Cruel Hand Luke

Still have some spots available for this class.

The episode with John Hearne on Michael Bane TV was released today....https://www.michaelbane.tv/who-wins-who-loses-and-why/53752/?fbclid=IwAR0lKRstdMEj9HO5BPVS8EjB8dJ9Mz_agM_m8g8LVrVk41_oyLpbEDthXko If you are on the fence about getting signed up you need to get off the fence and get signed up..... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harris-hearne-saving-your-life-with-a-pistol-what-matters-what-doesnt-tickets-227733044667

I am posting this to inform everyone of a church security training event coming up in Cleveland TN at the end of February. Below is the description and also included is an attachment with info. This is for those of you who are either on your church security team, looking to start a church security team or if you are just simply interested in the topic of church security. Some of you have been to this church before for the Ed Mireles presentation back in November. The event is also sponsored by Faith Based Security Network, US Lawshield, Agape Tactical and Harris Combative Strategies. On Friday and Saturday, February 25 and 26, 2022, Westwood Baptist Church is hosting a Church Security Seminar – “A Gathering of The Guardians.” Westwood is located 4001 Georgetown Rd, NW, in Cleveland, TN. We will begin at 9:00AM, and conclude about 4:00PM. The Seminar is the same each day, and we are repeating it to accommodate the schedule of those who are still working or may have other conflicts. We have called it “MAGEN2022”, “magen” being a Hebrew word for guardian, protector, or shield. This is a follow on to our seminar MAGEN2020, which had over 725 attendees from 135 Churches. We have an outstanding speaker for this event. He is Dr. Tim Rupp. Dr. Rupp is a 25 year veteran of Law Enforcement, and, after completing his Doctorate of Ministry from Western Seminary, he Pastored Churches in Idaho. Currently, he is full time serving a Ministry dedicated to Law Enforcement personnel, a Ministry that he created. He is also the author of several books, including “Winning A Gunfight” and “Pistol in the Pulpit”. “Pistol in the Pulpit” is the focus of the material for this seminar. Additional information is shown in the attached Flyer. I am directly inviting you to this special event. And I ask you to help us spread the word on this event. This seminar is non-denominational, so please also pass this on to other Security Personnel and churches in your area with whom you may have contact. Registration will open December 6, 2021. Advance registration and payment are required. Cost for the seminar is $15 per person, which also includes lunch. To register, go to www.westwoodlife.org and follow prompts to “REGISTER”. Additionally, any Church wishing to be a “Co-sponsor” may make alternative arrangements. For any additional information or to discuss “Co-sponsoring”, please contact Westwood Baptist Director of Security Operations (DSO) Joe Gilbert at 423/584-3969, or by email at jmgilbert98@gmail.com. 2022FLYERV4-PRI DIST.pptx

We only have 6 spots left in this class.

Still have spots available in this class. Don't miss this opportunity to get the scientific data on what really works under stress, what you should be spending your training time on and what historical sacred cows should really be slaughtered. John has been working on gathering data for his presentation pretty much since he and I met 15 years ago. This information has been thoroughly peer reviewed and vetted and this class is one of the few places you can get this lecture without having to attend the Rangemaster Tactical Conference (Tac Con) . Combine that with the shooting and low light portions of this class and you have a unique event that you'll be talking about for a long time.

Sig 320 w/Romeo 1 Pro Spare 21 Rd Mag Clinch Pick Spyderco Delica Fox Labs Pepper Spray (well worn from pocket carry) Streamlight Poly Tac X Streamlight Microstream CAT Tourniquet

This class is now half full....

