No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/360 - Release Date: 6/9/2006 Foiled Robber Sues Victims: Last July a robber was disarmed and beaten with a pipe when he tried to rob an Auto Zone store in Rochester NY. He is now suing for assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C198988%2C00.html --- Use That Peephole: A couple in South Carolina discovered that the knock on their front door was a six-foot alligator, apparently attracted by the smell of chicken being barbecued in the back yard. http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/5795583p-5177866c.html --- Venezuela To Manufacture Kalashnikov Rifles: Venezuela's Chavez government has just concluded negotiations for a license to manufacture AK-103 assault rifles, making Venezuela the first country in Latin America to produce them. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/6/8/130728.shtml?s=os http://kalashnikov.guns.ru/models/ka126.html --- From John Farnam: 7 June 06 Good comments on gaining control of combatants, from a friend who is head bouncer at a big, gentlemen's club: "Early yesterday morning, we had we had three, Hispanic males in a fist fight with a fourth male of unknown ethnicity. By the time I became involved, the three were chasing the shirtless and bloody fourth actor through the club. All were exchanging threats. Using verbal commands, and my collapsible baton, it started to break up the fight. Of the four, none were impressed with my baton, even after a substantial strike to the shin of one. However, the same actor who was not impressed with the baton was VERY impressed with a blast of Fox OC. He abruptly disengaged and stumbled away, wiping furiously at his face! Seeing their comrade thus incapacitated, the other two Hispanics lost cohesion. Suddenly disorientated, they just gawked at their distressed comrade. Taking advantage of their dithering, my officers and I, now brandishing ERDs, ordering them all off the property. All actors quickly departed. The show was over! Once again, quick and decisive action, combined with an appropriate choice of weapons as well as stern, clear, and loud verbal commands is required to gain control of these situations. Uniforms and badges, by themselves, seldom impresses violent actors. Believe me. I know!" Lessons: (1) Who dithers is lost! (2) Gaining control always requires quick and decisive action. (3) Fox OC works just fine! /John (Nothing, including 12-gauge shotgun slugs, works consistently.) 8 June 06 Comments on pain/compliance, from a well-known martial artist and friend: "It might be interesting to see what experiences those on the list have had with pain/compliance and what opinions they have. My personal experience is that pain/compliance is too variable to trust. However, it is still widely taught to correctional officers and LEOs and is routinely represented to be a reliable means to compel cooperation. I think that is dead wrong, but others may disagree." Comment: Pain/compliance is only effective on those who (1) are rational, and (2) have a pain threshold within the "normal" range. That probably describes most people under most circumstances, but it leaves out many mentally ill and those under the influence of drugs. When trying to establish control, unlawful force should always be met with appropriate, superior force. Pain/compliance may have a place. However, when one is fighting for his life, he needs to, without delay, break bones, cause copious bleeding, and/or knock out his opponent. As TR said, "When you must hit someone, put him to sleep!" /John (Bill Jordan, speaking of shooting, used to say, "Speed's fine but accuracy is final." When it comes to laying hands on an assailant, pain-compliance is fine but leverage and disruption of the person's balance are much closer to being final. In other words, don't attempt a lock if the technique fails to give you the leverage to disable or drive the person to the ground if he fails to respond to the pain.) -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .