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The CEO of two companies that provide tactical weapons training and supplies to the military and police 鈥� and who is a former Tennessee police chief 鈥� said yesterday that if President Obama uses executive orders to ban assault rifles, 鈥淚鈥檓 going to start killing people.鈥�

James Yeager, CEO of Tactical Response and also of Tactical Response Gear Inc. of Camden, Tenn., made the statement as part of a furious, one-minute rant posted yesterday to YouTube. Today, after Yeager apparently thought better of his death threats, the video was pulled down. Hatewatch captured it, however, and it can be viewed .

Staring into the camera and showing biceps tattooed with numerous spent shell casings, Yeager said that he鈥檇 learned that Vice President Joe Biden had asked Obama to bypass Congress and use executive powers to ban assault rifles and impose other gun control measures. And then he let loose.

鈥淔--- that,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 telling you that if that happens, it鈥檚 going to spark a civil war, and I鈥檒l be glad to fire the first shot. I鈥檓 not putting up with it, you shouldn鈥檛 put up with it, and I need all you patriots to start thinking about what you鈥檙e going to do. Load your damn mags, make sure your rifle鈥檚 clean, pack a backpack with some food in it, and get ready to fight.

鈥淚鈥檓 not f------ putting up with this, I am not letting my country be ruled by a dictator, I am not letting anybody take my guns,鈥� he said, his voice rising. 鈥淚f this goes one inch further, I鈥檓 going to start killing people.鈥�

In his company biography at the website for Tactical Response, Yeager said that he was a patrolman, K-9 handler and, ultimately, police chief of the Big Sandy, Tenn., Police Department in the 1990s. He also was a deputy sheriff with the Benton County Sheriff鈥檚 Office. In 2002, he says, he went into private-sector tactical weapons training full time, even while serving as the firearms and tactics instructor for the Camden Police Department. He says he worked as a civilian working in protective security in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.

Yeager said he had been featured in numerous publications, including being on the cover of S.W.A.T. Magazine,聽 Kiplinger鈥檚 financial magazine and other publications. He also says he has written for a variety of gun magazines and been featured on TV shows including the Discovery Channel鈥檚 鈥淥ne Man Army鈥� and National Geographic鈥檚 鈥淪nipers Inc.鈥�

鈥淚 have taught multiple classes all over the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Central America and South America,鈥� Yeager wrote. 鈥淚 have extensive experience teaching in austere environments and I am a certified witness for firearms, tactical training and use of force.鈥�

And that is precisely what is so scary about James Yeager.