In my opinion: By Gordon A Hunsaker

Understanding that General Petraeus is himself the object of an intense sustained information campaign and realizing that, as a matter of fact, every Coalition partner he speaks to has set as a primary objective the subversion of American standards of free speech through their direct legal subordination to Islamic law, when the General states that the exercise (of even unseemly) free speech by Americans in America should be subordinated to Islamic law of slander, lest Americans be killed, the standard he is speaking to is based on Islamic law – EVEN IF HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS.

The threats to kill should be understood to reflect the actual underlying hostility that not only drives al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Muslims actually protesting – to include those who will be sanctioned when they kill, but the OIC Member States that facilitate such activities in furtherance of the 10-Year Plan. Such campaigns reflect the actual hostility of the OIC – an entity that is not at all friendly, tolerant or moderate. Is there any understanding that the General is putting in question the very rights he is there to protect and defend?

The subordination of US Free Speech rights to Islamic law under threat of lethal jihadi attacks should be understood to be a declaration of hostility by those making such demands against the rights we swore to protect and defend!

Is there any understanding that his comment, along with State’s – along with a successfully manipulated media orientation – is designed to set up a de facto standard that aligns, and is intended to align, American free speech with OIC slander standards – themselves directly based on Islamic law?

Because our position in Afghanistan is already compromised, with Karzai already shifting, is the General saying it becomes more difficult to defeat the enemy if the enemy gets mad at us?

Or is he acknowledging that those who profess to be our friends – aren’t?

As with the Cartoon crisis, there seems to be little understanding that we are experiencing yet another full-on information campaign designed to undermine our commitment to principle Western values, key human rights, and an enumerated Constitutional right.

This is hardly just about a small town/small church preacher.

Just ask, how is it that most Americans’ understanding of this issue is not because they heard about a minister’s plan to burn Qur’ans, but rather from the realization that the entire Muslim world is violently protesting that event all around the world, in an obviously concerted way.

Just how is it that those Afghanis who rocked General Petraeus because they protested – who generally live lives of disinterest in and are fully cut-off from news of the outside world – could coordinate, protest, and riot – just like other groups around the Muslim World at the same time on the same issue, concerning some small town rural American ministry that, just like the Cartoon crisis, makes clear they retain the right to kill if the Minister does not stand down.

Recast to account for the information operation aspects fully driving this event, at what point can General Petraeus’s actions – or those of the State Department – begin to reflect the enforcement (even if unknowingly) of a hostile Islamic slander standard directed against a United States Citizen inside the United States?

These OIC “slander campaigns” will ALWAYS be calibrated against issues like the Minister’s Qur’an burning or the Cartoons of Muhammad.

And they will always be about getting principals in the West to support Islamic standards, first de facto and then de jure, against their own interests.

To stop them, it is important to understand the actual nature of the assaults and to get ahead of them.

If U.S. free speech standards in this country shift on such issues due to intra-American sensitivities, themselves based on genuine Constitutional principles, that would be one thing.

But if they shift to bring U.S. free speech standards into alignment with OIC standards, BY OUR HAND no less (ala the stated Muslim Brotherhood strategy to get us to subvert ourselves) – that would be an entirely different matter altogether!

Pakistani Brigadier S. K. Malik, in his Quranic Concept of War, stated that the object of jihad is the destruction of our faith in, among other things, our leadership.

I have sat on this presentation for sometime awaiting the nod to go ahead and post while the file leaked into the private domain. Early this morning I received to go-ahead from the provider to post, so here it is, in part.

I’ve included only those sections of this power-point presentation that gives useful information to LE and concerned citizen. I’ve excised those portions showing gratuitous blood and violence.

I do not pretend to be an expert on any of the following—rather an informed and concerned citizen.

In addition to the remarks made in the presentation I note the following:

1. This attack appears well planned and executed.

2. Note that the attackers appeared not to hesitate to take out (Kill) the driver of the large white bus—a non-involved civilian. (Several passengers were also killed and several more were wounded.)

3. Rifle stocks—these homemade stocks are most likely added after the weapons user discovered just how difficult it was to fire and control an AK while holding it only by the pistol grip. This is a recurring phenomenon around the world among those who have seen too many movies—removed the butt-stock to look cool and then been engaged in a fire fight and discovered just how difficult it is to fire with any accuracy without a rifle stock.

4. Almost none of the weapons shown are available on the legitimate US market, as all were fully automatic—giving the lie to the Obama Administrations mantra that these weapons are being smuggled into Mexico via the US. Mexican Border. Mexican authorities rarely release the serial numbers or manufacture data from these weapons, as to do so would prove that the weapons never came into the US. Rather they arrived in Mexico via Belize, having first stopped in Havana and/or Caracas.

5. Of course the key to any firefight is superior firepower, the ability to concentrate that firepower, cover/concealment and the ability to maneuver. All of which should be timed, concentrated and disciplined. The battle damage to the various magazines is an indication of all of the above—as is the indication that all of the targets were engaged at distance from places of cover and concealment.

