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More About the OODA Loop

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 002 Contributor: The Strategist, 003 Contributor: Militaris, 010 Firearms Training, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 076 Preparation

Your understanding of the OODA loop and having the appropriate respect for this theory will allow you to critically build on a solid foundation which will, in turn, allow you to vet ideas based on their merit, not on their popularity.

Pressing towards a tighter or more controlled OODA loops will guide you in selecting appropriate techniques and actions that will give your efforts real power.

While OODA loops are relevant in all three levels of warfare (strategic, operational, and tactical), in this section we will continue or discussion of the OODA loop and how it functions at the tactical level of gunfighting.

As we mentioned in the definition section above, the “decision making process can be seen as a time competitive observation, orientation, decision, action cycle or ‘OODA loop.’ Each party to a conflict begins by observing… To win any conflict, you need to get inside the adversary’s OODA loop (their decision making process). You can either go through the OODA loop cycle faster than your opponent or you can vary your tempos and rhythms so your opponent cannot keep up with you.”

In order to highlight the above concepts and in order to be able to see the accumulative effect one’s actions can have on the situation, let’s pretend we have a god’s eye view of a gunfight developing on a city street.

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What is the Strategy for Winning a Gunfight?

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 010 Firearms Training, 015 Guns, 016 Rifles, 060 Decentralization, 061 Distributed Security, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 076 Preparation

The strategy for winning a defensive gunfight is converting disadvantage to advantage.

Let’s clarify what we mean by defensive combative firearms training.

Because you are not the one instigating the confrontation, you will initially be at a disadvantage and in a reactionary and defensive state because you are behind in what John Boyd called the decision making process or the “OODA Loop”.

Conversely, because your adversary is selecting the time, palace, conditions, and weaponry for the confrontation – he will initially start with the initiative as the causal factor in your situation because he has already completed may OODA Loops before you ever even knew of him or his intent.

While starting in a reactive state is an initial disadvantage; proper training can teach you how to convert this initial reactive and disadvantageous situation to your advantage and to the disadvantage of your adversary.

Solid training programs can teach you how to react in a manner that will cause your adversary to react to your actions, and exploiting this initial success can allow you to then wrestle the initiative away from your adversary and then keep him in a reactive state so you can end the with a more favorable outcome for yourself.

The key here is for you to become the causal factor to your adversaries plan for you, and thereby placing him in a disadvantageous reactive state, and the more solid your skills are, the easier it will be for you.

Obviously, converting the initial disadvantage to advantage is key, and this key does have a price, and that price is effort in training.

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What is Tactics?

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 060 Decentralization, 061 Distributed Security, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 076 Preparation

“There is only one principle of war and that’s this. Hit the other fellow, as quick as you can, and as hard as you can, where it hurts him the most, when he ain’t looking.” – Field marshal William Joseph “Bill” Slim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Slim,_1st_ Viscount_Slim)

What is tactics and why should I care?

In short, tactics is “the art and science of winning engagements and battles. It includes the use of firepower and maneuver, the integration of different arms, and the immediate exploitation of success to defeat the enemy… the product of judgment and creativity…” FMFM 1

I will flesh out the above paragraph shortly, but so as not to string you along, and answer the question about why you should care about the study of tactics I can think of a few compelling reasons.

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Coming After Your (replica) Guns?

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 010 Firearms Training, 011 Reality Based Training, 013 Accessories, 014 Equipment, 015 Guns, 016 Rifles, 017 Technology, 021 Second Amendment, 030 Defensive Shooting, 030 Economics, 060 Decentralization, 061 Distributed Security, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture, 075 Police, 076 Preparation, 077 Rights Watch, 081 Stuff We Like

Toy gun

Of the 86 fatal shootings involving imitation firearms since 2015, the most common theme was mental illness: 38 of those killed had a history of it, according to their families and police reports. Fourteen of the calls were domestic disturbances. Ten others began as robberies. The remaining circumstances range from patrolling neighborhoods to serving arrest warrants to making traffic stops.

