...and this is related to firearms S&T how?
Don't look like prey, think like a criminal. -me
Every swinging richard today wants to buy a magic talisman to keep them safe.
A criminal (predator) will take a one dollar screwdriver and take out a targeted victim (prey) that has the latest greatest handgun with larger capacity magazine stoked full of ammunition that blew the doors of anything else on the market in gelatin testing and accuracy testing.
Even a momma quail, a beautiful bird no bigger than your fist, has better understanding of the prey-predator relationship.
She knows a threat, is going to look for easier softer prey. She knows the predator is going to watch, have a plan, and often times not be alone. The strike of the threat will be fast and swift,and if she is not paying attention, she will not even know a threat exists, until it is too late, and the predator(s) have struck.
Quail, especially that momma, are armed. They have Mindset, Skill sets, and know how to employ the tools they have to stay safe.
I have seen grown men , with a nice expensive shotgun in hand, not only pee themselves, also drop that nice shotgun, and fall down, because the quail was armed, and stopped an immediate threat of that hunter with a nice expensive shotgun.
...even the shotgun that racks, does not scare the small beautiful quail at the sound of it being racked. Instead the quail better knows where the Predator is by the racking of the shotgun.
When the quail Explodes at the foot of threat, this explosion throws the threat off their intended game plans and the quail fly away, as distance is a friend in staying safe.
I have seen the feral cat that one second was the predator, so focused on that momma quail feigning a busted wing, and instead of being able to take that easy prey, became prey themselves,and never knew they were the hunted until they woke up dead.
So yes humans posses the ability to be predators, it is part of how the human being is set up. The human body is designed to protect itself.
The most known is the "Flight or Fight" response.
The human body will also be a predator upon itself. One cannot be in a constant state of awareness, as the human body will not let it. A sniper can only be effective for a period time behind the glass, before the human body says it needs a break.
If the human body does not get enough calcium, it will become a predator to take calcium from bone.
In the brain is an area called "The Circle of Willis", the human body will be a predator unto itself to kill of other systems to protect The Circle of Willis. It is designed to protect that part of the brain.
The Circle of Willis is to be the last thing to die.
Then we have the reality some folks are not wired like law abiding folks, hence the reason we call them criminals.
There exists various
Models of the Violent Criminal Actor (VCA) [NTI] and one is best advised to know what these "types of criminals" are.
Which leads us to :
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have
hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for
anything else thereafter.-Ernest Hemingway
Why did Hemingway pen such words? Those of you familiar with Hemingway know of his life experiences.
Hemingway also hunted dangerous game, and as our esteemed member H&H Hunter has shared with us before , when one is after dangerous game that will hunt you, and will eat you, you realize you are no longer at the top of the food chain.
Remember those various types of criminals I referenced Skip at National Tactical Invitational shares with the Study Group, and all of us?
Some models are those criminals that hunt armed men down.
Which means someone has to hunt these criminals down.
A wise citizen will take prudent steps to know , to investigate and verify themselves first, then the rest of the habitat they share , so they will not be subjugated.
Because the Military , Police, and Criminal sure do understand this predator portion of the predator and prey relationship.
Homeless persons, those living on the streets understand this relationship, and they do take prudent steps to stay safe.
Folks go on about buying "body armor", I hate to break it to you folks, the homeless have known about body armor a long long time, and unlike many citizens that purchase armor and never wear it, the street person actually does employ his, by wearing it daily.
To this day new cops , full of urine and vinegar, with all the new high tech equipment, including gun, get bested by a street person.
Seasoned cops try to inform the new cops, but the seasoned ones are "old fashioned", "old school" and "don't know how this new high tech equipment is gonna____."
Are humans wired as predators?
Yes.
Thread relevant to anything on a gun forum, in the S&T sub=forum?
Damn Skippy it is!
