I suggest to schools and institutions of all types to remain on the alert for future active shooter events such as the catastrophic and devastating massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. ...
Posted on February 21st, 2013 by Hammer
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Now is the best time to think about it. Doesn't matter much who you are or what you do: school administrator, Dean of Students, Elementary School teacher, school resource ...
Posted on February 20th, 2013 by Hammer
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Maybe I am overreacting, but since Sandy Hook and Aurora and the hundreds of random shooting all over Chicago, I thought mayhap we might chat about providing a mechanism of ...
Posted on February 20th, 2013 by Hammer
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In light of some disturbing recent acts of violence in and around our schools, malls, movie theaters, and other entertainment venues, I thought maybe it was time we revisited the ...
Posted on February 10th, 2013 by Hammer
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Christmas night we always have friends over for a little party. Plenty of wine, beer, booze. And then there's lazagna, sausage and roasted vegetables swimming in tangy sauce. Lots of ...
Posted on December 26th, 2012 by Hammer
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Me. Glib me, I sit here with no ability to devine a simple title for this post. I am drained of whatever creative skills I might have ever possessed. Taken ...
Posted on December 16th, 2012 by Hammer
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I was excoriated not too long ago by one of our readers who thought I was excessively concerned with self-defense and survival issues. "Write something that can actually help me ...
Posted on August 19th, 2012 by Hammer
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Now that we're on the issue of preparing yourself for the nut job with a gun (Aurora, Colorado, et al.) through mental conditioning (The Color Codes of Survival), maybe we ...
Posted on August 8th, 2012 by Hammer
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Okay. We've chatted about our mind, or brain, our most formidable "weapon," or maybe better put, our primary Survival Tool that can help us escape and evade, maybe even prevail against ...
Posted on August 1st, 2012 by Hammer
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CONSIDERING AURORA – BE PREPARED FOR THE BATMAN COPYCAT!
Following up on yesterday’s post (Considering Aurora – Is it Time To Arm Ourselves Against the ...
Posted on July 22nd, 2012 by Hammer
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