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Remember at the NFOA meeting when I said "get the gun out in time"?
abbafandr:
--- Quote from: SeanN on September 19, 2013, 09:26:16 AM ---I also disagree that your chances are slim to none... If you move away from your attacker and get the gun out fast and get shots on target, your chances are pretty decent. Obviously more range is preferred. But this is why we should all practice drawing from concealment and using a timer to get it to be FAST. Research has shown that to "win" in a self-defense scenario you really only need to do three things: React quickly, get the gun out fast, and get shots on target fast.
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To clarify my view. In this situation, the dude with a baseball bat 15 feet and closing fast, if your only plan is to draw your handgun and shoot and stop him, I don't like the chances for most people.
1) Most people couldn't even draw the gun fast enough in that time, let alone under this situation.
2) Unfortunately, people don't drop like steel poppers when they are hit by a bullet.
That being said, I would have no intention standing there, doing my best baseball imitation :)
AWick:
For the scenario you listed, JTH, one must take evasive maneuvers while drawing or run, REALLY FAST! Maybe a tactical ground roll somersault... you should probably make sure you are as tactical as a tactical operator can be, in beast mode!
All joking aside though, learning to draw on the move (side step, backing up, lunging out of the way) I think would be an important skill for such a situation.
abbafandr:
Went to the range and tried drawing from concealment, two types, pocket and IWB hip.
The wife was timing me with the downloaded timer apps. This almost caused serious relationship strain... until I figured out that the timers were picking other shots. I asked her to stop after 4 or 5 shots and when I checked the string there would 7 or more. She insisted that she was hitting the button.
One of them kept showing an ad saying the phone was infected and I needed to download something to cure it.
I tried all 3 apps I downloaded. They would probably be fine IF I was the only one shooting.
Basically, I got what I paid for. So I didn't really learn squat about draw times. A timer is in order.
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