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I’m posting this request to two fighters that I respect and admire.

1.) Rich Franklin – Please retire Rich while you still have most of your education left between your ears.  You are a big hearted MMA fighter and possess a lot of skills, but it’s my opinion as a fan, that you’ve take some ferocious beatings.  Not only in your losses to Silva but also in the wars that you’ve emerged as a victor. You admittedly don’t even know what happened after Belfort connected with a single shot. You’ve been a class act and should use your “smarts” to parlay your profile into some other job than fighting. I’d hate to watch you get knocked out one more time Rich.  Give it up please.

2.) To my very favorite ass whupping MMA fighter, Chuck Liddell.  Chuck, I watched your weigh-in to beat Dana for the $10K “fat-ass” wager and I was thunderstruck to see that you use nail polish on your toes!!  What is up with that dude?  I sagged in my office recliner when I saw those shiny little toenails!  I don’t know what’s going on with you Chuck, mid-life crisis, or something?  First Dancing With The Stars and now painted toe nails. And this from the “Iceman,” the most fearsome puncher I’ve ever seen in the Octagon??

I’m totally at a loss for words.  C’mon!

Btw, I’m a fan so  please don’t show up at my house looking to kick my asterisk!

I got my weekly call from a lady who is experiencing attacks on her dogs while taking them on their evening walks. Neighbors don’t control their dogs and she is suffering for it. This is a phone call that I get at least once a week so let’s talk about it one more time.

This lady was a very pleasant and concerned pet owner.  Her choice for a deterrent was a stun gun. I tried to steer her to a stun baton but to no avail.

I took some time to explain that 16 to 20″ of reach would keep her hand out of harm’s way.  She told me that it was a natural response for her to grab the dogs.  She also admits that she had been chewed up pretty good one time.

I spent several minutes trying to dissuade her and get her to purchase a stun baton but she chose to order a small stun gun.  I told her that it was her choice and we would definitely send her the small stun gun that she had her mind set on.

I can’t stress it enough – keep some distance between your hands and those slashing teeth.  Dog bites are very painful and slow to heal.  For dog attacks, get a stun baton!

In another post we looked at the Beretta Bobcat 21A INOX in .22 long rifle. I would like to revisit this little pistol, as it has had about 1000 rounds run through it now and is, as the folks on the Beretta forum say, “just getting broken in.”

I was experiencing some stove-pipes and it was bad enough to not be a trustworthy self defense pistol for a “deep concealment” carry.

With the help of the good folks from the forums, I was able to find out that the problem was not the little gun but the lips of the magazines.  They were too open and allowing some rounds to pop up too high and end up, stove piped at the top of the chamber.

The fix took about 20 minutes and was achieved with a set of needle nose pliers, with a single wrap of electricians tape on each jaw of the pliers.

I bent each side “down and inward” just a bit – problem solved!  I proceeded to fire 100 rounds of CCI Mini Mags, without mishap. To illustrate the effectiveness of this tiny, “built for a lifetime” pistol:

I fired two magazines of 7 from 33 feet. 

I fired two magazines of 7 from 15 feet.

I fired two magazines of 7 from 6 feet.

That is 14 rounds at each distance. All were fired double action on the first round and no aim was taken.  I have practiced “point shooting” for a long time and at these ranges and for it’s use, you won’t have time for careful aiming.

All 42 rounds were fired into a Styrofoam picnic plate with no misses.

I am enclosing 3 pics below to show 1.) the tiny palm sized Beretta. 2.) the size of the plate with a ruler below it 3.) the plate taped over a sleeveless tee-shirt.

These should give you an idea of the accuracy of this pistol, when tuned up a bit and fired by a shooter who practices with it sufficiently.

We used to have a section devoted to Political and Government issues.  I removed it but perhaps, given the climate of unrest in the country, it should be added again. 

I want to share this with you since it is something that addresses the fears of many Americans and the future direction of our beloved United States of America.

“Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America ’s true living legends – an
acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world’s highest
rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize
him as the foremost leader in change management. Lou changed the way
America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to
be known as “partnering.” Pritchett rose from soap salesman to
Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and
Gamble and over the course of 36 years, made corporate history.
      

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don’t understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and ‘class’, always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the ‘blame America’ crowd and deliver this message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer ‘wind mills’ to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use ‘extortion’ tactics against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.

