How Concerned Should I Be?!




So, I go to the local academy the other day (like most days) and this is the billboard right outside by the parking lot... No kidding!


Some may say that it's a good advertisement for a Self Defense Academy. However, I'm not an ambulance chaser, so there you go. 

However, I would be interested in how many people make that connection.

"Sir/ma'am, did you enter my establishment in direct response to the large sign informing you of the area's current murder rate?"

Unlikely...

Then, this morning I was checking my emails today and I came across this MLive article...


Although homicides are down overall in Michigan, they're up here in Grand Rapids. Now keep in mind, most of that is what I'd call, 'thug on thug' crimes often drug and gang related.


It's still disconcerting though. 

So, if you don't want to go to the trouble of reading the article, here's the gist of it:

Although homicides overall are down in Michigan (except here in GR), according to the new 2021 FBI stats, Michigan now has 4 cities considered in the top 20 most violent cities in the nation. 

Saginaw, Detroit, Kalamazoo and Lansing

Good to see that Flint and Muskegon missed the count...
 

Is Crime Really On the Rise?!

YES!

I'm not trying to use scare tactics here, but since the pandemic, crime across the board has substantially increased, pretty much everywhere.

Is this something for you to be concerned about?!

Yes and No.

NO, don't freak out and go all super crazy prepper on me! 

BUT, YES, pay attention out there. 

Get some training if you haven't yet. 

Don't look like an easy target. 

Learn how to better defend yourself and family. 

HOW?!

Buy a gun?

Get some pepper spray?

Possibly, but those are just tools. They can be helpful.. or not. It depends on you. 

It really all starts with a simple commitment to embrace your natural born Protector Identity.

Have the right mindset.

Stay vigilant! 

Be ready to do something if you have to.

And... 

Have others back too! 

If you want to do something more than...

If you haven't checked out my free self defense home study course yet (or in a while) here's the link:



Let me know if you have any questions.


Keep going,
~Craig

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Are people from Crete Creteans??

Here I am in Crete. It is a pretty cool island. It is a bit more difficult getting around, but far from impossible. Most people speak at least a little english and I have gotten very good at asking (in Greek) if they speak english. I walked around about 15 miles today. Into town, around town, to all (and I do mean all) of their museums, archelogical sights, some cafe's and town squares. I really didn't even get lost today. Wow, I must be making some progress. I met a couple English people (yes, people from England silly) we hung out until about 1am or so and talked about politics, troubled youth, the difference between the FBI, CIA, and Secret Service (don't ask, if I told you I'd have to kill you:), body guards, ccw laws etc. It was kinda of funny, most of the museums that I went to today were under construction and had only one exhibit open. Geeze, you'd think that they would have at least discounted their entry price, but noooooooo! Oh well. I at least had a real
Read more

What's Your Rosebud?

Image
  One of my favorite classic movies is: "Citizen Kane" It starred Orson Welles. [NOTE: spoiler ahead - if you haven't seen it] And, was about the life and legacy of a powerful newspaper publisher, based partly on the late William Randolph Hearst. The movie starts with Charles Foster Kane dying, with his last word being "Rosebud" — and the entire movie is this sort of question of what "Rosebud" is. Turns out it was simply the trade name of a cheap little sled on which Kane was playing on the day he was taken away from his home and his mother as a child. Welles revealed in an interview: "In his subconscious it represented the simplicity, the comfort, above all the lack of responsibility in his home, and also it stood for his mother's love which Kane never lost." The point? We All Have Our Rosebud That thing, moment, or whatever it is that anchors, drives, guides, or inspires you.  For example, the late Johnny Carson and the book of magic tr
Read more

You'll Never Guess What This Parrot Said!

Image
  The Parrot Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly Mother. . The first said,  "I built a big house for our Mother." . The second said, " I sent her a Mercedes with a driver." . The third smiled and said,  "I've got you, both beat. You know how Mom enjoys the Bible, and you know she can't see very well. I sent her a parrot that can recite the entire Bible. It took 20 monks in a Monastery 12 years to teach him. I had to pledge to contribute $5,000 a year for 10 years, but it was worth it. Mom just has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot will recite it." . Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks: "Dearest First Son,"  she wrote the first son,  "the house you built is so huge. I live in only one room, but have to clean the whole house." . " Dearest Second Son,"  she wrote to another,  "I am t
Read more