Fight MAGAT Threats

I am not yet being threatened by any MAGATS. 

But, I think about MAGA threats because I am a classroom teacher and also am outspoken about the MAGA cult. 

In preparation I have read accounts and watched films about school shooter attacks in other schools written by other teachers who have been in active shooter situations.

As an analogy for a MAGAT threat, here are my very personal thoughts about how to prepare for shooters in a classroom and, by extension, outside my front door. There are no guarantees about the effectiveness or lack of it in any of these ideas.

As preparation, I have meditated about dying from an attack. Now, I am prepared mentally and emotionally to die. I have mentally visualized the steps that might precede an attack that kills me. I hope that the visualization exercise will allow me to fight more effectively than I might if I were afraid to die. 

In many prior shooter situations, those who fight and or run away seem to have higher success at avoiding death or injury from a shooter. I tell my classes to run and fight if there is a shooter. Do not lock the door and wait. This is my very personal recommendation and may be counter to some law enforcement recommendations. 

If a MAGAT comes in person or in a group to my home and threatens me, I will fight. I may die, but I will not die quietly.

Most MAGATS are, IMHO, cowards who may make phone threats they do not expect to carry out in actuality. But, there is always a chance that one or more MAGATS may become violent.

 

At home, I have a yappy dog who will not be quiet until he is killed; he will not attack the MAGAT as effectively as might a Doberman, Rottweiler or Presa Canario, but he will alert me to a presence. 

If I see a person or persons, I will call 911 and announce a prowler outside my door, regardless of any badge or vest he/they may wear. If he/they announce they have a warrant I will wait until city police with badges and lights on marked cars before entering any conversation. 

My house is hardened. Motion detector lights ring the exterior premises so there are no dark places. I plan to install cameras. My windows are new and double paned with effective locks.

I have hardened my exterior doors by replacing the screws which hold the striker plates in the exterior doors and deadbolts with 3 or 4 inch deck screws; this forms exterior doors which are very difficult to kick down. Dead bolts with secure screws are a must have; the half inch screws in most doors won't even slow down an attacker. 

None of these efforts will do more that slow down a determined attacker.

If there such a person attacking my house, I will open the door and shoot him in the chest with my shotgun that is loaded with heavy buckshot. The shot will probably blow a hole through him and he will bleed out quickly. If he wears a vest, I will shoot him in the head. 

My shot gun is a pump action with a 5 round chamber and not a double barrel gun with only two rounds.

If the MAGATS are in a group, I will place a mattress in front of a seven-foot high, twelve-foot wide fully loaded bookcase on the wall facing the entry door to protect against multiple shooters

Once I am sure he is dead, I will place a kitchen knife in his hand and drag his body into my house. Then I will call 911 again and report an attack.