Goal of self defense

[redgreenrider]

What is the goal of self defense? And what is absolutely nessecary to resolve it's need efficiently as possible? In fundemental terms? Try not to get philosophical though. Bacon is of course always valid!

 

[rockhopper46038]

To survive. The will to survive. The mindset that you will do what is necessary to survive.

 

[Bigtanker]

For me and my family to go to bed each night the same or better than we woke up.

 

[USMC-Johnson]

not to be a victim

 

[redgreenrider]

what all ways can this question be interpreted?

 

[redgreenrider]

what does it mean to defend yourself?Having a random thought Friday.

 

[rockhopper46038]

Now who's getting all philosophical?

 

[redgreenrider]

I know I know. just truyin to set an upper boundary.

 

[LEaSH]

Self preservation. It's primal and basic for all species.

 

[dirtdigger]

not to be a victim

^^^^^This^^^^^
More specifically, not to be a dead victim.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

LEaSH said what I was thinking, self preservation.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

What is the goal of self defense?

Not to do it.

 

[CitiusFortius]

Not to do it.

I (think) I agree with this. My idea of self defense is to get me and my family out of harms way preferrably without causing harm to others, even if the other is a "no good thug" - Id just rather never kill anybody if it could be avoided at all.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I have no blue, green or brown shirt. I am not dripping with qualified immunity.

I train so I do not have to fight. The more they train, the less they shoot.

Give me the sword of no sword.

 

[nakinate]

^^what Kirk said. If I can defend myself by running away or just avoiding the situation altogether then I am better off. It may not sound very cool, but that's not the point of self defense. Survival is the purpose, not killing, maiming or anything else that sounds tacticool. Sometimes killing or maiming is involved, but it's not the end goal.

 

[redgreenrider]

Best answer goes to Kirk Freeman! With enough training, both mental and physical, most attacks can be avoided rather than countered. Nakinate also makes a good point that it's not about being "cool", it's about survival.

Not to do it.

 

[AndersonIN]

The more you sweat in training..............the less potential to bleed in battle!

 

[HoughMade]

As to the original question, it seems one worth asking.

I've seen more than a few INGOers castigate a person who survives an attack because they did not have the training, attitude or instinct to kill the attacker rather than just survive (stopping not good enough, must kill).

 

[nakinate]

As to the original question, it seems one worth asking.

I've seen more than a few INGOers castigate a person who survives an attack because they did not have the training, attitude or instinct to kill the attacker rather than just survive (stopping not good enough, must kill).

I'm not concerned with INGOers. I'm concerned with the law. And if I can avoid a murder trial and still survive then that is what I will do.

Also, I wouldn't post about a self-defense situation on INGO to begin with.

 

[HoughMade]

I don't so much care about what INGOers would think about a shooting I was involved in. What does concern me is if this is actually the attitude they have when they put their own gun in a holster and head out of the house.