{"id":1266,"date":"2019-06-09T17:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2019-06-10T08:48:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:48:25","slug":"weapon-centricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/09\/weapon-centricity\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;WEAPON-CENTRICITY&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"toy gun robbery\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sz_ZtNmup04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Youtube is littered with videos of robberies stifled because of a toy\/plastic\/fake weapon. I call this \u201cweapon-centricity\u201d, putting all your marbles in the jar that hopes people simply submit for the very fact you\u2019re brandishing alone. However, when they don\u2019t, the majority of time it seems the psychological switch  or mental-shift needed to actually fight, retain, or pursue the original goal vanishes because of that very weapon-centric mentality. There was never a plan to engage, never the mindset to follow-through regardless of potential pitfalls or bumps in the road. The very premise of the act was predicated on the idea of there being no resistance whatsoever. *Also, remember that the exact same human response to being threatened also pertain to those doing the threatening themselves when the tables turn, sometimes even without \u2013 stress-response is not a one-way street when a bluff is called. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bank robbery fail: Man catches bank robber after spotting fake gun\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/751xcpOe_gU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> In training (and certainly Internet warriorism) we often see this as well, the \u201cIf I had a weapon, I\u2019d\u2026\u201d lip-service. Training often neglects follow-up in close-space post-entry. No weapon-retention skillsets cultivated. No mentality that you may have to fight for the weapon at some point \u2013 whether it\u2019s yours or theirs. No protection of that weapon in space. No discussion of whether you can actually accomplish the goal in real-life that you\u2019re fantasizing about and role-playing in training. (capability, psychology, states, mental-switches, contexts, violence inhibitors, post-event acceptance, etc.) Weapons training is not just about replicating actions, it&#8217;s about assessing these elements of your own understanding of the whys\/wheres\/whens\/hows of their usage and your ability to come to conclusions regarding the answers to these.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3 Collier men arrested for robbery using toy gun\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AlFjKxweCTQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youtube is littered with videos of robberies stifled because of a toy\/plastic\/fake weapon. I call this \u201cweapon-centricity\u201d, putting all your marbles in the jar that hopes people simply submit for the very fact you\u2019re brandishing alone. However, when they don\u2019t, the majority of time it seems the psychological switch or mental-shift needed to actually fight, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/09\/weapon-centricity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;WEAPON-CENTRICITY&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mandirigmafma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}