the visible defense. Don Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-55927861057281220112013-04-15T08:30:24.634-07:002013-04-15T08:30:24.634-07:00Most likely your family has been brainwashed by de...Most likely your family has been brainwashed by decades of watching the boob-tube and have gotten fat at the same time while getting obese from CONsuming soda-pop and junk food. If you had the time, you could try reasoning with them, but you don't have that.<br /><br />You could dump them and try and get a better family. That too would take time, which you don't have and won't have for a while. If you get lucky, it would be worth it. You could also wind up alone, or if you are unlucky or not careful, get a new family that is also unsatifactory.<br /><br />Or you could take take drastic action, such as staging an realistic nighttime attack on your house before you leave. Such an attack would be crime, most likely a felony. If you fail, then your life will be forever ruined. Even if you don't get caught and succeed in getting them to practing shooting and self-defense, they may after a couple of months slack off and resume watching the tv and eating garbage.<br /><br />You could do nothing more about it and concentrate on improving your own personal lot in life. This option may be easier to do than the other options. No need to commit extra felonies or risking self-induced heart-ache.knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-51713418275959018332013-04-14T20:49:20.128-07:002013-04-14T20:49:20.128-07:00How I got my girlfriend shooting: I brought her to...How I got my girlfriend shooting: I brought her to my Cowboy Action Shooting club.<br /><br />If you don't know, CAS or SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) is a very family friendly group; one of the only shooting clubs you will find that has a significant number of female participants.<br /><br />Those women shooters just took my girlfriend under their wing, and talked her through all of her fears of firearms. It was like having a few big sisters around, helping out their little sister.<br /><br />In addition, we were shooting old fashioned revolvers with low recoil ammo, which is about as beginner friendly, positive stereotyping as you can get in the firearms world.<br /><br />My then girlfriend (now wife) went from having an irrational fear of firearms to getting her own concealed carry permit within the space of a few years. And it all started with those women in my CAS club.AnonHnoreply@blogger.com