Action Shoot Near Spokane on Saturday, September 29th

Greetings ATG Members & Friends,

We have our ATG monthly action shooting event scheduled at the Spokane Rifle & Pistol Cub Mica Range for 10:00 AM-2:00 PM; Saturday, September 29th. If you are interested in helping as an RSO or wish to join us for the shoot, please RSVP. We expect to conduct our monthly ATG Action Shoots at the SVRCP range through November.

SVRPC Mica Range location near Mica, Washington with map:

17693 E Belmont Rd
Mica WA 99023

Take a left on Jons Rd at the top of Belmont and go down the hill. The Action Bays are on the left at the bottom of the hill.

We will charge ATG members and experienced RSOs $5.00 for the shoot. We will charge $10.00 for nonmembers that want to receive some RSO training and/or just experience an enjoyable day shooting with us. Bring your tactical rifles and .22s if you want. We will try to provide opportunity for Close Quarters Combat-style rifle shooting but please have your rifles sighted in ahead of time. Make sure to bring water, chairs, food & possibly a canopy for shade. It may be hot and you can shoot until 2:00 PM if you bring enough ammunition.

Tell your friends about this event and bring the family. We believe in getting the whole family involved as long as the parents are present to supervise. There is no age limit but we are expecting participants that already have knowledge of basic gun safety. We often take time to mentor new shooters. Nevertheless, this event is primarily for recruiting RSOs and planning our monthly ATG Action Shoots in order to make things safe, fun and affordable.

DO NOT VOTE FOR INITIATIVE 1639!!! (see below).

Greetings ATG Members & Friends,

We have an ATG action shoot scheduled at the Spokane Rifle & Pistol Cub Mica Range for 10:00 AM-2:00 PM Saturday, Septemeber 29th. If you are interested in helping as an RSO or wish to join us for the shoot, please RSVP. We expect to conduct our monthly ATG Action Shoots at the SVRCP range through November.

SVRPC Mica Range location near Mica, Washington with map:

17693 E Belmont Rd
Mica WA 99023

Take a left on Jons Rd at the top of Belmont and go down the hill. The Action Bays are on the left at the bottom of the hill.

DO NOT VOTE FOR INITIATIVE 1639!!! (see below).

action training group — http://www.ActionTrainingGroup.org

Send email to Mark Knapp with questions and please RSVP.

DO NOT VOTE FOR INITIATIVE 1639!!!

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I-1639 is bad news for Second Amendment supporters, summary detailing changes

Regulate ordinary, recreational guns in common use as “assault” weapons.
Impose age-based bans for law-abiding adults.
Drive up the costs of owning a gun.
Mandatory Storage
New mandatory training.
Gun registry and gun confiscation.
New background check system.
Won’t live up to its promises.

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Proposed Uniform School Marshals Legislation for Washington & Other States

School Marshals—Training Standards—Certification—Immunity from Liability.

The following discussion includes certain draft proposals that we are proposing as uniform School Marshal legislation for all the states to consider. The language is cast in terms of Washington state but provides a template that can easily be adapted to other states. The advantage of providing training programs that are standardized as much as possible is in the potential growth of state-of-the-art multistate training facilities that will benefit from economies of scale by training and certifying School Marshals from across whole regions.

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Proposal for School Marshals in Washington State

The following proposal for School Marshals in Washington state is republished from the March 15, 2018 Spokesman Review.

There are once again many heated discussions about how to stop the carnage in our schools. A few years ago, we led a group of trial attorneys through an analysis of what it will take for Washington state school districts to seriously tackle the issue of protecting schools. It is apparent that Parkland School District in Florida will have to pay huge sums for its failure to anticipate mass murder that was very foreseeable.

School Marshals- Not Teachers with guns. Many school boards and legislatures in other states have already embarked on a policy of authorizing armed personnel within school premises. Federal and Washington state law both leave it up to school boards to designate who will be armed in Washington schools. Nevertheless, most educators and school boards flatly reject proposals for arming teachers with guns.

There is reason to believe that some Washington state schools are already taking quiet steps, however. Teachers who choose to undertake the training and responsibility of being a school marshal should not be denied the same opportunity to serve as certified School Marshals that we are proposing for other qualified personnel.

Public Duty Doctrine It should not be a surprise to anyone that such matters are insurance driven. Washington state’s Public Duty Doctrine dictates that a policy decision not to deploy armed protection in the schools exposes school districts to very low levels of liability. That is because it is a pure policy decision and therefore immune from liability for almost any accidents that occur.

