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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Brown" data-source="post: 171065" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>In the 1990's action film "Demolition Man", there is a scene where escaped criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) is confronted by several police officers.</p><p></p><p>Phoenix has recently been imbued with unusual levels of combative skill in a society where very few have any real combative experience or skill and his level of defiance reflects his understanding of the police's lack of competence.</p><p></p><p>In response, the police select advice from a hand-held computer which fails miserably and the police are dispatched by Phoenix in short order after being mocked and derided briefly.</p><p></p><p>After the ignominious demise of the officers on scene, the dispatcher (Rob Schneider) comments:</p><p></p><p>"We're police officers. We're not trained to handle this type of violence!"</p><p></p><p>Sound far-fetched?</p><p></p><p>Not in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>My prediction, based on having a job where I have the benefit of observing criminals daily and seeing the results of their behavior, is that in the next ten years we will see an unprecedented type of violence and defiance from the criminal element.</p><p></p><p>This defiance will be based on a superior level of software that the average ccw holder/citizen or police officer will not possess.</p><p></p><p>This will be based on five inter-related factors:</p><p></p><p>1) The proliferation of MMA</p><p></p><p>2) The Iraq War</p><p></p><p>3) The declining physical standard for police</p><p></p><p>4) The declining physical capabilities of the middle class</p><p></p><p>5) The emphasis on hardware and range in both police and citizen firearm training</p><p></p><p></p><p>1) MMA</p><p></p><p>MMA has hit the mainstream. </p><p></p><p>Just about everyone who watches Spike TV has some idea of what the Guard, Mount, and cross-body mean. </p><p></p><p>While few train hard enough to gain a high level of proficiency, you are kidding yourself if you believe criminals are not training and are not getting better.</p><p></p><p>The days of incompetent thugs are passing.</p><p></p><p>Case in point:</p><p></p><p>In Charlotte, North Carolina a patrolman stopped a suspect believed to be involved in a stolen property case.</p><p></p><p>The suspect complied initially and then hit the officer with a double-leg and tried to take him to the ground. From there the suspect tried to apply a technique known in MMA parlance as the triangle choke, a complex combination of contortion of the arms and legs to achieve loss of blood to the brain.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, the officer was also a highly skilled MMA practicioner and had trained at an MMA gym for several years and managed to beat the suspect at his own game and held him down until his backers arrived.</p><p></p><p>On my police department, 98% of officers would have been choked unconcious in a similar situation.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that saved this officer was a superior level of skill. Not a taser, not O.C., not even a firearm.</p><p></p><p>Could you have done the same if this was you?</p><p></p><p>So where did the suspect learn these skills? Was he a wayward fighter down on his luck? A gym rat gone astray?</p><p></p><p>Nope.</p><p></p><p>When the suspect was questioned about the incident and how he received his training he responded that everyone in prison is doing it now. Inside prison, MMA is the king of entertainment and many are becoming quite skilled.</p><p></p><p>The suspect also told the officer he was lucky he'd trained. The next officer he picks won't be so lucky.</p><p></p><p>2) The Iraq War</p><p></p><p>While the vast majority of those fighting this war for us are quality Americans, there are a substantial number of thugs and gang members inside our military.</p><p></p><p>And they are gaining a level of skill they've not had before.</p><p></p><p>Witness the 2005 murder of a Ceres, California police sergeant by a Latin Kings gang member and U.S. Marine.</p><p></p><p>This suspect understood the concept of OODA better than any of the three officers on the scene and thoroughly dominated the encounter.</p><p></p><p>Some offer that since the suspect possessed an SKS, that was the dominant factor in the event. This is simply not the case. The police deal with suspects with rifles on a regular basis but rarely do they lose so decisively.</p><p></p><p>It was the suspect's understanding of fire and maneuver and OODA that caused that tragedy.</p><p></p><p>3) The declining physical standard for police:</p><p></p><p>When a liberal bastion such as MSNBC or CNN becomes concerned about the level of physical preparedness of our police, you know there's a problem.</p><p></p><p>A few years back I surveyed one of our police recruit classes and found that only three or four of thirty had ever been involved in a contact sport at the high school level.</p><p></p><p>However about 25 out of 30 owned a video game system at that time.</p><p></p><p>'Nuff said.</p><p></p><p>4) The declining physical capabilities of the middle class:</p><p></p><p>Recently I questioned the athletic director of my daughter's prep school as to why in Oklahoma, a hotbed of wrestling, there was no wrestling program at her school.</p><p></p><p>He responded that most students just didn't have the physical discipline or desire to participate in a sport like wrestling.</p><p></p><p>Ask yourself if you're like one of those high school kids.</p><p></p><p>5) The emphasis on hardware and range in both police and citizen firearm training:</p><p></p><p>In today's training academies there are very few actually people teaching software over hardware.</p><p></p><p>We constantly seek a ranged solution to our problems and ignore the necessity of the extreme close range skills that criminals are cultivating.</p><p></p><p>We provide numerous reasons for it but the bottom line is we are not preparing.</p><p></p><p>We will look for tasers, better guns, more impressive hollowpoint designs, yet ignore the fact that it is the individual and not his equipment that wins a fight.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you are not training hard against resisting opponents, don't kid yourself: You won't be prepared for the next decade.</p><p></p><p>If you're just punching paper, no matter how challenging, you're not ready except for a drunk who challenges you on the side of the road. That guy is becoming the exception, not the rule.