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How Protective Intelligence Can Prevent Armed Assaults

Scott Stewart

VP of Tactical Analysis, Stratfor

Dec 24, 2015 | 08:00 GMT

Four guns near the site of a shootout between police and suspects in the San Bernardino shootings, Dec. 4, 2015.

In this handout photo provided by the San Bernardino County Sherrif's Department, four guns are seen near the site of a shootout between police and suspects in the San Bernardino shootings, December 4, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. Police continue to investigate a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino that left at least 14 people dead and another 17 injured on December 2nd. (Photo by San Bernardino County Sherrif's Department via Getty Images)

(San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department/Getty Images)

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