Well said, especially, " Don’t start shit" .
Thought for the day:
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Especially in the martial arts.
Thought for the day:
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
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Fighting is juvenile in the majority of contexts. Self defence is necessary when physically provoked with no way out, a stupid remark from an ignorant asshole however can easily be ignored.
De-escalation/walking away should always be the first avenue as opposed to a duel to assert dominance. Why risk your freedom/civil liberties over some backchat.
My opinion on the matter differs when systemic bullying comes into the equation. Sometimes a hard whack can get people to leave you alone, though this conduct typically leaves as one passes high school/perhaps college depending on how immature the crowd is
Don’t underestimate the factor of alcohol for causing much of the fighting in bars.
Makes men brave and or stupid.
This has to be one of the most profoundly irritating aspects of excess alcohol consumption. I’ve been inebriated… many times. Yet I’ve never suddenly become disorderly, violent, arrogant or ill-mannered. I can’t say the same for others, and the substance of abuse I’ve single handedly seen result in the majority of fights, deviant behaviour and the likes is alcohol. With a few caveats, it’s almost always alcohol related when a kid is rushed to the hospital because he’s passed out and cracked his skull on the back of a rock, when someone goes to the ER because they’ve been cracked in the nose/jaw and broken something, when some kid is passed out unresponsive covered in his own vomit etc. It’s… always… fucking… alcohol
You’d think people would learn to moderate their intake, to just get a little bit “happy” every now and then. There is little fun in/little allure to me in getting blackout/paralytically drunk. If you are one of the many who turn into a raging jackass when you consume X substance… why the fuck would you still drink/whatever if you KNOW it causes trouble?
Yet I see people repeat these mistakes, either the substance is incredibly addictive or sociocultural normalities dictate this kind of conduct is appropriate (with alcohol). If the latter is the case, someone ought to take a good hard look at what we perceive as being acceptable conduct.
Substance abuse should not be a valid excuse for getting into fights, mentally competent people need to be held accountable for their own bad decisions.
I don’t think a person gets a whole lot of choice in how they react to drugs of all kinds, and alcohol in particular. There are people who can handle their alcohol, and there are those who can’t. There are two sub-sets of the latter group.
Subset A are those of us who just drink too much and face the same consequences everyone does when they drink too much. You can get sick and have a shitty day the next day, you can drunk drive and kill someone, or you can drink too much for too long. All kinds of bad things can happen, but people like this typically do not suddenly become insane people.
Subset B, which is thankfully less common, are what I call the “switch-flippers”. These are people who become unhinged lunatics when then drink past whatever their threshold may be, exhibiting dramatically changed personalities and behaviors. A good chunk of my aggressors when bouncing fell into this category. These idiots were completely immune to reason, very unpredictable, unhinged behavior that’s indefensible and a strong tendency towards violence. And not always incapable in a struggle, either.
Knowing a number of those types fairly well, I’ve yet to meet one of those people who I believe chooses to react to alcohol like that.
If you know you’re this type of person… Why continually make the same mistake.
Just don’t drink (or set a limit) or find something else to take that elicits a similar effect without transforming you into a disorderly jackass.
I know it’s not a choice to react badly, but it is a choice to repeat the same pattern of behaviour over and over and over again that one knows will almost certainly amount to trouble.
If you know you become combative on alcohol/anything, continuing to consume it is beyond me… Like what good could POSSIBLY come of it?
That’s exactly right, but they seem to have a tendency towards that pattern for some reason. All you can do if you care about someone with that reaction to alcohol is not facilitate or encourage the behavior at all. Go hiking or fishing instead of the bar, etc. No alcohol allowed on the boat, etc.
That doesn’t make asshole behavior right or not in need of responding to, but it does make it shitty for the people whose reaction to alcohol is to become a gigantic asshole. I’ve gone through a (rather flimsy) entrance wall with one of the nicest (when sober) gals I knew.
She was an absolute sweetheart who always conducted herself well, until she flipped the switch. It usually happened fast. One minute she’s fine, the next minute she’s getting in the bartender’s face, demanding more booze RIGHT NOW. She was the heaviest person I rear-clinched carried out (most of the way) by the hips by far, and an example of local dive bar tolerance for local people who should have been banned long ago…
As per the thread, avoid these types when possible and do your best to help them if they are loved ones.
*Thought for the day:
Always have an alternative:
The Lumber Crayon is a big flat piece of G10 that is sharpened at one end and painted to resemble a typical lumber pencil. Imagine a sharpened stake with a rectangular handle capable of fitting in your pocket. Its sharp point will undoubtedly cause harm when used.
Another such tool is GLG Knifeworks Book Chisels. They are bookmarks with a chiseled edge that allows you to smoothly squeeze the device into a book or a bad guy’s face. The chiseled edge enables the Book Chisel to be a competent and sharp impact weapon.
The Book Chisel and Lumber Crayon are a discrete option for environments not so friendly to traditional arms. Every weapon has its place, and when it’s time to be low profile, you can’t get more discrete than these. Check ’em out at GLG Knifeworks.
I just thought it worth putting up here:
This girl is 11 and didn’t just fold under the attempt of a reasonable sized man.
I wonder if she might in future use some of the above weapon ideas. Actually, how might she have applied either?
Don’t stop fighting. She did perfectly.
If guilty, I predict a substantially below average prison experience.
a 10 pk roll of Copenhagen.
I did, however, quit tobacco 26 years later.
