Self-Defense "One-Liners"

2 words for pro-active defense:

"Drop It ! ! ! " {Add appropriate favorite epithet for effect.}
Single word: "HIGH--yah!!

1) "Don't borrow trouble, the payments are higher than you think."

2) "Don't look for trouble, or you'll find it."

3) "Truth is stranger than fiction."

4)" Never underestimate the ability of some goober you went out of your way
to help to royally stick it to you.

5) "No good deed ever goes unpunished."

6) "Discretion is the better part of Valor."

7) "Minimizing danger is very low cost."

I know everybody wants to get all confrontational when it comes to S & T,
but IMO, many times avoiding a conflict is better than winning it.

My favorite is the "Plus 1 Rule".


Whatever you see, plus 1.

If you see two Violent Criminal Actors, assume there's a third somewhere closeby you haven't seen. If you find a third partner, assume a forth . . . and so on.

Likewise, if your attacker shows a weapon, assume he has another someplace on him.

one liners or cliches

Block the weapon first, take out the man next and always (the man is the real threat not the weapon).

Run from a knife, crowd a gun. (I think Lee Marvin saif his dad taught him that.)

Sometimes you can kick or run
faster than pulling a knife or drawing a gun.

An old man who can't run or make a fist due to arthritis
may try kill you rather than try to fight you.

Better judged by twelve than carried by six.

Never die for a lack of shooting back

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Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it. Worry about the one that says "to whom it may concern."

Never bring a knife to a gun fight.

This one is a little cold, but I think it goes to situational awareness and general readiness...

"Be polite to everyone you meet, but have a plan to kill everyone in the room."

I know the discussion is about popular "one liners," not necessarily their validity, but ...

9mmepiphany said:

I have to ask: Was this ["Never bring a knife to a gun fight"] really something you heard at a self-defense class?..I know it is a very popular witticism

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Agreed. Provided the knife wielder is close enough to touch you with it, a knife - even one not specifically designed to be a weapon, e.g., a box cutter or even a penknife - can inflict devastating wounds. It is not an intermediate level of force between bare hands and a gun.

If you think you are about to be in a violent situation-make it violent! -PT Instructor

I took self defense as an elective in college, our instructor assured us that if you're ever tangled up with someone that's got a knife, you're going to get cut. If you ever have to get physical with someone, just remember: eyes, ears, nose, throat.

And to contribute to the one liners: "You're no daisy"

Maybe

"you may be killed with your own gun,but you will have to be beaten to death with it = as its empty"

Don'ts

Never fight with an old man, If he's too old to fight he'll just kill you.

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Welcome to the Republic of Vermont, Get off my Lawn!

"Never draw on a drawn gun."

How 'bout a 3-liner?

Your goal is to never pull your weapon.
Having failed that, your goal is to never pull the trigger.
Having failed that, your goal is to NOT miss...

Another one I like is get off the line of force.

A pat on the back is only 15 " away from a kick in the ass........

Shot placement is everything.

I carry a gun because I am too young to die and too old to take a whooping.

Clint Smith is very good at these. Read 'em and, if not weep, at least chuckle...

http://www.gunslot.com/forum/great-quotes-clint-smith-director-thunder-ranch

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/quotations-of-clint-smith


While generally nowhere near as pithy as CS-a die hard gun guy if ever one was-it's still worth a quick click to see which hollywierd celebs fall on the thinking side of the line:

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/celebrity-gun-quotes

And, finally, while these are more complex than 'one liners', this link is both a good, quick read-and a reminder of why I instinctively liked Insight's Greg Hamilton the first moment I met him:

http://www.joehuffman.org/firearms/selfdefense.htm

9mmepiphany said:

You can't shoot fast enough to make up for poor shot placement.

You are always the second one to know you are in a gun fight

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Fast is fine, but accuracy is fine-al.

It's not fear, to run for cover.

"The second mouse gets the cheese."