Do You Know NFL Hitman James Harrison?

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When the Pittsburgh Steelers cut NFL linebacker James Harrison mid-season, the New England Patriots signed him faster than you can shout “blitz!” Prior to the season Men’s Journal spent a few days in Scottsdale, AZ while Mr. Harrison recovered from surgery.

As the NFL’s most heavily fined player in a single season, he’s the type of player you hate to play against, but love to have on your team. After reading the article, I appreciate even more why Pittsburgh fans were so upset to see this God fearing, gun loving player go.

As Your Survival Guy, I had to laugh out loud reading how he dealt with a rattlesnake. Fear of snakes? Not Harrison. “I grabbed a rattler by his tail and threw him over the fence last month.”

“You grabbed a rattler bare handed?” asks Men’s Journal columnist Paul Solotaroff.

“Had to,” he says. “My son was here visiting, so that bitch had to bounce out. ASAP.”

How about his take on gun control:

“[A]nd if you ever get him going on gun control, better whip out your Kevlar notepad. (Harrison says the answer to campus shootings is to arm all the teachers and students.) But then, without prompting, he’ll turn on a dime and offer a sober plank on player safety, saying the league should trim the season to 14 games, begin off-season training activities in May, not March, and cut training camp down to just a couple of weeks of one-a-day practices, not two. That way, he says, “we’re not bangin’ heads so much in August; that’s where the brain trauma comes from.”

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Originally posted on Yoursurvivalguy.com.

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E.J. Smith is the Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention. E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com. Sign up here to receive all the best content from Richardcyoung.com each week.