Plan2Live
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In an attempt to get the thread back on track, I am surprised that the vast majority of the respondents here ignore or discount one of the points from my original post and that is; if you are within 10 feet of a gunman (arbitrary number but most can visualize that distance) you really have no choice other than to rush the gunman even if you aren't armed with a firearm.
Are you practicing your knife skills, are you practicing your disarming techniques, have you considered other techniques that might be helpful in a situation like this such as ejecting the shooter's magazine or forcing a fail to eject if the shooter is using a pistol? If pinned down would you be listening for the sound of a mag change?
There are many other considerations for a situation like this other than focusing solely on which firearm you wish you would have in such a scenario. And moving away from just thinking about an attack in a bar, I can think of at least three places in South Carolina I might be entering or leaving where I cannot, under the force of law, be armed. Those are; courthouses, a school or a doctor's office/hospital. So thinking about handling such a situation while not armed is also a valid and useful point of discussion without digressing into " I don't care what the law says I carry everywhere" discussion.
Are you practicing your knife skills, are you practicing your disarming techniques, have you considered other techniques that might be helpful in a situation like this such as ejecting the shooter's magazine or forcing a fail to eject if the shooter is using a pistol? If pinned down would you be listening for the sound of a mag change?
There are many other considerations for a situation like this other than focusing solely on which firearm you wish you would have in such a scenario. And moving away from just thinking about an attack in a bar, I can think of at least three places in South Carolina I might be entering or leaving where I cannot, under the force of law, be armed. Those are; courthouses, a school or a doctor's office/hospital. So thinking about handling such a situation while not armed is also a valid and useful point of discussion without digressing into " I don't care what the law says I carry everywhere" discussion.
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