Surprise is a killer – IOTW Report

Surprise is a killer

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PERSONAL SECURITY: Fool Me Once, Shame On Me
May there be no surprise… about your security.

Surprise is a killer.

Shocked woman in Russia did not realize she has got a knife stuck in her spin

Alfred de Vigny’s famous poem “The Wolf’s Death” is about stoicism. Yet the inevitable doom coming from surprise is magnificently captured in one striking verse:

“he knew he was doomed because he was surprised.”

Surprise is almost always deadly in terms of security. Surprise, your opponents know is a key element of their victory. It is at best extremely difficult to recover from surprise; most of the time the recovery occurs in another place.

Negligence is the best environment for surprise to grow. As the problem with security is that most of the time nothing happens, many find acceptable to lower the security budgets, requirements and most importantly their attitude. Negligence can be so sweet.

This is how ships start hiring armed guards with a IQ south of 100 and no combat experience whatsoever, Police forces find acceptable to have officers with a waist size over 40”, and the Marines start recruiting personnel unable to do more than 3 pull-ups. What can possibly go wrong?

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8 Comments on Surprise is a killer

  1. No room for mistakes in personal situational awareness. Your well-being depends on it.

    Everything in your environment matters – shadows, eye contact, reflections, pressure differences, eye contact (or not), posture, voice changes or projection direction as you walk by, etc.

    Practice always i.e. track everyone around you when out and about, see how aware you really are or how you can do better.

    On the other side, be an obvious non-target..my license plate frame says “United States Combat Veteran”, I make it known that I am friends to Smith and Wesson, subscribe to gun magazines and gun show fliers, etc.

    Lastly, don’t be a wimp. Don’t skulk, carry an FU attitude if needed. Bullies like wimps.

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