{"id":7062,"date":"2021-12-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2021-12-01T17:46:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T22:46:37","slug":"wise-words-from-a-wise-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wise-words-from-a-wise-man\/","title":{"rendered":"WISE WORDS FROM A WISE MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Among the most eminent instructors of armed citizen self-defense in our time are Tom Givens and his wife Lynn. Together, they run the annual Rangemaster Tactical Conference, scheduled for March of this year in Dallas.&nbsp; The Evil Princess and I will \u201cbe there with bells on,\u201d as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom began his career as a street cop in a large and particularly violent American city. He went on to become famous for gathering and disseminating real-world collective experience in how potential victims in the here and now (as well as cops investigating after the fact) can understand and defeat violent, predatory criminals.&nbsp; Tom publishes a monthly electronic newsletter that he makes available to the public (he knows that not everyone can afford to train with him) at his website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rangemaster.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.rangemaster.com<\/a>, where you can also see about signing up for the Tactical Conference (the \u201cTac-Con\u201d in serious gun people parlance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a very small excerpt from his December newsletter, in which he touches on BS myths propagated on the public.&nbsp; Below, in Italics, Tom discusses \u2013 and KO-punches \u2013 just one such myth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignfull\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color has-black-color\"><p><strong><em>Letting civilians carry guns will result in all sorts of needless violence.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><em>Wrong<strong>. The exact opposite is true<\/strong>. States that have high rates of carry permit holders have significantly lower crime rates than states which do not. In addition, permit holders are the most law abiding segment of the population. Texas has a million CHL (Concealed Handgun License) holders, and the state tracks them very carefully. This is from an official Texas government report: \u201cOn January 1, 1996, the Texas Concealed Handgun Law went into effect. This law states that the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) \u201cshall issue\u201d a concealed handgun license (CHL) to any Texas resident who meets the application requirements for character (background check) and training. This is an analysis of arrest data for Texas concealed handgun licensees that was performed on data from the subsequent years of 1996 \u2013 2000. A comparison was made with the arrest data for the entire Texas population for the same time period, showing that, on average: male Texans who are over 21 years old and are not CHL holders are 7.7 times more likely to be arrested for commission of a violent crime than male Texans with a CHL; and female Texans who are over 21 years old and are not CHL holders are 7.5 times more likely to be arrested for commission of a violent crime than female Texans with a CHL. Of the violent crime cases that have been adjudicated, approximately 26% of CHL holders who were arrested were convicted, and 44% are cleared of the violent crimes for which they were arrested.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking for myself, I take at least one Tom Givens lecture in person every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn from him too\u2026and you should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the most eminent instructors of armed citizen self-defense in our time are Tom Givens and his wife Lynn. Together, they run the annual Rangemaster Tactical Conference, scheduled for March of this year in Dallas.&nbsp; The Evil Princess and I will \u201cbe there with bells on,\u201d as usual. 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