ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n\r\n \t
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If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n Another consideration that is often overlooked with regards to home defense is basic first aid. If a shootout erupts in your living room, you should be prepared to care for any injured family members and yourself. You don\u2019t need to become certified as an EMT, but familiarity with basic hemorrhage control techniques could afford an injured family member a few extra minutes of consciousness until help arrives. Or do you not wait for help? Do you instead load up your injured wife in your truck and speed straight towards the hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n Another consideration that is often overlooked with regards to home defense is basic first aid. If a shootout erupts in your living room, you should be prepared to care for any injured family members and yourself. You don\u2019t need to become certified as an EMT, but familiarity with basic hemorrhage control techniques could afford an injured family member a few extra minutes of consciousness until help arrives. Or do you not wait for help? Do you instead load up your injured wife in your truck and speed straight towards the hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n Another consideration that is often overlooked with regards to home defense is basic first aid. If a shootout erupts in your living room, you should be prepared to care for any injured family members and yourself. You don\u2019t need to become certified as an EMT, but familiarity with basic hemorrhage control techniques could afford an injured family member a few extra minutes of consciousness until help arrives. Or do you not wait for help? Do you instead load up your injured wife in your truck and speed straight towards the hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n Also, if you think it\u2019s best that your spouse or children also grab guns to defend the home, it is critical that they understand the importance of respecting a weapon. This extends beyond basic safety and should incorporate mindset. Close-quarter combat lives and dies within fractions of seconds. If a shooter is unfamiliar with the rapid decision-making process required to pull the trigger in a defensive scenario, he or she might become a liability instead of an asset. It is also important that he or she understand the difference between complacency and exaggerated anticipation. Handling a weapon is empowering. However, with our minds improperly patterned, we may find ourselves in a \u201chammer looking for nails\u201d situation. Deter that misguided mentality through adequate defensive training and rehearsals with your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another consideration that is often overlooked with regards to home defense is basic first aid. If a shootout erupts in your living room, you should be prepared to care for any injured family members and yourself. You don\u2019t need to become certified as an EMT, but familiarity with basic hemorrhage control techniques could afford an injured family member a few extra minutes of consciousness until help arrives. Or do you not wait for help? Do you instead load up your injured wife in your truck and speed straight towards the hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n If you are out of town, who is going to grab the gun? Your wife? Your daughter? You don\u2019t need to spend every weekend on the range or enroll your family in a spec-ops veteran\u2019s tactical course\u2014although it might drastically change their mindsets\u2014but you need to increase the probability that your family will successfully ward off an armed intruder. If you can\u2019t spend the resources to train regularly, consider talking to them about the subject; that way, they at least have an idea of what will happen in the event of an armed robbery. If ammunition is too expensive, remember that dry firing is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, if you think it\u2019s best that your spouse or children also grab guns to defend the home, it is critical that they understand the importance of respecting a weapon. This extends beyond basic safety and should incorporate mindset. Close-quarter combat lives and dies within fractions of seconds. If a shooter is unfamiliar with the rapid decision-making process required to pull the trigger in a defensive scenario, he or she might become a liability instead of an asset. It is also important that he or she understand the difference between complacency and exaggerated anticipation. Handling a weapon is empowering. However, with our minds improperly patterned, we may find ourselves in a \u201chammer looking for nails\u201d situation. Deter that misguided mentality through adequate defensive training and rehearsals with your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another consideration that is often overlooked with regards to home defense is basic first aid. If a shootout erupts in your living room, you should be prepared to care for any injured family members and yourself. You don\u2019t need to become certified as an EMT, but familiarity with basic hemorrhage control techniques could afford an injured family member a few extra minutes of consciousness until help arrives. Or do you not wait for help? Do you instead load up your injured wife in your truck and speed straight towards the hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n Here are some