tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106494.post6666920035937864004..comments2023-08-20T09:52:47.455-04:00Comments on The Monday Update: Stuff on my mindNick-doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08482416085611572221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106494.post-81927394156099948092010-06-29T10:53:43.524-04:002010-06-29T10:53:43.524-04:00I agree with you. Statistically, I've been app...I agree with you. Statistically, I've been approached by more wierdos at gas stations than anywhere else. And as a consequence of that, try to go to utilize the least sketchy ones.<br /><br />I am with you on the response in the case of a mistake. Unleashing maximum violence on would-be perps is the best way to turn the tables and drive them to a retreat. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.<br /><br />--Nick-DogNick-doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08482416085611572221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106494.post-35215475773031062622010-06-29T10:40:34.768-04:002010-06-29T10:40:34.768-04:00I don't have statistics to back it up, but I w...I don't have statistics to back it up, but I would have to assume that gas stations are one of the most dangerous tactical scenarios that the average person faces on a routine basis. I have a few guidelines that I try to follow, such as only going alone, using the most forward pump to allow easy E&E, but that's not always possible (on a family car trip, for example...)<br />It is tough to always be on your A game in every way. Even when we realize that a scenario or place has a heightened risk of a confrontation, it may not be possible to avoid that place, and it is not always possible to always be fresh and alert either. <br />Sounds like the moves you made were the right ones, and when situations like these don't end in violence they are valuable as mental training tools.<br />The one thing I try to keep in mind is that although tactical mistakes and lapses of awareness can happen to even the most combat hardened SWAT cop or Navy SEAL, the solution to imperfection in tactics or awareness boils down to violence of action. As soon as you realize you've made a mistake, be ready to correct with focused ruthless violence and mayhem.Martin Schaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141636305952858816noreply@blogger.com