Jamie C.
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karhu wrote: Hipotetical scenario:
You arrive at a bus stop around 7pm. There is only one other person there too. Some minutes pass and two other persons come to the bus stop. They are well dressed and don't look suspicious to you. As they arrive to the bus stop, one of them stands one meter behind you ( thug Nr2 ); the other ( thugNr1 ) stops directly in front of you. (or one thug stands to your left and the other to your right).
You suddenly become aware of the possibly dangerous situation but before you move, "thugNr1" turns around and says "be calm, I have a knife… give me your wallet". He doesn't brandish his knife, but let you see pat of it underneath the sleeve of his shirt.
You have your prefered CCW handgun …
What would you do?
- Even if you are fast enough to draw, (and also in case of an autoloader: turn off the safeties or rack the slide) and shoot "thugNr1" - unless he dies instantly, he might as well have enough time and energy to cause you a mortal injury with his knife…
Besides, how to avoid the attack of "thugNr2" ? (possibly armed with a knife too)
In this case, the best option is just to give them your wallet?
(what if they find your gun - after searching you trying to find more money?)
I rush the guy facing me before he draws the knife, grab him by his arm, pivot, and push/throw him into his buddy, while back-peddling and drawing...
With any luck at all, neither will be expecting a sudden counter-attack, nor finding themselves looking down the barrel of a pistol.
Before anyone calls this tactic crazy or suicidal, it's one of the things we were taught to do during ASP baton training... The drill was to put a person in a circle of the other trainees, and see how long he could hold them off. When a person was struck with the practice batons, they were supposed to "freeze" for 10 seconds. The most successful tactic was to get outside the circle as quickly as possible, and make the other people "get in each other's way".
This is exactly what I would attempt to do were I caught "flat-footed" as described.
J.C.