other home defense tips to consider. Overpenetration is definitely a consideration with .223 Remington rounds, but it is a problem with all ammo. This is why proper marksmanship training is so important. It isn\u2019t enough to just shoot your home defense weapon once every three months. Furthermore, you should always consider the lowest common denominator of marksmanship in your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are out of town, who is going to grab the gun? Your wife? Your daughter? You don\u2019t need to spend every weekend on the range or enroll your family in a spec-ops veteran\u2019s tactical course\u2014although it might drastically change their mindsets\u2014but you need to increase the probability that your family will successfully ward off an armed intruder. If you can\u2019t spend the resources to train regularly, consider talking to them about the subject; that way, they at least have an idea of what will happen in the event of an armed robbery. If ammunition is too expensive, remember that dry firing is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, if you think it\u2019s best that your spouse or children also grab guns to defend the home, it is critical that they understand the importance of respecting a weapon. This extends beyond basic safety and should incorporate mindset. Close-quarter combat lives and dies within fractions of seconds. If a shooter is unfamiliar with the rapid decision-making process required to pull the trigger in a defensive scenario, he or she might become a liability instead of an asset. It is also important that he or she understand the difference between complacency and exaggerated anticipation. Handling a weapon is empowering. However, with our minds improperly patterned, we may find ourselves in a \u201chammer looking for nails\u201d situation. Deter that misguided mentality through adequate defensive training and rehearsals with your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another consideration that is often overlooked with regards to home defense is basic first aid. If a shootout erupts in your living room, you should be prepared to care for any injured family members and yourself. You don\u2019t need to become certified as an EMT, but familiarity with basic hemorrhage control techniques could afford an injured family member a few extra minutes of consciousness until help arrives. Or do you not wait for help? Do you instead load up your injured wife in your truck and speed straight towards the hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n Here are some other home defense tips to consider. Overpenetration is definitely a consideration with .223 Remington rounds, but it is a problem with all ammo. This is why proper marksmanship training is so important. It isn\u2019t enough to just shoot your home defense weapon once every three months. Furthermore, you should always consider the lowest common denominator of marksmanship in your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are out of town, who is going to grab the gun? Your wife? Your daughter? You don\u2019t need to spend every weekend on the range or enroll your family in a spec-ops veteran\u2019s tactical course\u2014although it might drastically change their mindsets\u2014but you need to increase the probability that your family will successfully ward off an armed intruder. If you can\u2019t spend the resources to train regularly, consider talking to them about the subject; that way, they at least have an idea of what will happen in the event of an armed robbery. If ammunition is too expensive, remember that dry firing is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, if you think it\u2019s best that your spouse or children also grab guns to defend the home, it is critical that they understand the importance of respecting a weapon. This extends beyond basic safety and should incorporate mindset. Close-quarter combat lives and dies within fractions of seconds. If a shooter is unfamiliar with the rapid decision-making process required to pull the trigger in a defensive scenario, he or she might become a liability instead of an asset. It is also important that he or she understand the difference between complacency and exaggerated anticipation. Handling a weapon is empowering. However, with our minds improperly patterned, we may find ourselves in a \u201chammer looking for nails\u201d situation. Deter that misguided mentality through adequate defensive training and rehearsals with your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another consideration that is often overlooked with regards to home defense is basic first aid. If a shootout erupts in your living room, you should be prepared to care for any injured family members and yourself. You don\u2019t need to become certified as an EMT, but familiarity with basic hemorrhage control techniques could afford an injured family member a few extra minutes of consciousness until help arrives. Or do you not wait for help? Do you instead load up your injured wife in your truck and speed straight towards the hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n A carbine also increases the amount of chances you have to hit the bad guy. Burglars are typically not looking to get in a fight and will flee the moment a homeowner opens fire. A standard 30-round carbine magazine allows you to send a volume of fire at an armed thief that indicates you\u2019re prepared to defend your turf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some other home defense tips to