Millwright
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Perusing previous threads I came across an account of grasping a live electric fence wire and its potential consequences if one is graspng a firearm........
lAnyone here have/had a new baby ? Ever noted how when you lay your finger across their palms they reflexively grasp it ? Ever noted how strong that grip is ? Ever notice the other hand does the same even if not touched ? Infants a few days' old can almost support their own weight with both hands !
As adults we don't "lose" that reflex. We just control it better; most of the time ! But, if you slip or slide and grasp some support with one hand the opposite hand also "grabs", too !! Now think what that means if you have a gun in the other hand........
A lot of police confrontations are "up close and personal", involving the officer using their weak hand to control the subject. If the subject does something to cause the officer to "grasp" with their weak hand while pointing a firearm/taser with their strong, what happens ? Before you answer ponder on these datum........
1. The officer has just had their adrenaline level jacked up by a pursuit which may have involved sirens and lights, (primary stimuli ) .
2. Non-compliance with verbal orders. (another primary stimuli)
3. Presence of other civilians; (a circumstantial, but often exacerbating stimuli )
4. Time of day. Dark hours/places scare cops.....
5. APBs or other intel corresponding to YOU.
And that just goes a little way to address some of the "police brutality" issues in play.......
Now don't you think it wise to "do what granddaddy taught" when crossng a fence while hunting ? That's easy ! And maybe recalling it will give you some perspective on how to conduct your affairs on an " ordinary traffic stop", too.......Do your really want to bet your life on being "macho" over a shakedown for a speeding ticket ?
Reflexes we're born with. Training is what we do to overmaster them....."**** Happens" when we don't ! >MW
lAnyone here have/had a new baby ? Ever noted how when you lay your finger across their palms they reflexively grasp it ? Ever noted how strong that grip is ? Ever notice the other hand does the same even if not touched ? Infants a few days' old can almost support their own weight with both hands !
As adults we don't "lose" that reflex. We just control it better; most of the time ! But, if you slip or slide and grasp some support with one hand the opposite hand also "grabs", too !! Now think what that means if you have a gun in the other hand........
A lot of police confrontations are "up close and personal", involving the officer using their weak hand to control the subject. If the subject does something to cause the officer to "grasp" with their weak hand while pointing a firearm/taser with their strong, what happens ? Before you answer ponder on these datum........
1. The officer has just had their adrenaline level jacked up by a pursuit which may have involved sirens and lights, (primary stimuli ) .
2. Non-compliance with verbal orders. (another primary stimuli)
3. Presence of other civilians; (a circumstantial, but often exacerbating stimuli )
4. Time of day. Dark hours/places scare cops.....
5. APBs or other intel corresponding to YOU.
And that just goes a little way to address some of the "police brutality" issues in play.......
Now don't you think it wise to "do what granddaddy taught" when crossng a fence while hunting ? That's easy ! And maybe recalling it will give you some perspective on how to conduct your affairs on an " ordinary traffic stop", too.......Do your really want to bet your life on being "macho" over a shakedown for a speeding ticket ?
Reflexes we're born with. Training is what we do to overmaster them....."**** Happens" when we don't ! >MW
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