Are more laws needed to make a fake gun look fake to protect the person wielding it inappropriately?

Is the problem fake guns that look too real (whatever that means), or could other factors be at play?

Since people under a life or death situation (such as those described in the article) naturally achieve a sympathetic nervous system or (SNS) response which includes the loss of color vision; what modifications will be demanded when simply coloring guns differently doesn’t fix the problem?

It seems to me that the real problem is that some people choose to intimidate, coerce, or otherwise threaten other innocent people, and then other people react with appropriate levels of counterviolence when faced with someone acting in a manner that suggests that they or others are in immediate jeopardy of loss of life and limb.

As my friends in law enforcement say “You do stupid thing, you win stupid prizes.”

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Finnland: Local man ignores laws and kills town official and two journalists.

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 060 Decentralization, 061 Distributed Security, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy

It’s a common enough story that (again) shows that people who want to murder will always find a way, regardless of the laws.

A local man with a criminal record of violent offenses drove into Imatra (Finnland), around midnight on Saturday and took an illegally obtained hunting rifle from the trunk of his car, ignored the laws against murder, fired four or five shots (probably violating at least a city ordinance) into the presumably unarmed yet, law abiding, victims.

Seemingly satisfied with his work the 23-year-old stopped at that point and apparently waited for capture by the police.

The article mentions that Finnland is seeking an exemption from the European Union’s draconian gun laws based on “defensive needs.” Does this mean that the people of Finnland realize that a distributed threat is best addressed with distributed security?

Kind of sounds like it.

Finland shares an 833-mile (1,340 km) border with Russia and has sought exceptions from proposed European Union restrictions on firearms, citing defense needs.

Source: yahoo.com/news

Someone is learning how to take down the Internet – What you can do to safeguard yourself

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 017 Technology, 030 Economics, 042 Cyber Security, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 076 Preparation, 081 Stuff We Like

In a nutshell: The internet is highly centralized and vulnerable to attacks.

The solution to this problem is a distributed network that that becomes more secure and faster as more people partake.

Technologies like MaidSafe are leading the way, and are now in alpha testing.

“These probes take the form of precisely calibrated attacks designed to determine exactly how well these companies can defend themselves, and what would be required to take them down. It feels like a nation’s military cybercommand trying to calibrate its weaponry in the case of cyberwar.”

Source: KurzweilAI

NY Bombing Suspect ‘Not on a U.S. Terror Watch List’ – Breitbart

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture

As we have mentioned before… “The best security measures, people, and technology the world has to offer could not thwart the ISIS attacks in Paris. Nor will these practices, people, and technologies thwart the next attack.”

Although Rahami is suspected of ties to a bombing — rather than a firearm-based attack — it is worth noting that his alleged example represents a larger, consistent pattern of attackers who would not be stopped by the inclusion of terror watch lists and/or no-fly lists in gun control. In this way, Rahami is reminiscent of the gunman who killed 49 during the June 12 Orlando terror attack and the terrorists who killed 14 in San Bernardino, as none of these attackers were on a terror watch list.

Source: Breitbart

U.S. investigating potential covert Russian plan to disrupt November elections?

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 042 Cyber Security, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture

Apparently operating off the assumption Americans are suffering from an acute case of the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect?

U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are investigating what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election and in U.S. political institutions, intelligence and congressional officials said… Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) in a statement urged Obama to publicly name Russia as responsible for the DNC hack and apparent meddling in the electoral process. “Free and legitimate elections are non-negotiable.

Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt.

Apparently people are supposed to be more upset who leaked/hacked – than they are supposed to be about the incriminating information that was revealed.

Hint fellas: We have a problem. Ignoring it and pointing fingers isn’t going to make it go away, it will only make it worse.

Source: The Washington Post

Could Hybrid Warfare Happen in America?