consider. Overpenetration is definitely a consideration with .223 Remington rounds, but it is a problem with all ammo. This is why proper marksmanship training is so important. It isn\u2019t enough to just shoot your home defense weapon once every three months. Furthermore, you should always consider the lowest common denominator of marksmanship in your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are out of town, who is going to grab the gun? Your wife? Your daughter? You don\u2019t need to spend every weekend on the range or enroll your family in a spec-ops veteran\u2019s tactical course\u2014although it might drastically change their mindsets\u2014but you need to increase the probability that your family will successfully ward off an armed intruder. If you can\u2019t spend the resources to train regularly, consider talking to them about the subject; that way, they at least have an idea of what will happen in the event of an armed robbery. If ammunition is too expensive, remember that dry firing is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, if you think it\u2019s best that your spouse or children also grab guns to defend the home, it is critical that they understand the importance of respecting a weapon. This extends beyond basic safety and should incorporate mindset. Close-quarter combat lives and dies within fractions of seconds. If a shooter is unfamiliar with the rapid decision-making process required to pull the trigger in a defensive scenario, he or she might become a liability instead of an asset. It is also important that he or she understand the difference between complacency and exaggerated anticipation. Handling a weapon is empowering. However, with our minds improperly patterned, we may find ourselves in a \u201chammer looking for nails\u201d situation. Deter that misguided mentality through adequate defensive training and rehearsals with your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another consideration that is often overlooked with regards to home defense is basic first aid. If a shootout erupts in your living room, you should be prepared to care for any injured family members and yourself. You don\u2019t need to become certified as an EMT, but familiarity with basic hemorrhage control techniques could afford an injured family member a few extra minutes of consciousness until help arrives. Or do you not wait for help? Do you instead load up your injured wife in your truck and speed straight towards the hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should also avoid decisions that unnecessarily place ourselves at risk. If the police have been contacted, and you\u2019ve already corralled your family into a safe area, it might not make sense to start stalking through your house to engage with armed suspects. Knowing that you are letting your home be vandalized will feel incredibly invasive. However, rushing out to defend your house might put you in a dangerous situation. It is very easy to miss a corner, a closet, or just enter a room ahead of an armed suspect and find yourself with your back to the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do need to defend your home, remember the old military lexicon of \u201ceven the best plans fail to survive contact with the enemy.\u201d Be prepared to adapt and think on your feet. The decision made deliberately and with speed is better than the perfect solution that requires too much time to execute. Visualize contingencies and your remedial actions. What happens if your flashlight or red dot fails, or worse, if your gun fails to shoot at all? Do you continue forward with hand-to-hand combat? Run back to a stronger point of protection? It is easy to \u201cwhat if\u201d a scenario to exhaustion. However, rehearsal and discussion with your family helps remove some of the fog of armed engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Aaron Barruga is a Special Forces veteran with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific theater of operations. He is the founder of Guerrilla Approach LLC, where he consults law enforcement on vehicle tactics, CQB and active-shooter training. For more, visit guerrillaapproach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The Special Forces Way: Home Defense Tips from a Former Green Beret","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-defense-special-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-31 22:43:26","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-01 02:43:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2017\/06\/14\/home-defense-special-forces\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":100192,"post_author":"351","post_date":"2017-06-12 09:00:29","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:00:29","post_content":"An armed homeowner shot and killed an intruder<\/a>\u00a0during a break-in in Indianapolis\u00a0early Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nIt all\u00a0went down just before 2:30 a.m. at a home in the\u00a07600 block of Wickfield Drive. Police said a husband, wife and their three-year-old child were asleep in the house when the couple was jolted awake\u00a0by the sound of a crashing noise outside their bedroom.\r\n\r\nAlarmed, the\u00a0husband grabbed a gun and went to investigate. He came upon an intruder breaking in through a side window and fired multiple shots. The suspect\u2014later identified as 18-year-old Derrick Johnson Jr.\u2014was pronounced dead\u00a0at the scene.\r\n\r\n \t
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