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Community Defense - Part 3

A useful tool for breaking down complex problems into digestible chunks is the "WHAT - WHO - WHEN - WHERE - HOW" paradigm. Parts 1 and 2 of this series addressed WHAT and WHEN, describing some of the constraints on planning and preparing in "normal" times to protect your community against emerging threats; and presenting examples of historical and ...

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Small Steps: Creating Change in Your Community

We came across a couple of anonymous posts on an online forum recently where someone laid out the steps they had been taking in their county to bring about real political change. Starting small, networking, organizing others and building on each little success had generated significant momentum and had opened up the prospects for state wide impact....

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5 Day Pistol Course - Lesson 9

Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 9 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 180 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment:1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 50 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of ...

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5 Day Pistol Course - Lesson 8

Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 8 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 180 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment: 1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 50 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of...

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The Plague


Introduction  In a previous article (The Four Horsemen - Part 2: Pestilence), we discussed the risk of outbreaks of deadly infectious disease, whether natural in origin or the result of biological warfare or terrorism. They could be familiar and treatable strains, naturally occurring mutations, or engineered microbes known to have a high case ...

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5 Day Pistol Course - Lesson 7

Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 7 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 180 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment: 1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 50 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of...

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5 Day Pistol Course - Lesson 6

Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 6 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 400 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment:1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 100 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of...

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5 Day Pistol Course - Lesson 5

Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 5 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 50 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment:1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 10 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of s...

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Harden Digital Life Series – Part 5: Managing Privacy

A short word on how to establish a desired privacy baseline which reflects your privacy needs and balances those with practicality. In an ideal world everyone could choose to conduct everything online anonymously – but we live in a very imperfect world and the effort required to get close to privacy nirvana can be overwhelming, cumbersome, and some...

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Community Defense - Part 2


The first article in this series focused upon the social and legal constraints we face in "normal" times, preparing to defend our communities against potential violent threats under future, "off-normal" conditions. Here we'll present representative examples of a variety of threats - some historical, and some hypothetical - that would provide a rati...

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