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Saturday, July 18, 2009
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Monday, June 15, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Go After Knives
I'm SOOO happy that the government is protecting us from all those crazy, pocket knife-wielding psychopaths. What an absolute CROCK!!!
TNP Call to Action: CBP Outlaws Knives
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office,
Attn: International Trade Regulations and Rulings,
Mint Annex,799 9th Street,N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20229
Attn: Intellectual Property and Restricted Merchandise Branch
Commissioner Ahern,
I have become aware that CBP is revoking earlier rulings that assisted opening knives (that require manual manipulation to deploy!) are NOT switchblades. Since many courts and legislative bodies rely upon these CBP knife definitions, this revised ruling will have broad and unintended consequences. Your re-definition of these folding knives will create foolish bureaucracy and regulation, criminalize millions of good people, create more economic hardship by destroying the knife and tool industry (and the military/LE access to these items as well), and in the end will only lessen public safety.
• Knives are already highly regulated with current laws, both on national and local levels. Millions of good people across the country use folding knives for duty, utility tasks, outdoors activities, emergency services, rescue operations, and for legal defensive purposes. This CBP interpretation burdens law enforcement and will instantly criminalize about 40 million good people. It is very unlikely anyone would dispose of any knives and it will create unnecessary enmity between citizenry and government.
• The economy is failing. And yet your ruling will make it worse. The outlawing of assisted opening AND most other folding knives with this ruling will destroy a thriving industry that employs thousands upon thousands of people. This is an industry that only needs to be left alone to succeed. And for years, succeed they have despite tremendous economic challenges. It is also this knife and tool industry that supplies these items to our armed forces and law enforcement officers. The CBP ruling will crush it and lead us further towards a full-on economic depression. The military and police will have nowhere to turn for their knives then. Is this what you want?
• A knife is a viable and legal defensive tool, often carried by reasonable and good people. This CBP revocation is a capricious assault of these defensive and utility tools legally used by millions of Americans. Like a firearm, these tools should enjoy the same Constitutional protections (arms) and the bad guys will always have such items and they always have. It is only the law abiding citizen that will be felonized by this assault on knife possession. Again, is this what you want and is this good law?
• With this re-definition, most folding knives will be interpreted as illegal despite the smokescreen of disinformation your office seems to be dispensing over this issue. This re-definition of switchblades is far reaching and carries the aforementioned political and societal liabilities. It will do nothing to increase public safety. At the very least, this matter should be open to public commentary for 120 days. Please extend this feedback period and open up the option for emailed responses. More to the point, I feel this issue will be a political liability for your office and I urge you to ABANDON this ruling immediately. For the record then, I FULLY oppose your offices actions re-classifying these knives as switchblades. I will thank you for adhering to previous switchblade definitions and in doing so you will gain my political support of your office again.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME HERE]
TNP Call to Action: CBP Outlaws Knives
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office,
Attn: International Trade Regulations and Rulings,
Mint Annex,799 9th Street,N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20229
Attn: Intellectual Property and Restricted Merchandise Branch
Commissioner Ahern,
I have become aware that CBP is revoking earlier rulings that assisted opening knives (that require manual manipulation to deploy!) are NOT switchblades. Since many courts and legislative bodies rely upon these CBP knife definitions, this revised ruling will have broad and unintended consequences. Your re-definition of these folding knives will create foolish bureaucracy and regulation, criminalize millions of good people, create more economic hardship by destroying the knife and tool industry (and the military/LE access to these items as well), and in the end will only lessen public safety.
• Knives are already highly regulated with current laws, both on national and local levels. Millions of good people across the country use folding knives for duty, utility tasks, outdoors activities, emergency services, rescue operations, and for legal defensive purposes. This CBP interpretation burdens law enforcement and will instantly criminalize about 40 million good people. It is very unlikely anyone would dispose of any knives and it will create unnecessary enmity between citizenry and government.
• The economy is failing. And yet your ruling will make it worse. The outlawing of assisted opening AND most other folding knives with this ruling will destroy a thriving industry that employs thousands upon thousands of people. This is an industry that only needs to be left alone to succeed. And for years, succeed they have despite tremendous economic challenges. It is also this knife and tool industry that supplies these items to our armed forces and law enforcement officers. The CBP ruling will crush it and lead us further towards a full-on economic depression. The military and police will have nowhere to turn for their knives then. Is this what you want?
• A knife is a viable and legal defensive tool, often carried by reasonable and good people. This CBP revocation is a capricious assault of these defensive and utility tools legally used by millions of Americans. Like a firearm, these tools should enjoy the same Constitutional protections (arms) and the bad guys will always have such items and they always have. It is only the law abiding citizen that will be felonized by this assault on knife possession. Again, is this what you want and is this good law?
• With this re-definition, most folding knives will be interpreted as illegal despite the smokescreen of disinformation your office seems to be dispensing over this issue. This re-definition of switchblades is far reaching and carries the aforementioned political and societal liabilities. It will do nothing to increase public safety. At the very least, this matter should be open to public commentary for 120 days. Please extend this feedback period and open up the option for emailed responses. More to the point, I feel this issue will be a political liability for your office and I urge you to ABANDON this ruling immediately. For the record then, I FULLY oppose your offices actions re-classifying these knives as switchblades. I will thank you for adhering to previous switchblade definitions and in doing so you will gain my political support of your office again.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME HERE]
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Importance of Footwork
The most important technical aspect of an effective self-defense system is footwork. Without proper, efficient footwork, your ability to attack or defend will be ineffective at best or seriously compromised at worst. Proper footwork should consist of a stance shoulder width apart, with either the left or right foot "leading". The body should be turned to the side to present a smaller target. Movement should consist of small, measured, shuffling steps in a kind of "moving stance" which will enable you to move quickly in any direction in order to strike or defend. Your stance must be wide enough to supply maximum power to your techniques, while still narrow enough to supply your techniques with as much speed + quickness as possible. All your self-defense techniques will become much more potent + effective if built upon this foundation.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
The Foundational Principle of Practical Self-Defense
What is the foundational principle of practical + realistic self-defense? Is it effective striking techniques? Is it realistic defensive techniques? Or is it something that is a much more simple + instinctive human response to threatened violence? The most important principle of a realistic + logical self-defense system is the human instinct to escape, the "fight or flight" response (or the "flight or fight" response as I prefer to call it). The most effective + realistic first response to threatened violence MUST be flight. The choice to fight must always be the last resort. Anything less than this is foolhardy + ill-advised. Set this out as your primary principle and you will have taken the crucial first step to preparing yourself for potential violence.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Self-Defense Targets
There are many effective target areas on the human body. The human body can be incredibly strong, but it can also be surprisingly weak. Some effective strikes + striking areas are jabs/gouging of the eyes, slaps to the ear (can cause ruptures of the eardrum), palm heel strike to the throat, and thumb jabs to the armpit (there are a large number of nerves in the armpit).
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