This Moment

This is important, so we’re going to open with the Tactical Wisdom first:

If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

James 4:17

In the hours after Soliman fired up his homemade flamethrower and started setting people on fire, I commented on X about the number of able bodied men who just stood around watching or filming, as Soliman launched on a tirade and continued to spray gasoline. When I commented that men are called to act (see above), I had a number of people (as usual) list off all the reasons (excuses) that they couldn’t possibly get involved.

In this article, we’re going to address those, because friends, THIS MOMENT is the TIME TO ACT. Federal, state, and local authorities are under NO OBLIGATION to protect you and in fact, the Boulder Police are STILL refusing to call this terrorism. How can you let people be harmed in your presence? Get a grip….tough love inbound.

“The police will arrest me” – I assure you that if you stop a man from literally setting others on fire, no one is going to arrest you. What if you hurt him? Well, he was using deadly force to maim and try to kill people in the most horrific way. I assure you, you wouldn’t be arrested. And if by some chance you are, I’ll remind you that Daniel Penny and Kyle Rittenhouse were both acquitted. Sure, the process sucks, but some fights are worth making. Don’t spend your life in fear of the government. By the way, someone attacking random people in public is ATTACKING YOU.

“I have to take care of my family” – You sure do. Assisting keeping your community safe is a great way to do that. You’re setting a poor example by running away. My family plan for random violence has always been that Mrs TW takes the kids and returns to the vehice with her lawfully carried firearm to defend them while I provide whatever assistance I can.

Remember, providing assistance might not always mean engaging the attacker. I get it, not everyone is a combat veteran with black belts in more than one martial art. You can provide assistance to the injured, even if that is just holding their hand. You can guide others to safety. Literally anything but stand there and watch, for God’s sake.

By the way, there’s Tactical Wisdom on that too:

Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.

Proverbs 24:11

This requires ACTIVE involvement. This mean that you need to prevent harm to innocents whenever it is within your power.

In the American West, despite what you see in the movies, the vast majority of law breakers were actually arrested and brought to the sheriff by other citizens. It’s why every state has a citizen’s arrest law. If a man saw someone stealing his cattle, he didn’t send a runner to go get the sheriff. He apprehended the man and dragged him before the sheriff or magistrate. In present day South Africa, all meaningful law enforcement is done by private security companies and local “community safety” (militia) groups.

Know your state’s citizen’s arrest laws, not becuse you want to play cop and arrest anyone, but because they give you wide latitude as a citizen to use force to effect the arrest of someone committing a felony (like using a flamethrower on people) in your presence and it protects you from liability in doing so. In most states, if you are found to acted within the law for using force, you are shielded from liability.

“I don’t want to get sued” – I get this, but once again, while the process sucks, you will eventually win, if you have acted within the law and refuse to settle. The problem with American jurisprudence right now is that people rarely demand their day in court. They let the lawyers talk them into settlements or plea bargains. Fight it out. Buy self defense insurance like Right to Bear above.

Friends, I’m not looking to create an army of vigilantes. I just want us collectively to start standing up and saying NO MORE to the lawlessness. If we all keep on keeping our heads down and saying it’s the job of the people WHO REFUSE TO DO THE JOB, we will lose this fantastic place. It is up to us to say NO MORE.

Start with getting trained in first aid. There are CPR, AED, Stop the Bleed, and first aid classes in every community in America. Go to one and start there. While I’m talknig about it, Project 223 Preparedness and I will be running a First Aid class on July 25th at Camp Ponderosa as the kickoff for Shield Field Days.

Next, take a self-defense or martial arts class. Again, they are offered all over the country (including my intensive Combatives Weekend Courses). Learn how to defend yourself, your family, and others.

We all need to take an active role in our communities. Voting was never meant to be a way to outsource your involvement at the hyper-local level. Sure, on a national or state level, but not in your own locale. Get involved.

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