I have not been in a firefight since Viet Nam in 1968/1969 over 37 years ago, even though I have carried a firearm concealed since 1969 until now. Of course in the Military we went looking for trouble,,, where as a civilian I avoid trouble like the plague. Military firefights were fireteam or squad or platoon or company sized against similar elements of the enemy and everyone hit the dirt took cover and returned fire immediately as these firefights consisted of multiple automatic rifles, grenades, machine guns and the air was full of metal.
If I ever get in a civilian gunfight it will be interesting if my old training to hit the dirt return fire and take cover kicks in or my new training to return fire and run to cover takes over. My question is which is better for a civilian gunfight with less people and probably handguns? Obviously you can return fire and run to cover faster than returning fire and going prone and low crawling to cover but being upright might make you more of a target? However being prone and low crawling to cover is slower and might make you more of a target to someone still standing up? Who would get there the first with the most and survive? No matter what the tactic, getting the first accurate hits in is most important, but what tactic would you use, draw and return fire while running to cover or draw and return fire while hitting the dirt and low crawling to cover? Actually very few people have probably survived very many civilian gunfights, have any books been written on civilian gunfights and the tactics that worked in different scenarios?
If I ever get in a civilian gunfight it will be interesting if my old training to hit the dirt return fire and take cover kicks in or my new training to return fire and run to cover takes over. My question is which is better for a civilian gunfight with less people and probably handguns? Obviously you can return fire and run to cover faster than returning fire and going prone and low crawling to cover but being upright might make you more of a target? However being prone and low crawling to cover is slower and might make you more of a target to someone still standing up? Who would get there the first with the most and survive? No matter what the tactic, getting the first accurate hits in is most important, but what tactic would you use, draw and return fire while running to cover or draw and return fire while hitting the dirt and low crawling to cover? Actually very few people have probably survived very many civilian gunfights, have any books been written on civilian gunfights and the tactics that worked in different scenarios?
I think I'd be looking for the deepest cover and concielment avaliable to make use of. This would also depend on if I had the ability to return fire, or just just needed to get out of dodge!
And my old infantry training kicked in REAL fast, I hit the dirt. I also gave the moron a good chewing out when I came up to him at the end of the field.
