Comments by "Spring Bloom" (@springbloom5940) on "Active Self Protection" channel.

  1. HiPoint is more reliable than Kimber.
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  2. You got this one wrong. Im getting really fed up with seeing officers drain a mag on a downed target. This is the result, not of bad, but, rather highly inappropriate training. Im in the LE training pipeline and I am seeing this a LOT. Officers receive solid training in the academy, but once they reach their post, theyre exposed to often completely unregulated 'supplemental' training. No one wants to spend all day getting lectured about firearm safety and reviewing fundamentals, they want high speed operator shit, from hard dicked motherfuckers that have killed more men than smallpox. And thats what they get and take to the street to use on civilians.
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  3. +SeerTrulth And the 20% who do intend to use their weapon, are responsible for 80% of the murders. But whats more, is when a gun is pointed at you, it really doesnt matter if intent exists, or not, because theyre already violating at least one, probably multiple safety rules and the odds of getting shot unintentionally are practically the same as getting shot intentionally. If someone points a gun at someone else, theyve made the opening move, of a zero sum game. Assuming they just mean to scare you a little, assuming they all have the same intent, assuming they wont make a mistake that killing everyone will 'fix', assuming they will stick with the plan they came in with, assuming anything but that they intend to kill everyone, gets you and everyone with you, taken to the cooler for a bullet in the back of the head.
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  4. +Joe James You are a particularly unpleasant person. Perhaps thats why youre so concerned with with multiple people choking you?
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  5. +lumpy368 Yeah, he 'protected' him and probably came back at the end of the week, with the robber's gun in his pocket, to collect his 'security fee'
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  6. +Sam Wise Thats because they are not operators. 99% of policing, is filling in paperwork.
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  7. This guy is going to prison
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  8. We have no sound and the shooter is obscured most of the time, so we cant tell, but my guess is they were all hit when they were piled up on him. You can see the one in immediately stumbling when they scatter. Id bet a lot that he just opened up at close contact and it took a moment for the shots to take effect; I dont think they were hit where they fell.
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  9. Wrong. They were clearly trained and fairly well trained. The problem is they had no experience either clearing or working in teams.
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  10. +toadamine Why should you think I cant handle myself, or that I myself dont have contact skills? NEVER assume the other guy doesnt know what theyre doing - thats the FIRST thing you shouldve learned in 'jiu jitsu class'. Trying to take a gun from someone who knows how to use it, gets you shot in the head - this is verifiable, through news and police dept reports.
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  11. +toadamine Then you A) have terrible situational awareness and B) do not how to handle your weapons. I guarantee, someone attempting what you just described, would win a minimum of one new hole. Again, why should you think I 'havent done much of it'? You have no idea who I am, or what training Ive had. You have zero knowledge of my experience. You do nothing to change my opinion of jiu jitsu practitioners, that theyre agressive, arrogant and tragically overestimate their skills.
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  12. +Steven Umphlett Europe is gearing up for WWIII - EU falling apart, NATO is shaky, UN has become largely irrelevant, the same conditions that started the first two world wars(and practically every European conflict) are back in full effect, a spread of rightwing nationalism to combat those conditions and the Communist/Socialist influences that are exploiting them... and the abject denialism, by Europeans, that 'We are done with that. That could NEVER happen, again'.
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  13. +Mr45acpShooter He almost shot his hand, because he had his finger on the trigger, before he had a target. Im about 99% sure his first shot was unintentional.
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  14. +than thoai nguyen Its self defense because he was trying to maintain effective range, while the established threat, was attempting to present a weapon, after brandishing said weapon in concert with physical intimidation - he definitively established himself as a deadly threat. That he didnt have the weapon in his hand, is immaterial, because he was still in control of the weapon. Just lifting his shirt, to show the gun, would establish him as a deadly threat and justify self-defense. Much as I hate to say it, exclude the stolen status of the weapon and/or make the shooter white and leave everything else as is and this would be a no-brainer self-defense for 99% of people. Perception is everything, in a case like this.
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  15. +Hitman Shadow Recon To be completely fair, we dont know how this escalated, but once the gun is out, which is first real indicator of a 'situation like this', attempting to walk away can very likely get you shot in the back. Ask yourself if you would walk away from someone brandishing a gun at you?