6. Last but certainly not least is the ability to change-out, and charge (Load to the novice) magazines under fire is critical and probably lead to at least one of the deaths pictured below. (A training program that I have both participated in and observed over the years goes something like this: run the student in full kit a mile then through a patch of water at least calf high, then low-crawl them for 20 to 40 meters. Then have them address the firing course during which they will be presented with a magazine that will present the student with a stoppage issue. Finally have the student hand load one round at a time at the end of all of the above and fire through it.)

7. The above drill should be practiced (With variation) at least once every two months.

To view the power-point presentation, click here:
Nuevo_Laredo_Cartel_Gun_Battle_7-16-2010

Again, some of the photos are bloody and well just disgusting, not for viewing if you are under the age of 18.

One of the first impressions that I acquired upon my reengagement with PPD retirees after a 30 year (+) hiatus, was the speed at which most retirees would proudly announce to me how much their retirement check was.

Now to be sure, they would never give the exact amount but usually give the listener the basics to figure out an approximate range—providing the listener was so inclined—I wasn’t then and that’s not changed.

A couple of weeks ago on a certain law enforcement chat-room as it were, while in a discussion on a certain subject one of the participants posted their five digit tax payment from last year. Intentionally or unintentionally it was a way of bragging about his income. Good for him, as a proud Capitalists I always enjoy hearing of someone’s financial success.

Now to my challenge: I retired as a Police Officer in 1980—not much of an income—don’t misunderstand I’m glad for it but it’s small—that’s it end of statement, except for this.

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office needs to upgrade—and upgrade rapidly to modern firearms so as to meet—or at least attempt to meet the challenge posed by the ever increasing aggressiveness and hostility of the illegal traffickers that are invading their precincts. The county’s resources are stretched thin-very thin and it will take forever to acquire the numbers needed.

To that end, beginning September 1st I will donate $1,000.00 a month for the next six months to the Pinal County Justice Foundation, Inc. for the purchase of upgraded weapons. I will scan a copy of the Cashiers Check and post it each month so that the reader can visualize that I put my money where my mouth is.

So what are you going to do?

How much will you donate each month?

I will gladly post copies of any checks that any readers would like me to post.

Common how much will you donate each month?

The Pinal County Justice Foundation, Inc. is a volunteer organization dedicated to raise and disburse funds for programs that assist Pinal County law enforcement.

The Pinal County Justice Foundation is a registered non-profit 501(c)3 organization and is funded by donations from our citizens, corporations and by grants.

The Sheriff’s Office is unable to accept donations of used weapons, as they have not been tested and must meet regulation and uniformity guidelines for Deputy’s use.

If you would like to donate towards this effort you can do so either online using the item code 2-C-1 or you can mail your donation to:

Pinal County Justice Foundation, Inc.
6832 S. Kings Ranch Road #2-16
Gold Canyon, Arizona 85218

Your donation is a tax deductible contribution. Please make all checks to: Pinal County Justice Foundation, with Deputy Rifles written on the Memo line.

To view the Pinal County justice Foundation, Inc. web-page, click here:
Pinal County Justice Foundation

East Valley Tribune, Posted: Friday, August 6, 2010, Bill Richardson, Commentary

Another police officer has been murdered in Maricopa County. The third this year. Last week, a Chandler police detective was murdered during an undercover drug investigation by a heavily armed crew of mostly convicted felons and career criminals who obviously had no fear of the carnage they were going to leave behind. Two other detectives were seriously wounded.

In May, a Phoenix police officer was ambushed and murdered by a career criminal during a hit-and-run investigation.

Six months ago, a Gilbert police lieutenant was shot in the face at point blank range during a traffic stop by a career criminal who at the time was the primary suspect in an unsolved murder in another jurisdiction. He has since been indicted for that murder.

In February 2007, a Glendale police officer was shot and killed. The suspect: a career criminal. Five months later, a Phoenix police officer was shot and killed. The suspect: also a career criminal. Two months later, a second Phoenix officer was murdered by a career criminal who had an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest.

Last December, an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer was killed in Phoenix during the pursuit of a career criminal who was fleeing from police in a stolen vehicle.
Eight Valley officers have died at the hands of career criminals in just over three years in an area less populated than Los Angeles. Only one LAPD officer has been murdered during the same time frame.

If you believe the incessant political vitriol, our fallen law enforcement officers are being gunned down in droves by illegal aliens. Not true. Just one of those eight officers was murdered by an illegal alien.

And according to a June 8, 2010 study completed by interim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley, three local enforcement officers have been murdered by illegal aliens since 1994. During that time frame, 21 officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty.

The study also found that “40% of the officers shot and killed from 1994 to present were shot by ‘Prohibited Possessors’.” A prohibited possessor is someone who has been convicted of a felony, is a career criminal, has been convicted of domestic violence or is an illegal alien. “45% of those prosecuted for shooting and killing officers from 1994 to present have prior felony convictions and/or open warrants.”