</p><p></p><p>If you recognize it ten years from now, it will be too late to figure it out in a two day class.</p><p></p><p>My plea to you: Start now.</p><p></p><p>A new gun cannot replace skills.</p><p></p><p>Do not wait until its too late. When the criminals recognize that the police are no impediment, you will be the only thing between society and chaos.</p><p></p><p>Don't wait.</p><p></p><p>The criminals aren't.</p><p></p><p>Michael Brown</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Brown, post: 171065, member: 18"] In the 1990's action film "Demolition Man", there is a scene where escaped criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) is confronted by several police officers. Phoenix has recently been imbued with unusual levels of combative skill in a society where very few have any real combative experience or skill and his level of defiance reflects his understanding of the police's lack of competence. In response, the police select advice from a hand-held computer which fails miserably and the police are dispatched by Phoenix in short order after being mocked and derided briefly. After the ignominious demise of the officers on scene, the dispatcher (Rob Schneider) comments: "We're police officers. We're not trained to handle this type of violence!" Sound far-fetched? Not in my opinion. My prediction, based on having a job where I have the benefit of observing criminals daily and seeing the results of their behavior, is that in the next ten years we will see an unprecedented type of violence and defiance from the criminal element. This defiance will be based on a superior level of software that the average ccw holder/citizen or police officer will not possess. This will be based on five inter-related factors: 1) The proliferation of MMA 2) The Iraq War 3) The declining physical standard for police 4) The declining physical capabilities of the middle class 5) The emphasis on hardware and range in both police and citizen firearm training 1) MMA MMA has hit the mainstream. Just about everyone who watches Spike TV has some idea of what the Guard, Mount, and cross-body mean. While few train hard enough to gain a high level of proficiency, you are kidding yourself if you believe criminals are not training and are not getting better. The days of incompetent thugs are passing. Case in point: In Charlotte, North Carolina a patrolman stopped a suspect believed to be involved in a stolen property case. The suspect complied initially and then hit the officer with a double-leg and tried to take him to the ground. From there the suspect tried to apply a technique known in MMA parlance as the triangle choke, a complex combination of contortion of the arms and legs to achieve loss of blood to the brain. Fortunately, the officer was also a highly skilled MMA practicioner and had trained at an MMA gym for several years and managed to beat the suspect at his own game and held him down until his backers arrived. On my police department, 98% of officers would have been choked unconcious in a similar situation. The only thing that saved this officer was a superior level of skill. Not a taser, not O.C., not even a firearm. Could you have done the same if this was you? So where did the suspect learn these skills? Was he a wayward fighter down on his luck? A gym rat gone astray? Nope. When the suspect was questioned about the incident and how he received his training he responded that everyone in prison is doing it now. Inside prison, MMA is the king of entertainment and many are becoming quite skilled. The suspect also told the officer he was lucky he'd trained. The next officer he picks won't be so lucky. 2) The Iraq War While the vast majority of those fighting this war for us are quality Americans, there are a substantial number of thugs and gang members inside our military. And they are gaining a level of skill they've not had before. Witness the 2005 murder of a Ceres, California police sergeant by a Latin Kings gang member and U.S. Marine. This suspect understood the concept of OODA better than any of the three officers on the scene and thoroughly dominated the encounter. Some offer that since the suspect possessed an SKS, that was the dominant factor in the event. This is simply not the case. The police deal with suspects with rifles on a regular basis but rarely do they lose so decisively. It was the suspect's understanding of fire and maneuver and OODA that caused that tragedy. 3) The declining physical standard for police: When a liberal bastion such as MSNBC or CNN becomes concerned about the level of physical preparedness of our police, you know there's a problem. A few years back I surveyed one of our police recruit classes and found that only three or four of thirty had ever been involved in a contact sport at the high school level. However about 25 out of 30 owned a video game system at that time. 'Nuff said. 4) The declining physical capabilities of the middle class: Recently I questioned the athletic director of my daughter's prep school as to why in Oklahoma, a hotbed of wrestling, there was no wrestling program at her school. He responded that most students just didn't have the physical discipline or desire to participate in a sport like wrestling. Ask yourself if you're like one of those high school kids. 5) The emphasis on hardware and range in both police and citizen firearm training: In today's training academies there are very few actually people teaching software over hardware. We constantly seek a ranged solution to our problems and ignore the necessity of the extreme close range skills that criminals are cultivating. We provide numerous reasons for it but the bottom line is we are not preparing. We will look for tasers, better guns, more impressive hollowpoint designs, yet ignore the fact that it is the individual and not his equipment that wins a fight. If you are not training hard against resisting opponents, don't kid yourself: You won't be prepared for the next decade. If you're just punching paper, no matter how challenging, you're not ready except for a drunk who challenges you on the side of the road. That guy is becoming the exception, not the rule. If you recognize it ten years from now, it will be too late to figure it out in a two day class. My plea to you: Start now. A new gun cannot replace skills. Do not wait until its too late. When the criminals recognize that the police are no impediment, you will be the only thing between society and chaos. Don't wait. The criminals aren't. Michael Brown [/QUOTE]
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