Part 3... America Prepare For War... Things We Need To Do... With every tragedy comes a lesson. Columbine taught law enforcement to storm a building when there is an active shooter. The police officers of Aurora, and Newtowndid what they trained to do. They trained their minds what they needed to do. Lives were saved because of the heroic actions of those police officers. If it werent for the actions of the passengers of flight 93, many would have died on the ground. The passengers did not die for us! They didnt storm that cockpit wanting to die? They stormed it so others could live. The man who controlled them with fear, became the most frightened man on that plane! He begged his friends to let him in that cockpit, as those passengers were coming after him. The passengers flipped fear, and by doing that many are alive today. This final part is dedicated to all the heroes who have come and gone before us. The men and women who faced fear to save others. If this story saves just one life, then it was worth writing 350 million times over! We need to think about what we need to do in a bad situation. A gunman is only a threat when his finger is on the trigger. Remove that finger and he is no longer a threat! Even if there were 200 thousand jihadist in this country? We outnumber them 175 thousand to one. They watch our news and they are counting on us to panic. One man is no match going up against someone with an AK 47! One man with an Ak47 is no match going up against thirty-one pissed off Americans. He has to reload, and as soon as you take his finger from that trigger? You will witness fear in reverse. They want to destroy this country and kill as many as they can! They have been scouting out places with high volumes of people. They are not counting on high volumes turning on them. I will never tell you what you should do? Truth is we wont know unless we find ourselves in that situation. I know what we need to do, and thats do anything we can to disarm them. The sooner we remove the shooters finger from that trigger the more lives we save. There are those saying yeah right, how would he know? On December 20, 1983 I was in the middle of such a tragedy. My friend saved my life and a house full of others. A man showed up with a gun, and was going to kill us all. The shooter controlled that room with fear. The moment our friend tackled him, and removed his finger from the trigger? You guessed it, the scariest man became the most frightened man in the room. Our friend lost his life that day, but saved all of us. He didnt want to die, he just wanted us to live more! Years back there was a gunman shooting an AK47 at the White House. Two bystanders tackled him and removed his finger from the trigger. Those actions saved many others. For everyone we disarm we save countless lives. The media only did stories on the shooter. Well the News needs to start telling the stories of our heroes. The people in this country who are doing the right thing? Not the few out causing trouble and making us look bad. They need to show stories of those brave cops who ran into that school. The brave men and women who ran into that theatre. Not the scumbag with orange hair, out looking for national attention. These people are here to bring harm to this Nation. They watch the medias misrepresentation of the American people. Well they need to know that we will stand together! We will not be controlled with fear. Whatever you decide to do in a situation? I only ask that you think about your options? Whether you run away or run towards the fight? Just plan ahead for what you need to do, and what you hope to do. Just by reading this you are training. Training is preparing the mind for what could happen. Like counting rows in a plane to the nearest emergency exit. Chances are you wont need to know? But in an emergency its good to have already thought about it? If you dont chances are it will be to late! I have been asked what can we do to help? Well calling politicians doesnt seem to get us anywhere? So lets step it up a notch. Share this series out with everyone. It doesnt matter whether they like me or not. They can hate me if they like? You have to live to do both, and thats all I want. We are all in this together, and the more of us prepared the better. We need everyone in this country to at least think about this. Go to your local recruiter of any branch of service. Share the link to my articles and ask them to read. Ask them to share these articles with every service member. We are all going to be on the front lines together. Those who wish us harm will read this? They also read your comments! Its time they get an earful of what they are up against? We are a Nation under God, and We are prepared! God Bless You All Semper Fi, Shep http://dev.dcgazette.com/author/mikeshepard/ Great series Mike. There are many, many, many, Americans either ready or getting ready. Our enemies have no idea what they will be up against. The struggle will be long, bloody, and ugly, but in the end, Americans will regain/keep their liberty by the Grace of God. Semper Fi Skybyrd and may God forever bless you and your family God bless you Rex and thank you for your love and loyalty to this great Nation. I pray they figure out a way to avoid this war but I am grateful to the millions who are willing to stand up for this country Semper Fi When the muslims start to attack we will not stop till there are none left to kill in this country so maybe they had better think about starting something This is a wake up call to All Americans like myself..I came to this country with my family from the Philippines 10 years ago because of a chance of a better life but foremost I believe in the Democracy which America had forefront for a very long period of time i am willing to do everything to protect it I am proud to be part of itas I believe as Im a Christian,I do not fear the One that can only Destroy the body,But the one that can Destroy Both Body Soul. This as to be obama and other like the UN this is a MURDER army all this to depopulate the world Thank you Mike for serving our Country.I really enjoyed your article. We really need to open our eyes and think before you react.I have a lot of family that has serve our country.My son is a Duputy , he been in the law enforcement for 13 years.We really need to stand up for our country, and for any one that is reading this if You dont know how to shoot a gun learn.most every town has classes on gun permits, take it , it will teach you how to use a firearm safety and how to reload it.This is our Country So Let Stand Up For It And Show Them What the USA is made of. Mike, thank you for your service. And thank you for putting together the thoughts that keep so many of us awake at night. RememberProper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Let them come. Let them see whats in store for them!! Every family should have at least 3 weapons. A .45 for close range single enemy, a sniper rifle for long range single or more enemy, and a shot gun for an enemy group at close range. Thank you Jim bob for your support and for your brotherhood as a fellow marine and service. Semper Fi and God bless you sir Hi Mike, Enjoyed reading your posts. Thank you for your service. I was in 68-71 Vietnam, Cuba, Oki There are so many in this country that are still asleepThank you for your wake up call. You are right, we are Americans, we are not afraid to die to stop the evil that ISIS is! My comment Women here shoot back ass holes! Thank you Mike for letting us know we are not alone. Sometimes that is how it feels. I trust God to guide us in our work to restore our country to her former greatness under God. I am a 70 year old grand-mother raising my grand-children. I hope I have trained them well. They can shoot and they understand the terrible mess our country is in. I have prepared them as best as I can for what I am sure is to come. God save us all and God, Please Bless America once again. Keeping you and your safety Give me liberty or give me death! I will not bow down to no one. I will not go silently into the night, I will not go down without a fight! Good bless America! Would like to read the other parts of this series. Thanks. Mrs. Rogers I pray everyday to God that it never comes to this I like your husband and son have no desire to fight. A first sgt once told me you never win a war! He said a Marines job is to convince the other side to stop fighting. For over 238 years we have done just that. I pray for these people who wish us harm. I pray they get rid of all that hate from their heart. Hate is the venom of Satan and Satan is a punk. They bring harm to our people they are gonna bring great harm upon themselves. These politicians need to stop playing around with our safety, and close our borders God Bless You and your family mamSemper Fi, Shep Thank you Mike for your service and your insight, and GOD bless you also. My son husband are ex marines, and we are prepared ! I ask that God give us the wisdom and knowledge we need when/if war breaks out here in the USA. 