The report said since 2003 60 percent of Arizona officers murdered were shot by prohibited possessors. Only one was an illegal alien. Half of the officers shot were murdered by people with prior felony convictions and or outstanding felony warrants and 80 percent of Arizona officers killed since 2003 were from local law enforcement agencies in Maricopa County. It’s been reported Maricopa County has an estimated 38,000 unserved felony warrants sitting in the files of the sheriff’s office.

From 1995 to 2008, five Arizona officers have been gunned down on the border and near border counties. Two in Yuma in 1995, two in Tucson in 2003 and 2008, and one Pinal County deputy who was murdered near Eloy in 2001.

Romley’s report ended by saying; “The last five, now six, law enforcement officers shot and killed in Maricopa County were killed by defendants who had prior felony convictions and/or open warrants.”

Too many police officers have been murdered in Maricopa County!

While all eyes and Arizona’s dwindling law enforcement resources are focused on the border, an area where crime is down and thousands of federal agents, local and state police, and the National Guard are literally bumping into each other during this election year, someone needs to pay attention to what’s happening in the rest of state, especially in Maricopa County, when it comes to the growing numbers of murdered local police officers who are far away from the international border and its low crime zone.

The carnage and the political showboating needs to stop.

Retired Mesa master police officer Bill Richardson lives in the East Valley

To read the entire article, click here:
East Valley Tribune

Not long ago, the New York Times carried an article that revealed one of law enforcement’s deepest, darkest secrets. Though most agencies are loathe to admit it (and some do not even track it), the vast majority of the bullets police officers fire in the line of duty miss their intended target.

I was not surprised to find striking similarity in the results reported by Los Angeles on the left coast and New York City on the right. I found almost identical numbers ten years ago when analyzing the shooting results of a large mid-western agency. And to prove that the situation is apparently little changed from a hundred years ago, consider this Theodore Roosevelt quote from when he was the New York City Police Commissioner: “It is wonderful, in the event of a street fight, how few bullets seem to hit the men they are aimed at.”

How bad is it? Well, both NYPD and LAPD give hit-rates that hover around 30 percent. In the article, New York claimed a 34 percent hit rate, while LA listed a 31 percent hit rate last year. But, upon a closer read, you will find that even these low numbers misstate the real facts. You see, these 30 percent hit rates include shots fired at dogs, cars, and even police suicides, which tragically run about 100 percent hits. During 1999 in New York, only 13 percent of the bullets fired during police gunfights struck home. During 2006, NYPD’s gunfight hit rate was a much better 30 percent, but we don’t have enough information to know if this was a maintainable improvement or just a statistical variation.

So, even when we take the best “spin” on the best numbers, about 70 percent of the bullets police officers fire strike something they didn’t want to shoot. Luckily, there is an awful lot of stuff in our jurisdictions that can catch errant bullets with minimal bad consequences. While NYPD no longer tabulates information on things unintentionally shot, in 1996 five innocent bystanders were wounded there by police gunfire.

Realistically, we cannot expect street officers armed with handguns to approach the sniper’s goal of “one shot, one kill.” But, when you consider that the average distance of a police gunfight is well under 7 yards, often less than 10 feet, we must ask ourselves what the hell is going on?
I’d be willing to bet most of these officers could easily hit a man-sized target 100 percent of the time at 10 feet on the firing range. The answer is both simple and complex. The difference between the 100 percent hit-rate on the training range and the 13 percent gunfight hit-rate can be boiled down to one easy statement: Nobody’s shooting at you on the training range…

Correct! In a real gunfight, you are only going to be about half as good as you are on your best day on the training range, simply from the stress of a lethal encounter.

This means that if you shoot a hand size group to the thoracic cavity, it will grow in a real gunfight to at least twice as large a group. If you are barely qualifying with a 70% score, in a real gunfight, you are going to drop to less than 35% which means you are going to miss the majority of your shots at the person who is trying to kill you.

And don’t think that the 13 hits out of 100 rounds fired from law enforcement officers in lethal confrontations are fight-stopping “center hits.” Most of the 13 are peripheral hits in the arms or below the waist due to the officers not focusing on the front sight and mashing the hell out of the trigger.

YOU BETTER TRAIN FOR PERFECTION so when you are fighting for your life, and you aren’t quite as good as you were on the shooting range last week, you are still good enough to win the gunfight.

Dick Fairburn has more than 26 years of law enforcement experience in Illinois and Wyoming. He has worked patrol, investigations and administration assignments. Dick has also served as a criminal intelligence analyst, and as the section chief of a major academy’s Firearms Training Unit and Critical Incident Training program. He has a B.S. in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University and was the valedictorian of his recruit class at the Illinois State Police Academy. He has published hundreds of articles and a book titled, Police Rifles.