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  16. +Say Soun You say that, but thats really not how it works. The overwhelming majority of self defense cases, the victim either acts before the threat justifies it, or waits too long and has to play catchup. The fact is, when you actually find yourself in a shooting situation, youre more likely than not, going to be questioning your justification, up until youve lost the advantage. Then youll have turned a defensive shooting, into a fight. Ive had a couple experiences in my life, where if I had been armed, I have zero doubt that Id have fired. But the fact that Im here talking about it, is the proof that I didnt have to kill them. Knowing that, given it to do over again, Id still shoot. I think about that every time I carry. You have to have a inviolable line that you wont allow ANYONE to cross and thats not a simple or easy thing. Could you shoot your best friend, or your wife, or just someone you really like? Could you shoot a toddler, or a 12 year old? What about a pretty girl? If you cant, then you probably cant shoot a stranger, who 'might' hurt you. Not trying to be 'that chick', just saying its not that simple, no matter how resolved you are, or how much training you have.
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  17. "If you try to grapple with someone who knows how to handle a gun, theyre gonna blow your empty head off" -Spring Bloom
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  18. +toadamine Its funny, because Yeager also has plenty of self promoting Alpha Baddass videos about close contact shooting. So where is he lying?
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  19. +toadamine The point, is hes not correct about it and directly contradicts himself.
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  20. That requires a critical assumption that the 'bad guy' doesnt know what he's doing. If he does, as I always assume he does, he will kill your ass, if you perform at anything less than 100%. Thats why disarm attempts are generally discourged. At the risk of armchair generalling, I would think the best option, if you have initiative and can act from concealment, is to simply trip the SOB and get him off his feet - its difficult even for a trained gunhandler to effectively use a rifle at close quarters, from the ground; a pistol is a whole other matter.
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  21. +soldotnaman Right, because you decide what people 'deserve'. EVERYONE wants better than they deserve, when their time comes. You should remember that.
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  22. +Steven perdue And then he got shot in the back, running away, unarmed. You neglected that detail.
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  23. +AntiSocialMotorist Also (Im not going to do the work of sourcing it, because its not contained in a single source)* there are more gun deaths per legally possessed firearm, in UK than there are in the US. UK has a gun problem. *If you want to learn more, its going to take some research and cross referrence, because UK obfuscates gun crimes, in their national crime statistics. For example, a 'gun death' is only directly reported as such, when a gun is recovered, or an ME officially rules a death by gunshot(this is not as straightforward as you might think) - thus a DB with cranial GSW, is typically recorded as 'undetermined cause', until the case is 'solved'(conviction obtained, or an identified suspect is 'dead or fled'). UK is generally believed in LE academic circles to have a substantially higher 'gun crime' rate, than is openly reported. They also minimalize violent crimes - ex. home invasion recorded as 'trespass', strongarm robbery recorded as 'theft', attempted rape/attempted murder recorded as 'assault', etc.
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  24. +Gary Rae The reason Europeans cant have guns, is because everytime they touch one, they try to exterminate their neighbors. Crowing that you dont have to worry about something, because your government stands on your neck, so you cant do it, is nothing to be proud of.
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  25. +Hollowfist90 Seriously. The UK gvt just conceals gun crime, with disingenuous reporting practices. Law enforcement the world over is well aware of what UK does - ask a cop, any cop, from anywhere in the world, about UK crime statistics.
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  26. +moseyo tam Everything about this is pretty jacked. That store was probably under Bad Dude's or whomever Bad Dude works for's 'protection'.
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  27. +Kodi James Youre wishing for someone to be robbed under threat of death and YOU are calling HIM a jerk???
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  28. +MegaSkilla So, you decided to double down, rather than re-examine your own words, huh? Rather ironic that you would charge someone with strawmanning...
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  29. +Unit 2125774 Ive trained female SWAT officers that can take out a whole team of you. So no, you just dont know what youre talking about. The biggest issue with female officers, is men who disrespect them, because theyre bigger. Guess what, though? Small framed men have the same problem. Thats why they carry guns and clubs; cops arent supposed to brawl with suspects.
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  30. You realize he probably bolted because he's dirty af.
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  31. +Parabellum Not true. The threat persisted, as long as the assailant had control of his weapon. After the first shot, when the assailant turned, the shooter backed away, but then pressed forward, as the assailant attempted to draw his gun. As we see, when he finally turns back toward the camera, he in fact, has the gun in his hand. Perceptions about this situation are being colored by the 'stolen' gun.
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  32. +John Que Phone Youre a very special kind of special.