The Copenhagen made it to Saudi where, I was told by local merchants, “It is not permitted.” Apparently against the sharia crap so I was likely pretty dang lucky to receive it. Had dudes offer me $10 for a can, but by God I shared a little and used the rest…
K, in general to all: Hi Fellas! Been a long while since I looked in here. Lots of life has happened but finally, things are back much closer to desired bearings for this ship 
@Idaho just so you know, cause you will appreciate this, I did try 2 “other than 1911” firearms while I was gone. Both were backups - a Sig P365XL with RomeoZero, and a S&W Airweight 38spl (model 647(?)). I’ve since sold them both. Am addicted to 45ACP whether for primary OR backup…the next backup will be a RIA Tactical II 1911.
Hope everyone has been well, and you are all healthy, living the life you wanna live how you wanna live it.
Peace & Blessings to All,
~S
K, this is political as it gets, but here goes…
Medical marijuana (let’s say “MM”) removes one’s 2A rights to buy or carry a firearm.
My wife never has carried, and has only fired a pistol one time…she did, however, suffer chronic pain from a spinal birth defect (a transitional L5) for which she was prescribed and took opoids for many years. 7 1/2 mos ago, she started MM, and has not taken an opoid, muscle relaxer, or even motrin for that back pain since. The MM resolved the pain issue.
That said, I have carried for quite some time, and due to a line-of-duty injury, will have been in pain every waking moment as of 29Jul this year. But even though there’s a very good chance that MM would give me a moment or more, maybe forever, without pain, I will not get a card and use the stuff due to the legal ramifications. I’ve lived with it this long, as crappy as that is, so I’ll live with it til the Feds get the MM laws straight looks like.
Most CC folks with whom I’ve discussed this simply say how LE can’t test for it like they can for booze, etc.
Just out of curiosity, what do the Tactical Life folks here think about this one?
Remember, while serving our country, injured, been in pain going on 30 years here. But if I get a MM card in my state, it automatically goes to the NICS background check system, and at that point, if I purchase or carry a firearm, I’ve lied on an ATF form and committed a felony. How is it ok for me to serve my country, and my country not at least cut me some slack on this?
Good to see you back and hope things are better in your life. Before you buy,check these out. They are expensive and I personally don’t own one, but, I was able to try one out for several hours. On my wish list.
If you mean stopped for suspected D.U.I. , if arrested an LEO can request a blood test and that will show the THC level.
As a former narcotics cop, I would have said “fuck all drugs” ten years ago. Now, if MM helps you and your wife deal with daily pain, good. I don’t know anything about legal MM laws, did not know about the NCIC check. Lets see if anyone on here has MM card and carries also and what issues they have. MM is not legal in my state.
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Yes she did, and was able to think critically in a violent situation. Brave, resourceful child.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/girl-purposely-got/USZRARJWZ5VEX563VXRDFQFCEE/
@Idaho Thank ya sir, glad to be back, no doubt.
The Staccato 2011 I HAVE heard about…quite interested in trying one myself. That might be my next gen preferred CC weapon, who knows?! Hopefully my local range will have one I can rent/try soon, and have ammo for it…geeez the ammo shortage is nuts!
Have a family member who owns an FFL shop, he is at best 8 months behind on ammo orders from suppliers. I have “enough” (for now) 45ACP on hand, but am VERY low on primers for reloading if I use them. F’n ridiculous. I simply pray supply catches up, or exceeds demand very very soon. Makes me quite uncomfortable this situation. Hell, I spoke to a security forces person at local AFB, they told me their range time has been cut a bit for this problem. That’s of course not an indication the US Military does not have and/or can’t acquire the ammo to do whatever job required, just that it confirms a commercial supplier shortage is all.
Now, the MM thing, there was a time not so very long ago I’d have had a fit about my wife getting a card and legally using the stuff. However, since I too was on oral opiate meds for 20 years prior to my current solution, I did not object when she tried, and I applaud her for having found a solution that has none of the negative side effects of opiate pain meds.
As for narcotics, yeh, near anything much stronger than marijuana, IMO, probably should remain regulated…most who use them do so for fun, have no clue how easy it is to OD, etc., and they are very potentially deadly.
Not aware of anyone ever OD’ng on THC is the thing…don’t see it as being much more hazardous than tobacco honestly. And with the forms used medicinally in our state, like vape & edible, to include legal limits on amounts, presumably to prevent illegal trafficking, it is well in hand, under control by dudes who know yet more about chemistry than I.
And yeh, I’ll say it again…after suffering with pain for near 30 years due to service to country, they by God ought not take my 2A rights away for something that might actually completely remove pain from the equation, while a pump full of morphine implanted in my body currently can’t do so. Granted, the morphine that goes to the nerve root intrathecally in my spinal column, via a catheter from abdominal cavity pump, has zero effect on my cognitive function while MM likely would, so dang what?! I would readily agree to only use it at home, not while in public and armed, under whatever penalty they wished.
The issue is at the Federal level my friend. It is the classification of marijuana, along with the question on the ATF 4473 regarding it, that would preclude being armed while using MM. At state level, IF I were to get a card and use it, the only time it might really become an issue would be if I were in a defensive shooting, blood tested, and pop positive. Yet, I will not lie on a federal form to purchase a gun, so I can’t get that card and use it whether I actually could do so or not. For me, it is a matter of honor and the letter of the law that stops me. For others, that may not matter so much, I dunno.
I am sorry for being so long winded. It is something serious and personal, and so very old to deal with. Forgive an old vet please.
Peace,
S
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Nothing to forgive, thank you for the information and your service to our country.