Tactical Advantage

Posted Sun May 25, 2008 in

While looking for books my John Farnam on Amazon I came across this review. I’ve seen negative reviews of Gabe Suarez’s books before. Suarez is someone people either love or hate. There is no middle ground. I’ve read some of his writings and believe he knows what he’s talking about.

I read the reviews on this book yesterday and noticed two negative reviews, both by anonymous reviewers. I hate anonymous reviews. I understand why some individuals believe they need to hide, but I also think it’s cowardly. This review caught my attention and I thought about what the reviewer said. There is a wrongness to the comments and I couldn’t let it go. I started to reply on the Amazon site, but then decided to write here instead.

I read the Constitution and the amendments. I came away with the understanding that I am the government (or at least a part thereof). It is my responsibility to watch over those entrusted with running the affairs of this country. Furthermore, I am a part of the militia discussed in the second amendment. It is my right, and my responsibility, to keep and bear arms for the mutual defense of my community. That does not make me a vigilante or a member of some weird splinter group. It makes me a citizen.

I can easily envision a very bad situation (think Katrina) when my neighbor or neighbor’s wife might come to me and ask for help retrieving a family member from their home where they are held hostage. There’s no phone, no security police1, no one but a few neighbors and I to help. I think knowledge of how to enter a house would be a very good thing. There is nothing wrong with tactical knowledge and Gabe Suarez does not teach “how to indiscriminately kill people.”

I think I’ll order a copy of the book just because I want to know something about building-entry tactics.

1 I hope I never see another instance where security is sent off to collect the defensive weapons of private citizens. What happened after Katrina is something we should be ashamed of, in many ways. But the weapons sweep was one of the most heinous.