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 074 Politics and Culture

 

The biggest military victories of the 21st century didn’t look like people expected. Consider Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, which relied upon not fighter jets or advanced warships but crafty public relations, Special Forces, and a proxy army. How did Russian President Vladimir Putin do it? He started with outreach to aggrieved Russian-speaking people in Crimea, posing them as victims of the crooked Ukrainian government. Russian state media and social media flooded the region and the world with propaganda. Putin then encouraged militias to form. They seized an airport, military bases, and government buildings. A parliamentary vote declared Crimea would secede from Ukraine. A referendum, days later, voted the region to become part of Russia. It was a new kind of invasion, and it worked.

Source: popularmechanics.com?

NRA-ILA | Gun Control Supporters Are Once Again Rebranding Their Efforts

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 015 Guns, 021 Second Amendment, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture, 075 Police, 076 Preparation, 077 Rights Watch, 080 Family

The NRA only represent a small minority of gun owners and 2nd Amendment supporters.

An ever ever increasing number of the populous is waking up to the reality of the current situation and they intuitively understand gun centralization can’t compete against decentralized/distributed threats.

It’s for the same reason that most of the military and law enforcement professionals who understand the decentralized thereat also support a decentralized/distributed security solution – decentralized security options means saved lives.

From INTERPOL to local police chiefs and county sheriffs (even mayors and city councilmen), more and more are seeing reality for what it is and addressing it accordingly.

The gun centralizers can rebrand, repackage, reword, and remake themselves all they want however they will continually find themselves becoming more isolated because enough people see reality now.

The future is decentralized and distributed, any work to centralize is wasted sword motion and will only lead to the loss of more innocent lives.

According to the report, ARS is concerned that the blatantly anti-gun language used by gun control supporters in recent years, perhaps best personified by the behavior of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, is hurting the anti-gun cause. Specifically, the new campaign calls on gun control advocates to use more values-based arguments, and, as with past messaging efforts, implores activists to police the exact language they use in in discussing anti-gun policies. Of course, the new b

Source: ILA

Multiple Deaths After Shots Fired in Munich Shopping Center

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture, 076 Preparation

Another failure of the gun control crowd, again in Germany.

Multiple people have died during a shooting spree at the Olympia shopping center in Munich, Germany on Friday evening, according to officials. German authorities have evacuated the building and a major police operation is underway in the city.

Source: Freebeacon.com

Gun control still ‘not the issue’ for law enforcement despite police attacks

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 021 Second Amendment, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture, 075 Police, 076 Preparation, 077 Rights Watch

But in the wake of the attack in Baton Rouge on Sunday that left three officers dead, the East Baton Rouge sheriff said gun control was simply not the issue. “To me, this is not so much about gun control as it is about what’s in men’s hearts,” sheriff Sid Gautreaux said.

Source: The Guardian

Survey: 76% of Police Chiefs Say Armed Citizens ‘REDUCE’ Violent Crime

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 015 Guns, 021 Second Amendment, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture, 076 Preparation, 077 Rights Watch

Not shocked.

While liberals call for more gun control to stop violence, three-fourths (76%) of the nation’s police chiefs and sheriffs say armed citizens actually “reduce violent criminal activity,” the 28th Annual Survey by the National Association of Chiefs of Police shows. Asked, “Can qualified, law-abiding armed citizens help law enforcement reduce violent criminal activity?” while under […]

Source: Gunmart Blog

The Inevitability of Decentralization/Distributed Networks and How To Break Open The Webopoly

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 017 Technology, 020 First Amendment, 022 Fourth Amendment, 023 Fifth Amendment, 030 Economics, 031 Bitcoin, 042 Cyber Security, 050 Anarcho-Capitalism, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture, 076 Preparation, 077 Rights Watch

Leading to the only logical conclusion: Distributed networks.