You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O’Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett”

This is preserved as written and you can check this out on Snopes the internet myth buster.

This is offered as information and does not necessarily represent the views of this author, Crime-Information.com and any parties affiliated with the aforementioned.

There are rapid and sweeping changes being introduced in our American political arena.  These changes are so diverse and so fraught with the possibilities of harm or help, that one can’t even keep up with them all.

Some say these changes are criminal and will lead to the destruction of our nation, while a few say they will turn America around to be a better place.  I am not able to judge but will keep readers posted of what I see and let you decide.

I was sent this link regarding President Obama’s proposed health care reform.  Just as I posted regarding his appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court.

I encourage you to take a couple of minutes to listen to it and read the comments directly below!  Just click these words.

I saw an ex-NYC homicide cop “security expert” (nameless) tell a TV news reporter that the thing to do if a nut starts shooting up your workplace is:

1.) Find out what’s going on.

2.) Use your hand held, company provided beeper to get updates while you…

3.) Hide in your cubicle quietly and hope the guy doesn’t find and shoot you.

I wish somebody had the smarts/gumption to ask this self-serving, beeper selling, gun elitist what HE would do.  Because he would have said he would shoot the guy.  The “expert” gets to carry a 9mm pistol even though he’s no longer a cop because he has connections in NYC.  But he probably doesn’t think YOU should because he believes you should cower quietly and hope the duly appointed government forces arrive before you get killed.  We have all seen how well THAT DOESN’T Work.

Don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t or shouldn’t fight back. Recall Miss America 1944, 82 years old and leaning on her walker, stopped fleeing felons on her property with a snub nosed .38.

Let’s demand some sanity.  Nobody is going to save you if a homicidal nut or terrorist shows up where you and your family are minding your own business except, maybe, you.  As the media continues to fail to point out, the Israelis learned this long ago and a substantial number of school shooters and bombers there have been stopped cold by armed citizens.

Take a step back and think it through.  These guys don’t attack police stations.  They attack places where nobody, presumably, has the means to resist them.  Right now, even background checked, trained and legally armed concealed handgun license holders are barred in most states from being armed in stores, restaurants, schools, as well as in federal facilities (NASA, post office) I see the signs on the doors everywhere. 

Behind the scenes, knowledgeable police trainers are discussing how to reverse this in the face of massive and continuous media anti-gun bias (”one man or woman with effective fire from behind cover inside the school can hold off a group of attackers for five minutes”….Lt. Col.  Dave Grossman, law enforcement motivational speaker, at a 2007 conference on terrorist issues sponsored by the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors [IALEFI] in Atlantic City).

I support CC laws and oppose all State and Government measures to disarm it’s citizenry!  What do you think?

You who’ve read any posts on this blog before know me as “Ronin,” in the little identity blurb, underneath the titles of various and sundry small articles.

On the “Contact Us” page you can read that I welcome comments and questions regarding issues of self defense, self defense products and martial arts.  My email address is listed, so use it and I’ll be happy to interact and post information that readers are particularly interested in.  Use it!  Okay?

If you would like to know a little more about me personally, you can check out my Squidoo self defense lens, which tells a bit about my background and even has a snapshot of me, that my daughter took when I turned around outside our garage.  It’s a bit stony faced but I’m not a big “smiley type” guy and I’d just closed the door after seeing a big mess that the kids had made inside. I’m sure some of you can relate to that!

Anyway, this blog is written for YOU – to inform, recommend and advise readers in matters of self defense.  My goal when beginning it years ago, was to empower those who are, or have been victims of crime and to show them methods from the martial arts or self defense products, that I believe might help them.  To live without fear is freedom and that’s what I’d like to contribute to, in each and everyone’s life!

We here at Crime-Information.com would like to extend our best wishes to fellow Americans, both at home or abroad, and most especially to our troops in the Middle East conflicts – a hearty Happy 4th of July greeting to each and every one of you!

Freedom was won by the USA centuries ago – overthrowing the yoke of foreign rule by the hard work, sacrifice and blood of our founding fathers and their regular and volunteer armies of patriots.  Let’s never forget the freedom that we enjoy as U.S. citizens and the freedom we offer for those whom we protect.

We hope that every American remembers the roots and beliefs of our great democratic republic and holds dear the ideals - that all men are created equal and have the inherent rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!

Cheers!!  We hope you all have a safe, fun and Happy Fourth of July!