From a Redneck Perspective, a Version of a “Technical” would be what we call in Texas a “Pig Truck”.
Simply put, a Pig Truck is a 4×4 Truck of some type with good lighting, good suspension, good mud tires and a few mods in the back and up top.
Back in the Good Ole Days when you could find Century Arms Romanian RPK’s for cheap we had a couple of those with 100rd Beta Mags mounted with red dot’s on bipod swivel mounts on the roof. We found seats were pretty much useless in the bed of the truck, so we installed hand grips and a simple seatbelt harness to keep the one to two operators from getting thrown out.
If you can swing the personnel and are hunting at night, it’s good to have your passenger work a spotlight freeing up your driver to drive and your two shooter’s to SHOOT.
This is a very versatile set-up and could easily be changed from hunting Four legged critters to Two!
When you are talking about Security and Personal Protection you need to focus your attention and training on the three areas you spend most of your time.
For the average person these are: Home, Vehicle, Work.
Out of these three the Vehicle is the one with the most variables.
Some good fundamentals in this article for sure, most notably:
Don’t fart around in parking lots. I don’t care how public or well lit they are. Go directly to your vehicle, get in, lock the doors and LEAVE. (Note: Some modern vehicle models only lock the doors when you place the vehicle in DRIVE…KNOW what your specific vehicle does in this regard and if the doors do not lock automatically, get in the HABIT of locking them as soon as you get in.)
If you go ARMED, the advice about having your key’s out when walking to your vehicle is a NO GO. I want my hand’s free of anything in the event I need to fend off/draw my weapon. I know a lot of trainers tell women specifically to have their key’s out when walking to their car because they make for a good weapon and that’s OK I guess if you want to bet your life on stabbing a violent drug addict with a 1 inch piece of metal.
An addendum to the #2 is since most newer vehicles are keyless entry nowadays, it would pay to get in the habit (Remember Safety is a Lifestyle not a fad) of before leaving the store and your vehicle is within your line of sight, to hit the unlock on your key fob and place the keys back in your pocket. That way you are hands free in the parking lot.
This goes more into Tactical Driving Habits, but the part about keeping a half to a full car length space between you and the car in front of you while driving to allow you room to escape in the event of trouble is HUGE! Practice it!
Pat-Mac has some great tips on this Subject as well, by the way I highly recommend checking out his YouTube channel, the guy is SOLID as they come and has some GREAT Tips for everyday, practical SAFE living.
So a 22 year old man dressed as a woman was armed with a Kel-Tec Sub 2000 (9mm caliber carbine) Glock 43X, (9mm caliber) a Remington 700 (bolt-action rifle) and a Shotgun.
No caliber mentioned for the Remington Bolt Action rifle, but as for the Shotgun I am gonna guess a 12 Gauge Pump of some flavor.
No AR-15’s, No AK-47’s, No Military Assault Rifles, No “Machine Guns” (give me a break!)
But still you got 7 people dead and over 47 injured.
Despite what the MSM is trying to imply, a person with ill intent does not need a lot of firepower to inflict SERIOUS damage on a CROWD of distracted people.
One man armed with a Glock 19 9mm Handgun with 15 round magazines and a Walther .22 Caliber Pistol with 10 round magazines killed 32 People and wounded over a dozen.
6 people were killed and 62 injured when a black extremist militant drove a SUV through a crowd of people.
A Vehicle, not Firearms did all that damage!
How about the Sagamihara Stabbings in 2016 where a man armed with a bag of knives murdered 19 people and injured 26?
KNIVES not Firearms did that!
Bottom Line folks MASS/ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS are not so much about the WEAPONS used, it’s more about the TACTICS.
They Look for SOFT Targets. People that are unprepared and unarmed. Cities with strict Gun Laws or Locations where Citizens are unlikely to be Armed such as Schools, Municipal Buildings, etc.
They Look for CROWDS of People that are DISTRACTED. Big public venues such as Parades and Concerts seem to be their favorite target.
They look for CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN CONFINED AREAS. Very often the security for these large venues are very strict, only allowing for one way in and out. This works well for monitoring and control but not so good for EXIT, especially in a mass panic stampede.
Thought provoking article from both sides of the “insurgent equation.”
Study Up.
“Sometimes it’s useful to pay attention to even the most unlikely attack scenarios. Looking at them as a thought experiment will provide some insight into more mundane self protection events.”
The Tactical Hermit 
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