It's easy to offer training advice geared towards strong, young, fit men when that's who you're used to training. It's tougher to offer it to the wider population, which is exactly why I hate any of these, "What would you do?" discussions.
Agree.
My take is known by BullfrogKen, Jeff White and others around here.
I have nothing against quality training and folks taking said training.
Reality is, many folks do want to be responsible for self, have the attitude they will not be a victim, and everything else.
Reality is:
-We have an aging society, and this will continue.
-Physically Limited folks, and not all are older.
-Folks that work on Military, Federal and other restricted areas.
-Single parent families.
-Taking care of elderly parents.
These are the types of folks I chose to assist with.
My Mentors were some of these types.
Some were Veterans of Wars, and lost limbs, sight, and could not physically do what they used to.
So Military folks, Active, Reserve, Retired, and Vets, from Rangers, Special Forces, USAF, Navy, Nat'l Guard...LEOs, Rescue Teams, SWAT , Bodyguards...
Sat down, accessed, assisted, and worked with the folks that were not young, stropping and all.
NO known gun schools, or training schools in my coming up.
It did not matter if all a widow women had was a H&R 999, she learned that gun. More important was thinking and not getting into a situation in the first place.
Some fellow in a wheelchair, having to go to Vets Hospital, maybe the only gun he had, to conceal, was a Hardware Store 32 revolver, but he knew how to use it - more important how to get to and from the Vets Hospital the most safe.
Special Forces told him - "screw the pride, you earned respect of me and mine, by fighting in your war, ask for help, someone to take you"
I know folks that have taken training, young and stropping, but cancer gets a hold of a wife, and some priorities are greater than guns, knives, taking a class or going shooting.
That wife, or husband, or mom, or dad, or whomever going through whatever is more important and the brain, the thinking ahead, is more important than any g-d damn gun or tactical knife.
They will stay safe, they have called me for instance, me, I am nobody, never been to a known school for squat!
"Steve, I am wore out, tired, and I gotta take them in to ER, and I am not thinking straight, help".
I head out.
HALT : Hungry , Angry, Lonely and Tired will get one hurt, or dead.
I am more fresh, I am more able to think, access, see, and everything else.
This lady or gent may have been in Combat, taken training classes, they will survive, but they know they are vulnerable, and they have nothing to prove by being stupid, or having an ego.
Not to mention what good are they to the one really down and sick if they are not able to take care of themselves?
Got concerned once taking a husband, and his wife in at 1am.
I pulled into a Fire Stations and laid on the horn.
Fire Dept ran out, told them what the deal was.
Screw the g-d damn guns, I got a FD to call cops and I got a damn escort to the ER.
Not sure what the damn schools teach to do, but I did what I did and dammit it works!