![]() In the era of Black Lives Matter, Grossman insists that cops must be more, not less, prepared to use force. Righteous violence.” Like a preacher, he doesn’t bother with notes. What do we fight it with? Superior violence. Onstage are two giant easel pads, their legs taped to the floor so that they don’t go crashing down whenever he hits them to punctuate his points. Grossman, a 60-year-old former Army Ranger, wears low-slung blue jeans, an ornate Western belt buckle, and a black button-up emblazoned with the words “Grossman Academy,” the “O” stitched like a bull’s-eye. Two hours into his high-octane, six-hour seminar, the self-described top police trainer in the nation is just getting warmed up. “If you cannot answer that question, you should not be carrying a gun.” “Are you prepared to kill somebody?” he asks me and the small group of “armed citizens” who’ve paid $90 or more to see him. Colonel Dave Grossman tells his audience that they shouldn’t go out looking for people to kill, because those who need killing-the “gangbangers,” terrorists, and mass murderers-will come to them. Marching around the stage in a theater in Lakeport, California, Lt. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.
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