On the evening of Feb 4th (5-9PM) and all day Feb 5 (8:30AM-11PM) at THE RIDGE in Dayton TN Randy Harris and John Hearne will be offering Saving Your Life with a Pistol - What Matters , What Doesn't . https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harris-hearne-saving-your-life-with-a-pistol-what-matters-what-doesnt-tickets-227733044667 This is a class combining John Hearne’s epic research and lecture on "Who Wins, Who Loses, & Why: Understanding Human Performance When Death Is On The Line." with elements of Randy Harris’s “Primary Skills for the Armed Citizen” and “Defensive Concepts for Low Light Environments”. The class structure will be half of John’s lecture on Friday night from 5 - 9PM. Saturday will begin at 8:30AM with range work until we break for lunch and then we will continue with the rest of John’s lecture until the evening dinner break. After that we will return to the range for the low light portion of the class until 11PM. John's lecture is a broad survey of the most current research into human performance during interpersonal conflict. It is specifically tailored to the needs of those concerned with self-defense whether armed or unarmed. A strong emphasis is placed on understanding how the human mind works in order to optimize performance and increase one’s chance of dominating a violent encounter. Significant time is spent correcting previously offered, outdated information on human performance. Methods of optimizing training are addressed as well. (A binder with course relevant materials will be provided to students.) The shooting portions of the class will be focusing on the core skills of fighting with a handgun under realistic defensive shooting conditions and stress in both daylight and then in low light. These combat proven skills include solid robust manipulations that work under extreme pressure. This training will help with building realistic mental mapping and help you to learn to overcome the potential for panic and stay focused on the task at hand. Fights are won by applying high quality hits under pressure and that is the focus of this class. Location: THE RIDGE 11534 US-27, Dayton, TN 37321 CLASS TIMES : Friday FEB 4 (5PM-9PM ) Saturday FEB 5 (8:30 AM - 11PM) Equipment Needed : Note Taking materials , Reliable pistol with AT LEAST 3 magazines , 200 rounds of ammo, a handheld flashlight and spare batteries, a holster that fits on the belt, (no pocket, ankle or shoulder holsters) , eye and ear protection. If you have a weapon mounted light feel free to bring it too but it must properly fit in your holster when mounted on the gun. Also if you have a blue gun or airsoft gun that replicates your carry gun and fits your holster feel free to bring it . John Hearne has been a law enforcement officer since 1992 and teaches a variety of subjects for his agency, such as firearms, tactics, use of force, etc. John has been a firearms instructor with Tom Givens' Rangemaster since 2001. He has traveled the country teaching operator and instructor level courses to private citizens, law enforcement agencies, and military groups. John has been researching and speaking on firearms related topics since 2005 and has spoken at many local and national training conferences. John was the featured author to address current research into human performance for Massad Ayoob's "Armed Self-Defense: What the Experts Want You To Know." John has competed in a variety of venues, from the National Tactical Invitational to the Rangemaster Tactical Conference. John has numerous first place and top ten finishes in these events and was the first person to earn a Turbo Pin from Gabe White's Pistol Shooting Solutions without using an AIWB holster. Randy Harris is a highly-accomplished civilian firearms trainer with over 20 years experience in the field . He holds instructor certifications from Rangemaster, Suarez International, the National Rifle Association, and the State of Tennessee. He has participated in the National Tactical Invitational and is a multi-time presenter at the Rangemaster Tactical Conference. Randy is an IDPA Master Class shooter in six divisions, placing in the top 20 in the Stock Service Pistol Division at the 2015 IDPA World Championship, and he is one of only four people to hold both the Red Pin from the Rogers Shooting School and a Turbo Pin from Gabe White's Pistol Shooting Solutions class, and is the only person so far to earn the Turbo Pin using a strong side IWB holster. THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTED RATE OF $400 (+tax and the Eventbrite processing Fee) THROUGH JANUARY 3RD . AFTER THAT (Jan 4-Feb 4) IT WILL BE $450 (+tax and the Eventbrite processing Fee). PARTICIPANTS CAN ALSO CONTACT RANDY (randy@harriscombative.com) TO PAY BY CHECK OR CASH DIRECTLY TO AVOID THE FEES.

I hope you don’t think that by pointing out his arrest record I was justifying his death. If he was the one stealing the stuff in the neighborhood ( and no one as far as I know has conclusively proved he was not) then he should have been arrested by the police and tried in court for it ..... not shot during an ill conceived attempt at a citizens arrest. I’m not using the truth of his recent past and current suspicious behavior to justify anything . I’m merely pointing out that this was not just some random jogger minding his own business who got shot as was being portrayed in most of the mainstream media.