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Implementing the Law Enforcement Officers’ Safety Act

RE: OPINION LETTER RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ SAFETY ACT

I. PURPOSE

The following opinion answers questions related to questions raised by the WASPC as to whether a municipal law enforcement agency exposes itself to additional liability by certifying retired law enforcement officers as having met Criminal Justice Training Commission standards for firearms qualification. The purpose of the LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ SAFETY ACT OF 2004 (18 U.S.C. Sec. 926B and 926C) is to supplement active law enforcement personnel in order to deter crime and prevent terrorist activity. The federal law accomplishes this by anticipating that additional armed law enforcement personnel that have already been trained will be present within each jurisdiction as officers travel from one jurisdiction to another while on business, vacationing or for any other reason.Continue reading “Implementing the Law Enforcement Officers’ Safety Act”

Criminal Defense Lawyers, Law Enforcement & Use of Force Expert at Cabela’s in Post Falls

On December 1st at Cabela’s in Post Falls, Idaho, we had David Howlett open up our thinking to how SIRT laser technology makes force-on-force Reality Based Training simple and effective. We now have a link to Next Level Training at which you can purchase a SIRT pistol with a 10% discount and a commission that supports the Action Training Group. Get the Pro Model with the red & green lasers.

Bob Smith was back. Bob discussed lethal force issues. We received overwhelming feedback regarding both of the excellent speakers that night. Chuck Delgado spoke at our October 20th Action Training Group’s monthly membership meeting along with the criminal defense lawyers from the Gerlach self-defense trial. The defendant, Gail Gerlach, who was acquitted of manslaughter charges at the Spokane County trial, was also present at our meeting.

One of the themes of the meeting was the impact of the news media before, during and after a self-defense shooting trial in which an armed citizen is accused of unjustified or reckless use of force. Gail Gerlach’s criminal defense team, Bob Smith, an expert witness on use of force at the Gerlach trial and defense attorney, Mark Knapp, joined in the discussion with Chuck regarding how Chuck shot and killed an unarmed attacker when he was a Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy in 1971. Chuck was neither charged nor disciplined because the use of force was justified. Nevertheless, the shooting was contrary to use of force procedures in place in the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office 1971. He is writing a book about the experience. The following is an After Action Report Mr. Delgado shared with us concerning our October 20th meeting of the Action Training Group at Cabela’s last Friday.Continue reading “Criminal Defense Lawyers, Law Enforcement & Use of Force Expert at Cabela’s in Post Falls”

Criminal Defense Lawyers Discuss Use of Force

ATG Membership Meeting. Our monthly Membership Meeting will be at Cabela’s this Friday, Oct. 20th, with the main program starting at 6:00 PM. Cabela’s meeting room is back by the Deli. The Deli has good food and will will stay open until 6:00 PM so plan to have dinner with us at Cabela’s. The networking hour will start at 5:00 PM; the Deli closes at 6:00. I just learned that Criminal Defense Lawyer David Stevens will be there at 5:00 PM and he has agreed to provide us with some observations related to the Gerlach manslaughter trial. The trial is the subject for three of our speakers. Defense Lawyer Richard Lee, will talk to us about the trial and media related issues. David Stevens and Mr. Lee were co-counsel for Mr. Gerlach’s criminal defense in the Spokane self-defense shooting trial several years back.Continue reading “Criminal Defense Lawyers Discuss Use of Force”

Criminal Defense Team Sends Message to Spokane County

Gail Gerlach Acquitted of First Degree Manslaughter

Gerlach’s Acquittal Sends Strong Message on self-defense

Criminal defense lawyers in Spokane paid close attention when Gail Gerlach was acquitted of first-degree manslaughter charges. Defense lawyers, Richard Lee and David Stevens, sent a clear message to prosecutors when the Spokane-area resident was acquitted of First Degree Manslaughter for shooting 25 year old Brendon Kaluza-Graham on March 25, 2013. The shot killed Kaluza-Graham who was driving away in Gerlach’s vehicle. Gerlach left the vehicle running while getting ready to take his wife to work. Continue reading “Criminal Defense Team Sends Message to Spokane County”

Armed Defense Training Association

Gun News – ADTA Article

The Washington Arms Collectors featured the Armed Defense Training Association in the October, 2016 edition of the GunNews. We asked the author, Ed Streit, the current ADTA President and a founding member of the citizen self-defense group, to send us the article. The Action Training Group, Inc. in Eastern Washington and North Idaho follows the model created several years ago when the ADTA founders, including Spokane-area criminal defense lawyer, Mark Knapp, first started exploring ways to create a gun range in Federal Way, Washington. The following is the complete article from the GunNews.

