You make a valid point, Diane...but for those of you who are "packing" keep
this tidbit in mind: Most people automatically aim high, shooting over the
heads of the "enemy" in a high stress situation (instinctive bluffing
reaction). These are the 2 points that my family (die hard roughnecks, all
of 'em) (especially my 93 year old Gram, who first taught me this advice) and my
military training have taught me:
1.) Don't draw until you KNOW it is time to shoot to kill-then do so
immediately. To heck with bluffing, that leaves you open to being charged
and having your weapon taken from you. PRACTICE, any chance you get,
drawing and firing immediately (what you train your muscles to do, slowly and
repeatedly, they will do again in a high stress situation <think of the one
rein stop>).
2.) IF your weapon is taken from you, OR if YOU are unarmed, facing
someone WITH a weapon, duck low and CHARGE. A small woman, who hits a
large attacker LOW in the body mass can often bowl him over and keep going, but
if you run away, you may be caught or shot. USE the surprise If
you are not close enough to charge, they are probably too far from you to be
accurate (combat target shooting with a pistol is absolutely close range, very
few people TRAIN enough to be accurate beyond 10 feet) (oh, and if you only have
one shot to kick someone-take out their KNEE, not their testes...I have seen
MANY men so hit stay on their feet long enough to beat someone to a pulp before
dropping and puking. NEVER seen ANYONE stay effective immediately after a
broken or dislocated knee....maybe AFTER Mr. Miyagi gets there to fix it, but
not immediately AFTER it collapses on them.)
Just my $.02, hope none of you EVER need use it...
Lucky & Romeo
(And if you ever want to do a little more digging into the interesting
realities of how animals and people actually do physiologically react to
intraspecies agression, here's a good place to look for info: http://www.killology.com/ )
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Anything
you carry on you be it gun, pepper spray or stun gun could be wrestled away
from you and used against you.
