Be Prepared

You may have noticed that the Left has decided to take down Elon Musk because he is pointing out all the waste fraud and abuse in the government one agency at a time.  In particular, they seem especially upset that he has pointed out the utterly ridiculous wasteful spending at the USAID, which was established by an executive order and can be eliminated by the same means. Of course, they really want to get rid of President Trump, but since he is too hard to get to, they have selected Musk, who is merely the messenger.  He can't fire anyone.

In typical manner, the Left has decided to take what they call "direct action" by committing arson on Tesla dealerships, and intimidating Tesla owners by damaging or burning their cars.  As Tom Knighton notes in a post at Bearing Arms entitled Things Are Getting Ugly. Be Ready, all patriots should upgrade their awareness. In the parlance of Col. Jeff Cooper, you should be at condition "yellow" most of the time. But these are not normal times, and you may want to go to "orange."

In 2018, I wrote a piece here at Bearing Arms about the dangers of the mob going after ideological opponents. At the time, left-leaning mobs were hounding any Republican they could find out and about, even if they were just trying to eat a meal. I was actually looking for something else I was sure I wrote here and stumbled on it, but it sort of felt important to look at it a bit in light of what we're currently seeing all around us.

At the time, I feared escalation. Sooner or later, I worried the mob mentality would kick in and someone would go too far and then things would get really ugly.

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My fears last time were misplaced, thankfully. This time, I don't know that we'll be as fortunate. The thing is, we all tend to hope for the best, prepare for the worst, so I highly recommend that you get in a little extra range time, carry anywhere and everywhere you can, and be ready if the next target of this kind of stuff--or worse--is you and yours.

If you haven't been to the range lately, and I am one who doesn't go as often as I should, recommend you all go and sharpen your skills. Also clean and do any maintenance on your weapons. Finally, keep your weapons close by at all times.