When to Call the Cavalry

Two decades back, when three teens armed with knives and brass knuckles broke into a house in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the resident shot them dead with an AR-15. One of the grandfathers then whined that it wasn’t a”fair fight” and the teenagers did not”deserve to die.” The grandfather’s remarks made national news.
After four years with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, he turned to journalism and freelance writing, specializing in outdoor capabilities. His journalism experience includes magazines and newspapers. He’s authored over 50 books for a variety of publishers.
The article When to Call the Cavalry appeared on USCCA.
Not every PR company specializes in the type of support you need if America’s ethnic and cultural winds begin to persecute you. It is nice to shop around. And remember (before you dismiss the idea out-of-hand) that you will most likely have to reside in the community long after you’re eventually cleared.

Rick is married and lives in Florida.
The media and the public prosecutor’s office and any particular groups or affiliations the perp may have been associated with — and whether he or she’s alive or dead doesn’t matter — might not see things your way. In actuality, they may go to extremes that are idiotic to cover their own negligence and culpability in raising a punk.

A PR firm will cost money that you may not have in the bank, but if it does a good job, it can — in conjunction with your attorney — literally save your life. A PR team can help you craft and promote a message so that when your hands shake in front of a microphone, a representative can still deliver the talking points you, as a responsibly armed American, want to get out (beyond the essential”I was fearful for my life and I shot at self-defense”). Your PR company will understand the media system and permit you to present the general public with an accurate and balanced picture of who you are and what happened to you.

Protection Following a Self-Defense Incident

You may feel that you’re being assaulted as attorneys stand to guard the thug who attacked you. They will project an image of their client not as a low-life, drug-addled failure but as president of his or her Sunday school class and an”A” student who was interested in rocket science and loved her or his momma. Then, they will craft an image of you as a trigger-happy individual, a”loose cannon” with racial prejudices or perhaps just some miserable loner who hates people in general.

Your situation may quickly become far more complicated than you ever imagined. And however much you try to describe and demonstrate and diagram will materialize to make a frenzy.
Sometimes the simple truth is not enough and, at that stage, you (as a armed American) — in consultation with your attorney — may opt to hire a Public Relations firm. (“Vive L’Empereur” by Edouart Detaille — picture via public domain)

We believe we can take care of ourselves, speak for ourselves, handle our time and money. However, if a politically motivated prosecutor crawls to the slime and starts digging for star at your expense, you may have to ask your attorney about hiring a public relations firm. You’ll require a team of experts who can counter the sort of public smear campaign which sells papers and juices emotional callers to talk radio.