Ryder
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I'm glad you said you weren't singling me out since I was speaking from experience. Far be it from me to tell anyone what is the right or wrong. Unfortunately this makes it difficult for me to understand why you criticize others who've not experienced this yet neglect to say if you yourself have faced a loaded gun while unarmed.
It's not fight or flight. It is fight , flight, or freeze. Freezing is a popular choice and is generally criticized as being a reaction to fear as though it were the brain itself freezing. I say that's wrong. You need time to ascertain the correct time for the correct action. What sense in automatic flight if you can't outrun a bullet? What sense in automatic fight if it hastens your demise?
Granted there was no sign around his neck saying he was an idiot but considering he couldn't best a teenage girl there might as well have been. Evaluating my chance against others is a no brainer for me. Not many are larger and I stay out of the reach of those who are.
Some people claim they don't use a gun for self-defense because they believe their intelligence will protect them. I don't personally subscribe to that theory. Why does it have to be one or the other when you can have both? But I don't have to agree with them to understand what they are implying.
The basic theory behind deception this is that you mislead them by complying with their demands until they let their guard down. It buys you time and isn't an option with fight or flight so it's easy to see how you could overlook the possibility.
I'm glad you said you weren't singling me out since I was speaking from experience. Far be it from me to tell anyone what is the right or wrong. Unfortunately this makes it difficult for me to understand why you criticize others who've not experienced this yet neglect to say if you yourself have faced a loaded gun while unarmed.
It's not fight or flight. It is fight , flight, or freeze. Freezing is a popular choice and is generally criticized as being a reaction to fear as though it were the brain itself freezing. I say that's wrong. You need time to ascertain the correct time for the correct action. What sense in automatic flight if you can't outrun a bullet? What sense in automatic fight if it hastens your demise?
Granted there was no sign around his neck saying he was an idiot but considering he couldn't best a teenage girl there might as well have been. Evaluating my chance against others is a no brainer for me. Not many are larger and I stay out of the reach of those who are.
Some people claim they don't use a gun for self-defense because they believe their intelligence will protect them. I don't personally subscribe to that theory. Why does it have to be one or the other when you can have both? But I don't have to agree with them to understand what they are implying.
The basic theory behind deception this is that you mislead them by complying with their demands until they let their guard down. It buys you time and isn't an option with fight or flight so it's easy to see how you could overlook the possibility.