Erick Gelhaus - shooter of 13yr old Andy Lopez - ties to BLACKWATER SECURITY

[FreakinDJ]

Some times you just can't decide to laugh cuss or cry

Sheriff Erick Gelhaus who gunned down 13yr old Andy Lopez for carrying a toy Gun, was a part time "Self Proclaimed" weapons instructor for Gunsite Academy down in Arizona. Founded by none other then a former Blackwater Security Consultant - Jeff Cooper

Jeff Cooper's Overview
Current Contractor at Aegis Technologies
Past Security Consultant at Blackwater USA
CPO at US Navy
Education United States Naval Academy

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeff-cooper/63/96b/a1a

He also is an adjunct instructor, according to his LinkedIn profile, for Gunsite Academy, an Arizona company that teaches markmanship, gun-handling and other skills to military personnel, law enforcement and "free citizens of the U.S."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/28/1251299/-Now-We-Know-Who-Killed-Andy-Lopez-And-What-His-Mindset-Was

A BIG round of applause folks for these very Special people bringing the Iraq / Afghan War home to us by shooting our children

[RiffRandell]

1. Why am I not surprised? nt

[Sunlei]

2. it is a mistake to hire people with this kind of training as community/local police.

[FreakinDJ]

3. Mistake to hire this kind of Mindset

1. "Shoot First - ask questions later"
2. Justify shooting using Known Loopholes in the law

[zeemike]

4. Well that is the career path for ex military now.

Go strait to law inforcement...where they feel at home fighting the enemy (those scary colored people).

But I found one thing interisting....he claims to have went to the US Navel Academy, but he was a CPO...an enlisted rank...did he flunk out or just lied?

[FreakinDJ]

7. Interesting Catch

I don't know - but when I just Googled his name again it got REALLY CREEPY

How the Cooper Color Code Explains 'Stand Your Ground,' and Prevents Crime

Colonel Jeff Cooper provided a color code of mental awareness, which has been adopted by Front Sight in Pahrump, Nevada. None of the following constitutes legal advice, but it is easy to see how this color code goes well beyond debunking the myth that "stand your ground" laws turn streets into free-fire zones. Its diligent application also prevents much, if not most, violent street crime even without the display or possession of a weapon.

I personally encountered an excellent Condition Orange simulation at Luzerne County Community College's Public Safety Institute. I confronted, while holding a handgun simulator at the ready position (drawn but not aimed), a Caucasian version of Trayvon Martin who was acting suspiciously in the wrong neighborhood. He suddenly reached behind his back, drew a knife, and lunged at me. The computer determined that he reached me before I could aim and fire, which I did the instant he began his attack. (In practice, he had not done anything previously to even justify drawing a gun on him, which meant I had an advantage that a police officer or armed citizen would not have had in reality.) The lesson is, therefore, to put as much distance as you can between yourself and a suspicious individual even if you are armed. He can otherwise bring a knife to a gunfight, and win.


http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/07/how_the_cooper_color_code_explains_stand_your_ground_and_prevents_crime.html

Its just creepy

[Enthusiast]

11. "Its just creepy"

It most certainly is.

[zeemike]

14. Creepy is right.

thanks for that...and from the American Thinker...and we know what they are thinking.

[dotymed]

5. He was a marksmanship instructor?

Didn't he actually hit his (human, unarmed) "target" 4 times out of 19 shots at close range?

[FreakinDJ]

6. 7 times out of 8 shots

But 6 of those the kid was already laying down on the ground dieing

[MrModerate]

8. Note to 'roided up cops all over the nation . . .

The streets of our towns are not the streets of Fallujah. And domestic disputes don't require SWAT teams.

[Enthusiast]

9. K&R. Unbelievable!

You can't make this stuff up.

[pinboy3niner]

10. That linkedin profile appears to be a different guy from the founder of the AZ academy

He may be an instructor there, but not the founder.

The Navy vet Jeff Cooper began his service in 1990, while the academy's FB page identifies its founder as a Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Cooper who served in WWII and the Korean War.

Gunsite was founded in 1976 by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, author, columnist, professor, WW II and Korean War combat veteran.

https://www.facebook.com/GunsiteAcademy/info

[FreakinDJ]

12. One in the same

Gunsite was founded by Jeff Cooper as the "American Pistol Institute" ("A.P.I.&quot in 1976 in order to teach the Modern Technique of the Pistol. The Modern Technique of the Pistol is a method of use of the handgun for self-defense. The Modern Technique uses a two-handed grip of the pistol, which brings the pistol to eye-level, so that the sights may be used to aim the pistol at one's assailant. Prior to the founding of API, Jeff Cooper had traveled the world providing training in the Modern Technique to security teams such as those protecting heads of state, prominent politicians and wealthy individuals.[1] The facilities at Gunsite allowed Jeff Cooper to teach the Modern Technique to a much wider audience. At that time the firearms training school industry did not exist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsite_Training_Center

[pinboy3niner]

13. What I don't get is how a WWII vet is serving in the Navy from 1990-2001

Those are the dates given for the Navy service of the Jeff Cooper in the linkedin profile cited in the OP:

CPO
US Navy

Government Agency; 10,001+ employees; Military industry
September 1990 – September 2001 (11 years 1 month) NORFOLK

[FreakinDJ]

16. You might be right

But after looking more closely into the connections it got a Whole Lot more "Tin Foily"



The GunSite Raven




Michael Hughes GunSite Instructor

Owner/President at Raven Company L.L.C.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-hughes/15/5aa/81

Raven Development Group

A subsidiary of Blackwater Worldwide, Raven Development Group was formed to develop the Blackwater Lodge in Moyock, N.C. and since used as the permitee for the secret Blackwater Otay facility recently discovered. See also Southwest Law Enforcement, the name also used on the permits.

http://www.copswiki.org/Common/RavenDevelopment

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

15. This explains it,

he thought the young man was Iraqi.

[Dawson Leery]

17. So he was trained to a be a murdering coward.

[bonniebgood]

18. Can someone give me a 'rational reason/definition' of a "WRONG Neighborhood"? As

Highlighted in comment above?