OK , lets not fall into the "upstanding citizen of color gunned down while minding his own business" false narrative. Arbery was caught with a gun in a high school basketball game and arrested in 2013, was arrested for trying to steal a TV from Walmart in 2017, had mental issues (diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder after a 2018 incident ) where his mom had to call the police on him where she warned the dispatcher that responding officers should be careful because he would become violent if the police were confrontational...... so lets just stop the "he was a pillar of the community" stuff. According to WTOC 11 in Savannah ....." Arbery pleaded guilty to charges he carried a gun onto a high school campus in 2013, a year after he graduated. Rodney Ellis, police chief for the Glynn County school system, testified at Wednesday’s hearing that Arbery tried to evade officers on foot and stopped only when two of them pointed guns at him. He was also arrested in 2017 on charges that he tried to steal a TV from a Walmart store. Court records show he pleaded guilty to shoplifting. Arbery was on probation at the time of his death." Being on probation from the shoplifting conviction might be a good reason to not submit to citizens arrest....He was also locally known to convenience store owners as "The Jogger " who would jog up in front of convenience stores and stop and stretch and then run inside , steal merchandise and run off. Now as to the three dumbasses that killed him.....Unlike Tennessee where you can't legally use lethal force to make a citizens arrest . under the confusing and poorly written GA law at the time of the killing it was LEGAL to use lethal force to perform a citizens arrest. That does not mean it was wise. These guys should have IMMEDIATELY called 911 and let the people who get paid to do that kind of thing arrest him. He was not committing a violent felony that needed to be stopped immediately so just get on the phone and don't go chasing him. Unfortunately emotions got the better of logic and chase was on. Now if we want to argue that the defendants were tired of stuff getting stolen in the neighborhood and that they had seen him there more than once (and he had actually been caught on at least 5 different dates on surveillance camera inside a house under construction in the Satilla Shores) then OK fine, but just like the angry dog chasing the car....what exactly did you plan to do with the car once you catch it? These guys were not just out cruising around looking for black joggers to shoot. They were chasing him specifically because they (right or wrongly ) thought he specifically was the one responsible for all the petty theft going on in that neighborhood. And MAYBE he was .... we do not KNOW for sure that he wasn't. But like I tell everyone that will listen....you REALLY need to have a very short and very well thought out and reasoned list of things you are willing to kill people over because once you interject the gun someone may well die. Even if you are within the law (and the way the confusing citizens arrest statute at the time was written they arguably were ) when the chase begins , are you prepared for what may happen if you corner him and he does not submit peacefully? What if he is not afraid of your gun? What if he tries to take it? The easiest way to avoid that bad situation is to simply avoid that situation altogether. Call the police and let them do what they get paid to do. Should they have been convicted? I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with what they got convicted of (malice murder) . Manslaughter? Yep. Criminally negligent homicide? Probably. I do not think they intended to kill him when this was set in motion . I think it was reckless and they should well have known that someone might get killed from their actions (pretty much what criminally negligent homicide is) but I don't believe they set out intending to kill the guy. They got convicted largely because they killed a guy who was not a danger to the community (at the time) but who may well have been stealing stuff in the neighborhood. You can't legally shoot people for stealing property ...especially OTHER people's property. And if your dumbassery (chasing him) set the stage for him trying to take your gun (that's when he was shot) then yeah you are kind of responsible and you are probably going to get convicted.

ONE week to go!!!!!!

When 30% of people (due to the mainstream media's adversarial reporting of the case ) think that the people Kyle shot were black ,I don't know that it matters who his first interview is with. There is truth and there is lie and the people who still care about the former are vastly outnumbered in the media by those who use the latter to push their leftist agenda. This is one of the most well documented (on video none the less) shootings in history and anyone who takes the time to objectively and honestly look at the evidence will conclude this was self defense. Yet here we are discussing whether who he did an interview with looks bad for him. The facts are the facts . Dude was not doing anything illegal when he went to the car lot with the rest of the group that the car dealership owners hired to keep it from getting burned to the ground and keep the cars from getting smashed. He was not "illegally carrying a rifle" , the fact that he "crossed state lines" is not only irrelevant, it is not ILLEGAL and not even illegal to do it with a semi auto rifle , it just "sounds bad" to the uneducated , so again, nothing he has done so far is illegal. When Kyle and almost everyone else on the street is threatened by a convicted child RAPIST who spent 15 years in prison (who ANALLY RAPED 5 different 9-11 year old boys while he lived with them) Kyle did not "provoke" a confrontation he avoided it until the child rapist tried to chase him down and take his rifle for which the child rapist got shot. Self defense by definition. Kyle then heads back to where the cops are stationed down the street so he can turn himself in..... So when word gets out that the kid shot one of the other protesters ( more truthfully rioters and looters, ) the chase is on, and people are running after him. It does not matter what their motivation is ( to save the day, stop the "bad guy" , murder, whatever) when they start physically attacking him , kicking him in head with shod foot, hitting him with a skateboard (aggravated assault at the least ) he has the right to defend himself from their unlawful (even if they thought it was lawful) attack. So Huber (the convicted domestic batterer) hits him with the skateboard (lethal force) and then grabs the muzzle of the rifle (lethal force) and gets shot. Self defense by definition. Then Grosskruetz (the guy who actually IS ILLEGALLY carrying a gun because he was a carrying concealed without a valid permit) runs up on Rittenhouse with gun drawn and when he points it at Kyle he gets shot . Self defense by definition. However that's not at all how the mainstream media have portrayed this case. According to them he "is a white supremacist who crossed state lines with a short barreled rifle and came there to shoot protesters" and all that crap. The media is either completely incompetent (unlikely ) or pushing a leftist agenda (ding ding ding!) and outright LYING about what happened to gin up sentiment against a kid who was trying to do something positive for the community where he works and where his dad lives. He was there guarding a business that had been looted and had inventory (cars) destroyed and he also was there attempting to render medical aid to people who needed it. Yeah he sounds terrible.

