Posted by bsms: If I'm walking out to my car at night and there is some guy hanging around near my car, I'll move in a different direction, at least long enough to get my hand on my gun.
Sounds good, if you can do it.
I don't live in a big city with crowded parking.
Criminals are very mobile these days. And crowded parking is just one reason to expect to be at risk near your car.
If a guy starts sprinting toward me with a knife, my decision to pull the gun and shoot or turn and run will depend on the situation.
Personally, I cannot begin to imagine choosing to try to depend upon speed and endurance for survival when attacked by a violent criminal attacker with a knife, and when using a firearm is possible.
And even if I could pull my gun from concealment and get a shot off in under a second, it won't prevent him from stabbing me.
...which is precisely what some well designed Tueller training would show you.
Therefor, in MANY cases, running is the best option.
Whenever retreat is safely possible, it
is the best option.
Or forgetting the gun, and going for a gunless fight to control the knife so I won't get stabbed, or stabbed as bad.
Not very prudent, I'm afraid.
That's excellent advice, and it's something that people who fantasize about traipsing around their houses with gun in hand looking fora burglar should keep in mind.
It doesn't prevent the other guy from doing anything during the next 5 seconds - not unless you shoot him in the brain.
It may or it may not.
Two or more bad guys is not uncommon. Two or more bad guys who want to get shot IS uncommon.
No one wants to get shot. But I would not count on the belief that a second attacker who cannot escape without your car, or who cannot safely disengage after you have started firing, or who is not rational, or who does not yet realize that it is you who has fired, will not continue to present an imminent threat.
In the 35 years since I pulled a gun, I've managed to live without needing to pull one.
My last defensive gun use occurred in 1968, but as they say, past performance is no guarantee of future results.
I keep a look around me. I don't go to high crime areas. I don't go out after 9PM on Friday or Saturday. On the rare times I do, I'm picky about where I go and what I carry and how I carry.
Good.
I find the idea of hiding behind a wall of lead both stupid and immoral.
Who suggested such an impossible tactic?
You are responsible for the rounds you shoot, unless you are a cop. Then you can probably shoot darn near anyone and get away with it.e
Your understanding of the concept of community indemnification of law enforcement officers is seriously flawed.
When you carry a gun in public, you assume a duty to consider the public in your tactics.
No one should ever forget that.