Category: Positioning
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Mundane Movements: Making CraigsList Transactions Less Murdery
They planned to drive about 200 miles from their Cobb County home to look at an antique car for sale. But the vintage Ford Mustang didn’t exist. After four days of searching, investigators said Monday afternoon that two bodies believed to be the couple were found in southeast Georgia… http://www.ajc.com/news/news/suspect-in-custody-in-case-of-missing-marietta-cou/njxGW/ Craigslist can be a great…
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Reader Question: “My Wife works at a school, doesn’t carry a gun, and leaves alone late at night. Ideas?”
One of my readers asked some great questions after reading the Mundane Movements Series (link 1 and link 2). Here is what Daniel M. said: …I would love to see some insights on movement and defense at schools where guns are not allowed. My wife is a principal in a bad part of town and often works late…
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Mundane Movements: Driving Part 1 – Position, Escape, and if needed… Fight!
Remember, you’re behind the wheel of a two-ton bullet. -My Grandmother Joan, explaining the dangers of driving when I was 15 It turns out Grandma Joan didn’t know she was also talking about the best way to get out of an ambush when you’re in a car. The reality is that the skinny pedal on the…
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Mundane Movements: Parking Lots, Part 1: Positioning and Movement INTO the Store
This post is universally applicable to the person who wants to decrease a criminal’s ability to close space and gain positional dominance via maneuver and avenues of approach, while simultaneously increasing their own ability to maintain reactionary space, preserve positional dominance and set them self up for an uneventful departure after the shopping is done. The goal…