And it's that easy for bad decisions to get you killed.... Once you go inside the house STAY INSIDE the house and call the cops. Don't go back outside armed and confront them. This is tragic but completely preventable.

Reminder! This one is coming up in just a few weeks !

ONE week to go !

SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 we will hold our CHRISTMAS meeting for the TN/GA/AL Training Group! TN / GA / AL Training Group Christmas Extravaganza ! Subject: Shooting , Shooting and more Shooting and the Christmas Death Match for the Intergalactic Championship ! On Saturday Dec 11 we will hold our 2021 Christmas meeting for the TN/GA/AL Regional Training Group! Instructor: Randy Harris Instructor Bio Location: Phillips/Edwards Farm 763 County Rd 332 Pisgah AL 35765 Time: 9AM CENTRAL time - 3PM CENTRAL time Price: $80 - pay at class cash or check . If you need to pay with CC I can handle that too. What you need to bring: Pistol, pistol magazines carry gear and at least 150 rounds of ammo. Revolvers are welcome if you like to party like it is 1899. We will shoot several competitive qualification drills and some deviously designed Man vs Man Shoot off drills and test our skills with the weapon we carry most...our pistol. We will also be handing out some cool Christmas door prizes ! Looking forward to seeing you there and Happy Holidays to ALL !

No shooting report to offer. That's not mine, we got some in at work and I was able to handle it and take the pics. My initial impression is that it looks good, and feels good. Trigger is better than the standard mag disconnect safety guns . Cycling the slide was just a little grittier than I expected but it probably just needs to be cleaned and lubed up.

TN/GA/AL TRAINING GROUP On Saturday November 20 we will hold our Thanksgiving meeting for the TN/GA/AL Training Group! Subject: BATTLEFIELD PICKUPS - I'm Thankful I know how all these guns work ! Instructor: Randy Harris (Randy's Bio) Location: Phillips/Edwards Farm 763 County Rd 332 Pisgah AL 35765 Time: 9AM CENTRAL time - 3PM CENTRAL time Price: $80 - pay at class cash or check . If you need to pay with CC I can handle that too. What you need to bring: Pistol, spare pistol magazines, carry gear and at least 200 total rounds of ammo * see note below. Revolvers are always welcome if you like to party like it is 1899. NO MATTER WHAT CALIBER YOU SHOOT YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO BRING ABOUT 100 ROUNDS OF 9mm FOR USE IN MY GUNS and 50 rounds of .45acp for my guns. *So you will need ..... A. Your pistol and at least 50 rounds for it. B. 100 rounds of 9mm for use in my guns. C. 50 rounds of .45acp for use in my guns. D. You are welcome to bring as much extra ammo as you want if you want to shoot more with different guns E. I will also have some ammo available for sale cheaper than what you can buy it in the store. Contact me in advance and let me know if you need ammo. We will be shooting some pistol drills with our carry guns and then familiarize ourselves with some other popular service pistols that you may not have much experience with (Beretta 92 , SIG 226 , CZ75, CZP10, Browning Hi Power , SW M&P , Glock, 1911, Sig 320 , Sig 220, etc) and shoot some more drills with those culminating in a man on man duel with an array of battlefield pick up guns. Hope to see you there!!!

ED MIRELES - NOV 8 Ed Mireles, the agent who ended the FBI shootout in Miami in 1986, will be at the Westwood Baptist Church in Cleveland TN on MONDAY NOVEMBER 8 from 7:00- 9:00PM . Ed will be doing a presentation on that gunfight which is still studied to this day. It was the 20th century equivalent of the OK Corral gunfight. The event requires pre-registration and a $10 fee. Go to http://www.westwoodlife.org and follow prompts on the Security Event page. He wrote a book about it that can be found here.... If you are a serious student of the art you should have a copy of this. https://www.amazon.com/Miami-Firefight-Minutes-Changed-Bureau/dp/0999510304/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BPH2RB9QXLBT&dchild=1&keywords=fbi+miami+firefight&qid=1629462784&sprefix=firefight+miami%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-1

TWO weeks to go !!!

Looks like we are going to need to cancel and reschedule this one . I have been down with a respiratory infection this week and while the spirit is willing , the body does not need to be out in the rain in 50 degree weather quite yet. So we are going to look at rescheduling to a future date for this.

One week to go!

This one is coming up THIS FRIDAY ! We still have a few open spots available.