I was ALMOST robbed today!

[churchmouse]

Should have turned it around on him. Draw your Glock and say "Now, give me all your money and it is I who won't hurt YOU!"

In a perfect world.....

 

[MangoTango]

[/QUOTE] Situations change. So do the rules. Your fine motor skills are lost in high adrenaline situations, therefore, you go ahead and keep your finger off the trigger with a robber and possible murderer advancing on you. I'm going to have mine on it so when he closes within 3 steps I can save my life and maybe someone else's. [/QUOTE]

How do you know these things happen to you in a gun fight? Have you tested it? Maybe when your adrenaline is up you pull the trigger without thinking. Maybe you extend your arms, have the finger on the trigger and don't pull the trigger allowing the BG to grab your pistol from you. Maybe you have your finger on the trigger, pull it as soon as the BG takes a step 20 ft from you in a gas station ( i mean your nervous right) You have your entire finger across the trigger instead of the fingertip, you pull your round to the right and it kills the teller behind the counter. A lot of what ifs... Take some FOF training to see what YOU do with your adrenaline in high stress situation.

 

[jeremy]

And how exactly will FoF Training help to know what you will do in a High Stress Situation?!

 

[DThurston]

That's the only less than lethal option I carry, though! Or I could try to hit him with my shoe.

"Who throws a shoe? Honestly! You fight like a woman!"



Oh yeah, IBTL

 

[sigvicious]

Really? There always has to be the ass that has to be the tech geek. Who really gives a turd wether or not it is a clip or a mag? I am just glad that anyone that has had to draw and is still here to talk about their experience is just that. Here to talk about it.

 

[gunluvr]

When you called the cops did they put you on hold?

 

[churchmouse]

"Who throws a shoe? Honestly! You fight like a woman!"



Oh yeah, IBTL

Ever been smacked with a shoe????

 

[sweddle]

Great job OP! I hope that if I am in that same situation that I handle it as well as you did. Practice, practice, practice!

 

[Hoosier45]

"Who throws a shoe? Honestly! You fight like a woman!"



Oh yeah, IBTL

Who said anything about throwing? I'll whip my boots off, tie the shoestrings together, and beat his ass numchuk style!

 

[NHT3]

American names.. LMFAO!

Me too, and now it's sunk to a shoe throwing contest.

[FONT=&quot]NRA Life member GSSF member[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
Gunsite graduate Certified Glock armorer[/FONT]

 

[eblevins]

That's why you carry a defense weapon. Not knowing the circumstances if you could have detained him until the police arrived that would have been a community service.

 

[HICKMAN]

And how exactly will FoF Training help to know what you will do in a High Stress Situation?!

what do you propose for civilians that don't have wars to go fight?

 

[ajanes10]

Glad your ok. Hopefully I have have to do that. Unfortunately with the times we are living in and me studying to be a police officer I probably will someday.

 

[Fargo]

You can be 100% right legally and still your legal counsel costs can run in the tens of thousands proving you weren't the one who brought a gun to a fist fight. Correct??


This is an absolutely true statement. Been there, done that, not pleasant but necessary.

Yes, it can happen, but that is just one of the hazards of being willing to defend you and yours.

Consider the alternative: "You can be so scared of having to retain a lawyer that you end up being robbed/raped/killed because you were so hung up about it that you never got around to defending yourself."

IMO, if you are not familiar enough with the law, your weapon, and your capabilities to be confident in your actions, you should just leave it at home.

Carry OC or something that the thought of using doesn't terrify you so much. Just don't complain when you realize that you are tremendously outclassed and way behind in skills should you ever run into what I call a "professional bad guy".

Joe

 

[bwframe]

Consider the alternative: "You can be so scared of having to retain a lawyer that you end up being robbed/raped/killed because you were so hung up about it that you never got around to defending yourself."

Has this ever happened?

 

[jeremy]

what do you propose for civilians that don't have wars to go fight?

Force on Force is a great training tool to teach one what does, what does not, and what is just asinine. Force on Force is not what I would consider High Stress Training, at least from any of the forms that I have taken. But, to call it a High Stress Training to me is not a good or fair description. In Force on Force you always know you are about to be assaulted in some fashion in one way or another. Takes a lot of the stress out of it to my thinking anyway...

I have no clue how to simulate a High Stress Event in the Civilian World either. I wish I did, I would be a Rich SOB if I could figure that part out...

 

[Fargo]

Originally Posted by Fargo
Consider the alternative: "You can be so scared of having to retain a lawyer that you end up being robbed/raped/killed because you were so hung up about it that you never got around to defending yourself."

Has this ever happened?

Yes, you can watch it happen in real life in all its horrifying tragedy in the video below:

LiveLeak.com - GRAPHIC - Deputy Kyle Dinkheller

Keep in mind the murderer in the video is NOT a "professional bad guy", he is a mentally disturbed individual who gives the officer tons of chances to live.

Imagine how much shorter that video would be if he had been a competent professional who wanted to kill that officer.

Joe

 

[netsecurity]

I would point at chest, with trigger finger ready to fire, maybe on the trigger, maybe on the side, depending on the demeanor of the attacker.

Clips and mags are technically not the same thing, although I admit that popular terminology they are interchangeable. I always say magazine, but normally wouldnt correct anyone, unless they said that they were the same thing :-).

Firearms, ammo, weapons, gear reviews, 2nd Amendment issues, etc...: Clip vs. Magazine: A Lesson in Firearm Terminology

 

[bwframe]

Has this ever happened?

Yes, you can watch it happen in real life in all its horrifying tragedy in the video below:

To someone that isn't law enforcement?

 

[mainjet]

Yes, you can watch it happen in real life in all its horrifying tragedy in the video below:

LiveLeak.com - GRAPHIC - Deputy Kyle Dinkheller

Keep in mind the murderer in the video is NOT a "professional bad guy", he is a mentally disturbed individual who gives the officer tons of chances to live.

Imagine how much shorter that video would be if he had been a competent professional who wanted to kill that officer.

Joe

Dude, that is a horrible video. When I saw that guy driving off I just wanted to jump through the screen!

Unfortunately that is real life and you never know what you are going to face. I hope the shooter met a similar end.