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  33. Mindset is just as important as first aid. CALM DOWN and THINK. Give yourself 20 seconds to grab whatever you need and address the wound, then treat it and dont look at it again - set your mind to other tasks. Ive seen guys keep checking a wound and end up shocking out, because they obsessed over the injury. Just because youre hit, doesnt mean youre going to die. Help is coming, just do your part and be calm and cool, so you can communicate when it gets there.
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  34. +Joe James Fumble for my multitool. A folding knife, as he noted, is difficult to make ready, under stress. A multitool is a large chunk of metal, that makes a fairly good impact weapon and a rake. You can rip flesh pretty effectively with the body of the tool and a good shot to a wrist or an elbow, is pretty effective, as well. I actually carry an old 1980s folding knife, with a 4- 1/4" inch blade and a large, very well contoured body, that fits my hand when closed and sticks about 3/4" out of the bottom of my fist, with a big, solid steel point. I guarantee, anyone getting that hammered into their wrist, will let go - I could probably compromise a skull with it. Of course, if youre the sort that lets yourself get snatched from behind, probably nothing you carry will be much help to you, anyway.
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  35. +Joe James You get taken from behind... and youre calling ME a 'dumb fuck'???
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  36. Security guard has definitely been a cop, at some time. He had solid gun handling, but he did the big naughty no-no and extended his hand out to make contact, while he had the muzzle up. I know a LOT of pros do that, but PLEASE people, get that muzzle down(or whatever clear direction) before you reach out in front of you. If you still need your muzzle on target, you shouldnt be trying to do anything but shoot. If its safe to make contact, you shouldnt be covering the subject, anyway. You do not need to cover with the muzzle to be ready to shoot.
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  37. +Ozark Ed Yup
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  38. +soldotnaman Yes, so very funny. What a douche, rolling on the floor after getting shot. You, of course, would die with dignity, not pissing and shitting yourself and begging the guy to unshoot you as you plead 'Im sorry Im sorry Im sorry'. Getting shot is not funny, even for a 'bad guy'. You are the douche, here.
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  39. +soldotnaman I think that comment was even douchier that the previous one.
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  40. +soldotnaman A) You apparently dont comprehend the words you use, ie - 'triggered'. B) what exquisite values you have, that it yould make you happy to see someone repulsed at your entertainment by someone getting shot to death.
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  41. +soldotnaman That you see an individual taking another individual's life as 'justice' only goes to prove you dont comprehend that word, either.
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  42. +soldotnaman Dumbass, I was CRSO at a PMC for 3 years and Ive been a TCLEOSE instuctor, for 15. You are who cant handle reality. Youre the sort that gets other people busted up, trying to backup your epic badassery. No one 'deserves' to get shot to death, which if you didnt learn from being raised right, you learn after seeing it a few times.
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  43. +Steven perdue Right, because YOU said so.
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  44. +Steve Harbuck Yeah, I do have a problem - people like you and the rest of the keyboard commandos talking hard and giving gun control fanatics legitimate arguments and giving police officers cover for indiscriminate shootings.
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  45. +Michael Acuna If youd like to PM me with your real name and occupation, Id be happy to link you to my TCLEOSE registration, chief. Difference between you and me, is I actually know what Im talking about. Ive seen more than enough falcons that talk big about killing scumbags. They would be hilarious and a good laugh, if not for the innocent people and their brothers they get hurt because they trip over their own dick... or just play statue, when you need them.
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  46. +Michael Acuna Has to do with the 'good laugh' at my qualifications. Reading comprehension may not be your strong point. But then, youve exhibited a propensity for laughter at inappropriate situations.
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  47. +soldotnaman I think you meant 'holster sniffer', but I never claimed to be an officer, so I guess that makes you doubly the fool. You, on the other hand, cant help yourself from tough talk; those are the guys that end up in hazardous soap situations - its true, Google it.
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  48. +Michael Acuna Well, I also spent 4 months with SAIC/Dyncorp, on the MNSTCI-CPATT. I got to see what happens when people actually talk the way you do, in real life. Like, the Df-I contractor that got another Df-I contractor and an Iraqi National Police trainee killed and one of our contractors shot through the elbow and lost use of his hand - because he was running his mouth and LOLing in the wrong company, about a prior incident a couple weeks before, where a scumbag 'got what they deserved'.
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  49. +soldotnaman You never met a LEO that actually killed someone, then.
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  50. +soldotnaman Now we see youre a liar, too.
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