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Introduction to IDPA-and Use of Force at Cabela’s in Post Falls

Our next ATG Meeting is Friday, December 1st, 2017 at Cabela’s the Action Training Group, an Idaho nonprofit, all volunteer corporation, will present Use of Force and Washington state Firearms Law. We recently reviewed how IDPA match shooting procedures relate to our ATG range protocol and objectives. Now we need to start integrating our ATG range procedures with the legal, practical and tactical considerations that arise in life and death split-second situations when confronted by deadly force. There are also encounters that can be mistaken for deadly force confrontations where deadly force is not the right decision. Thus, force-on-force drills are necessary to create stress and confusion in real time scenarios and develop the reactions and judgment that it takes to get it right when the stakes are high!

National Outreach. We also need to start thinking about reaching out to law enforcement and other groups with an interest in the use-of-force issues we are confronting. Carl Chinn’s weekly article addresses the need for us to get involved with a national organization.

Fri, December 1st starting at 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Location: Cabela’s

North Cabela Way

Post Falls, ID

Event details.

We invite everyone to come and hear Bob Smith and Mark Knapp speak on Friday, Dec 1st at CABELA’s at 6:00 PM. The social hour is at 5:00 PM. The restaurant normally closes at 6:00 PM but might remain open later during the holidays. The subject of our ATG meeting next Friday will be Washington firearms law and use of force in general.

David Howlett, of Next Level Training and the U. S. Tactical Rifle Association, will also be giving us a preview of what to expect during the REALITY-BASED force-on-force drills he has prepared for an upcoming event. One of our goals for the ATG is just to identify people with expertise that armed citizens need along with church safety resources.

See David Howlett

We are also promoting the exchange of such information and bringing folks together to encourage more cost-effective training and educational opportunities for churches and armed citizens in general.

We will be presenting indoor live-fire Action Shoots on a Sunday evening, once a month starting in January. Please forward this message to others who might be interested in the ATG or the newsletters. Hope to see everyone one week from tomorrow on Friday, December 1st. Anyone interested can call me or send an email to discuss any questions or ideas related to ATG, Inc., armed defense or church safety.

Watch some IDPA videos by Googling IDPA drills.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbjc8AUTB8k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3txtcVLLrc

We will give you a chance to join our group and invite you just to come out and shoot with us. We are planning Indoor Action Shoots to start in January.

ATG Meeting in October. Our October meeting at Cabela’s presented the team of defense lawyers who represented Gail Gerlach in the Spokane Manslaughter trial several years ago. One of the themes of the meeting was the impact of the news media before, during and after a self-defense shooting trial in which an armed citizen is accused of unjustified or reckless use of force. Gail Gerlach’s criminal defense team, Bob Smith, an expert witness on use of force at the Gerlach trial and defense attorney, Mark Knapp, joined in the discussion with Chuck Delgado regarding how Chuck shot and killed an unarmed attacker when he was a Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy in 1971.

Lethal Force. If the lethal force available to the police is unduly restricted, the responsibility for armed citizens to deploy deadly force in defense of our own lives and the lives of our loved ones will also become severely restricted. You may not realize that right now armed citizens in Washington State have broader authority to use deadly force than LEOs.

According to the Legislative Note included with RCW 9A.16.040:

Legislative recognition: “The legislature recognizes that RCW 9A.16.040 establishes a dual standard with respect to the use of deadly force by peace officers and private citizens, and further recognizes that private citizens’ permissible use of deadly force under the authority of RCW 9.01.200, 9A.16.020, or 9A.16.050 is not restricted and remains broader than the limitations imposed on peace officers.”

Bring family and friends to Cabela’s on December 1st.

Use of Deadly Force: the Unarmed Assailant

Shooting 1971 Summary. The following is a summary of information presented by one of our members at our monthly Action Training Group meeting in July. The purpose of the presentation in Spokane Valley was to initiate discussion about self-defense issues so we can start creating Reality Based scenarios that develop situational awareness for armed citizens, church safety teams and law enforcement personnel in the Spokane and North Idaho areas. Criminal defense attorneys & civil practitioners also need to understand the dynamics of what actually occurs during the decision making process under high stress situations.Continue reading “Use of Deadly Force: the Unarmed Assailant”