All of us, technically minded or not, need to understand the tradeoffs we’ve been making. Then we need to make decisions. We can accept choke points and lock-in. Or we can look for ways to reclaim control—declining to rely so much on centralized services, and using encryption and the new decentralized tools, such as the already-working IndieWeb, as they become available.

Source: Fast Company

Special Forces Association Rejects Calls For Gun Control

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 015 Guns, 021 Second Amendment, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 073 Defensive Shooting, 074 Politics and Culture, 076 Preparation, 077 Rights Watch

SFA knows what the deal is: A decentralized threat can’t be defeated by centralizing gun ownership and disarming the people who face the threat first.

One source close to SFA told The Daily Caller that members are saying they believe Petraeus became a gun control activist for financial gain.“Recently, there have been many questions raised on the meaning of the Second Amendment to our Constitution and whether we can trust law abiding Americans to own and carry firearms, “Jack Tobin, President of the Special Forces Association, said in a statement.“’…the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed…’ a rather plain and well worded admonition,” He added.The membership resolution also suggests the Department of Homeland Security put more effort into targeting radical Islamic terrorists instead law-abiding Americans.

Source: The Daily Caller

Kasich permits #BlackLivesMatter and La Raza to protest INSIDE Cleveland Convention | Prntly | America’s Top New Site

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture, 076 Preparation

What could possibly go wrong?

The new rules allow for permitted groups, Black Lives Matter, La Raza, and the New Black Panther Party to be allowed on the convention floor. This is done for purposes of “inclusion” according to the governor (Kasich).

Source: prntly.com

FBI Press Conference on Orlando Massacre: “…Citizens Saved Hundreds of Lives Throughout Night”

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 015 Guns, 021 Second Amendment, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 073 Defensive Shooting, 074 Politics and Culture, 077 Rights Watch, Uncategorized

Just imagine how many more lives could have been saved if any of the people in the club would have been carrying instead of being disarmed by the state…

“Yesterday was the most horrific day in the city of Orlando,” Mayor Buddy Dyer said opening Monday’s FBI press conference on the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. “Yet I stand here prouder than our city than ever,” he explained, noting that hundreds of lives were saved throughout the course of the night because of the heroic efforts of law enforcement agencies, police, and citizens.

Source: Leah Barkoukis

The Orlando Shooting Is a Haunting Reminder of Just How Many Guns Are in America

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 021 Second Amendment, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 074 Politics and Culture, 077 Rights Watch, Uncategorized

There are obviously not enough guns in America when 50 unarmed people can be murdered by one…

At least 50 people died and more than 50 were injured after a gunman identified by police as Omar Mateen opened fire in a crowded Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The attack, occurring against the the backdrop of a bitter presidential election, led to familiar political debates over gun control and terrorism. Whatever comes of those debates, the shooting underscores a simple, indisputable fact: The United States of America has a lot of guns.

Source: TIME

FBI Director Says Nothing Bureau Could Have Done Differently to Prevent Attack

By 001 Contributor: Silent Bob, 021 Second Amendment, 060 Decentralization, 070 4GW Maneuver Theory, 071 Competitive Strategy, 074 Politics and Culture, Uncategorized

“Reality is neither the way you wish things to be nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are. Either you acknowledge reality and use it to your benefit or it will automatically work against you.” – Robert Ringer

From The Daily Caller (11/18/15) We Face Terrorist Threats – Don’t Even Think About Enacting Gun Control Laws

“It is important to realize that the best security practices, people, and technology governments have to offer could not thwart the ISIS attacks in Paris. Nor will these practices, institutions, and technologies thwart the next attack.”

Second: From FBI DIrector James Comey…

FBI Director James Comey said Monday that the Bureau had previously investigated the killer responsible for murdering 50 people in an Orlando gay nightclub Saturday night, but he said he didn’t believe there was anything that could have been done differently.

– Via Mediaite

Seems those who are connected with reality understand that a decentralized threat can’t be defeated with a centralized response.

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