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Killed on the Streets Again....
JTH:
--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on August 25, 2015, 04:33:31 PM ---Wanna fight? :P
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That would be more normal for us! ....and we could sell popcorn. Probably make a bit of money...
Mud said something pretty important here:
--- Quote ---I will stand by my statement that training that mimics what happens on the street is the best training for defending one's self on the street. That doesn't exclude training that addresses things that happen far in advance of what happens on the street.
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An amazing number of people spend time (and money) on advanced TACTICAL! shooting classes of various sorts---but have never spent any amount of time on situational awareness training, elementary medical training, defensive driving training, or (weirdly enough, most importantly) pushing away from the snack table and going for a walk.
You are BY FAR more likely to have a heart attack or be in a car accident than to ever need a gun in a defensive situation. Your chances of being nearby when someone is seriously injured is much higher than your chances of being assaulted. And your chances of being in ANY sort of emergency situation drop sharply if your situational awareness is trained, alert, and carefully and calmly monitoring your life.
(The above chances change sharply in various ways if you a MIL, LEO, or emergency services, I'll note.)
If someone is REALLY interested in keeping themselves and their loved ones safe and unharmed without wrapping them in cotton batting and staying indoors all the time, there is a ton of non-gun stuff that'll do more to keep you alive and healthy than any number of TACTICAL! classes.
....it is normally a lot more FUN to take shooting classes, I'll admit. :)
Mudinyeri:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on August 25, 2015, 05:25:06 PM ---That would be more normal for us! ....and we could sell popcorn. Probably make a bit of money...
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Would this be an NFOA sponsored event? :D
And to add to what you said about pushing away from the snack table and going for a walk ... fitness is a significant contributor to recovery should you be injured in some sort of accident or altercation. The mountain bike accident that I had a couple years ago could quite easily have killed or paralyzed me absent a pretty high level of fitness. Then again, if I hadn't been riding my mountain bike as fast as I was and was just sitting on the couch ... I probably wouldn't have gotten hurt. :D
JTH:
I posted this on Facebook and the results were highly amusing---one individual went on a rant about "what really happens on the street" (almost all of which was factually incorrect, and easily checked) and then a number of comments later, admitted that he hadn't actually read the article.
Yes, that's exactly the sort of reasoned discussion that will help us reach understanding. ::)
Among other things, according to him most self-defense situations with firearms occur at less than 3 feet. He stated this in no uncertain terms--and later a second person said he thought it at least happened that way most of the time. (Over 51% was his contention.)
All actual evidence to the contrary. There is research out there! People should read it!
(That's not a statement that at 3 feet it can't or doesn't happen. However, that is not the range at which most self-defense situations occur according to what we currently know. And it isn't a true for LEOs, either--it isn't even the most common range, much less the one that occurs most. Which is important to note, considering that LEOs are required to close with criminals.)
Mudinyeri:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on August 26, 2015, 12:12:28 PM ---... it isn't even the most common range, much less the one that occurs most.
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Most of mine occur at 200 - 600 yards. Beyond that, I'm not 100% sure of the threat.
JTH:
--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on August 26, 2015, 02:14:06 PM ---Most of mine occur at 200 - 600 yards. Beyond that, I'm not 100% sure of the threat.
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I feel most threatened on the Internet, so it is hard to judge distances accurately.
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