Say I break into a house to steal some stuff to support my drug habit. I was wrong and the lady of the house was home. She has her trusty home defense gun in hand. She dumps all 10 rounds from the .22 in my direction and hits me center of mass with most or all of them. She has just changed our relationship drastically. After throwing her around the kitchen for the next five minutes I end it with a sharp instrument. I stumble down the street and bleed out fifteen minutes later. Sound like having the gun was better?
So many people claim they can only handle a .22 and that something is better than nothing when it comes to having a gun. I disagree.
I want to add something to what Clint said. Males in general fear looking like a fool in front of other males. I'm not going to lie it kept me from classes for awhile. I got over it. Yes there were times I looked like a fool, but so did everyone else. But I'm better for it and I practice what I wasnt very good at and I'm better for it.
I would never make fun of someone who isn't very good at something. We were all there once. They're spending the money and time to make themselves better.
I want to add something to what Clint said. Males in general fear looking like a fool in front of other males. I'm not going to lie it kept me from classes for awhile. I got over it. Yes there were times I looked like a fool, but so did everyone else. But I'm better for it and I practice what I wasnt very good at and I'm better for it.
I would never make fun of someone who isn't very good at something. We were all there once. They're spending the money and time to make themselves better.
I understand that this sentiment is out there.
I don't understand it.
It's a rare person that tries a new skill and does it perfectly the first time.
I have never had anyone in a training environment, of any kind , attempt to make me feel embarrassed because of a poor performance.
Everyone is there to get better at x and are mostly worried about how they perform the skill in question.
This is not meant as an attack on you personally and good on you for getting past it.
I'm hearing it a lot from Co workers that ask me about where to get training and never follow up
I am enjoying this thread
My excuse is time
But I try
Say I break into a house to steal some stuff to support my drug habit. I was wrong and the lady of the house was home. She has her trusty home defense gun in hand. She dumps all 10 rounds from the .22 in my direction and hits me center of mass with most or all of them. She has just changed our relationship drastically. After throwing her around the kitchen for the next five minutes I end it with a sharp instrument. I stumble down the street and bleed out fifteen minutes later. Sound like having the gun was better?
So many people claim they can only handle a .22 and that something is better than nothing when it comes to having a gun. I disagree.
How would I carry a second full size? I know you carry two on your belt when you carry, but I've fought way more people than I've shot and retention of two belt guns could be problematic.
Craig Douglas' ECQC proved to me I'm not terribly smart in this arena and I'll just listen to Craig, who is smart in this arena.
I think retention issues are a valid consideration when determining how many weapons to carry and where to carry them.
Why?
Never met you, but are they really worth 50%? I mean you could insure them if they are that important, and if they did get compromised, the big ass check would make up for some of it.I only have enough mental bandwidth to focus on two things at a time while fighting. One of those things is always the position and relative safety of my private parts. The other cycles through things like position, movement, defense, offense, protecting my gun, etc.
With 50% allocated to my special parts, I just can't keep up with too many other extra things at once.
The effects of those 10 rnds are very possible to have shortened the duration and severity of the attack.
Guy obviously doesn't like mag changes.Why?
We can invent scenarios and anecdotes both ways, but I've seen a lot more win then lose when they fought back in a home invasion. Surprise has mattered more than weapon. Ambush with a golf club has better success rate than confronting with a shotgun but losing surprise.
Tactics first, hardware second.
My tactic is to put the rounds on target with good hardware. No settling for one or the other. I can have both.