MachIVshooter
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Lots of good points being discussed in this thread.
As for the study on the threat LEO's face, that scarcely applies to the CC'er. The LEO's are known to be armed and a threat to that criminial, so they're immediately targeted.
It is very true that we should never under estimate our opponent. That said, the criminal who goes after an armed citizen has made exactly that mistake, and that gives us the initial advantage. Where it goes from there, however, is wholly dependent on circumstances and our response.
I would never assume that an attacker has inferior skills or eqiupment. That would be foolish, to say the least. But what I'm counting on is reaction time. If the BG wanted me dead, he'd most likely have shot or stabbed me from behind before I ever had a chance to defend myself. If he's threatening me with a gun, he wants something else. Like my money. If he's standing back a bit and I'm the one "going for my wallet", I'll produce my weapon instead, and even the most alert and quickest people on the planet are unlikely to be able to react in less time than I can get off a shot once he realizes it's not a wallet in my hand.
In the other robbery instance I can think of, the BG is holding the weapon at contact distance while he attempts to get the goods. In this case, I'll not be going for my weapon, at least not initially. The reaction time still comes into play, but in this instance, it's him not being able to dodge my moves, whether that may be grappling/disarmament, or striking a blow to knock him down/disorient him, so I can make my next calculated move.
I think the key to successful defense is that beyond the inital encounter, we become proactive, rather than reactive. Keep the advantage you have.
As for the study on the threat LEO's face, that scarcely applies to the CC'er. The LEO's are known to be armed and a threat to that criminial, so they're immediately targeted.
It is very true that we should never under estimate our opponent. That said, the criminal who goes after an armed citizen has made exactly that mistake, and that gives us the initial advantage. Where it goes from there, however, is wholly dependent on circumstances and our response.
I would never assume that an attacker has inferior skills or eqiupment. That would be foolish, to say the least. But what I'm counting on is reaction time. If the BG wanted me dead, he'd most likely have shot or stabbed me from behind before I ever had a chance to defend myself. If he's threatening me with a gun, he wants something else. Like my money. If he's standing back a bit and I'm the one "going for my wallet", I'll produce my weapon instead, and even the most alert and quickest people on the planet are unlikely to be able to react in less time than I can get off a shot once he realizes it's not a wallet in my hand.
In the other robbery instance I can think of, the BG is holding the weapon at contact distance while he attempts to get the goods. In this case, I'll not be going for my weapon, at least not initially. The reaction time still comes into play, but in this instance, it's him not being able to dodge my moves, whether that may be grappling/disarmament, or striking a blow to knock him down/disorient him, so I can make my next calculated move.
I think the key to successful defense is that beyond the inital encounter, we become proactive, rather than reactive. Keep the advantage you have.
Sometimes you have to have a sense of humor.
Then he comes in and somehow bumps into something and wakes me up. I wake up all groggy and ****, I have a six foot 250lbs guy standing right there facing me. 
Talk about surprised! I had everything except my luck and God working against me. I literary was at BG's mercy. I sit up get out of bed, guy still there, obviously not phased at all. I stand up and you know, get the smell of blood in my nose and out of body experience where your life literary flashes light in front of you.:banghead: Seconds maybe pass and I felt no fear at all, other than the surreal out of body thing. I calmly ask the guy who he is, and what does he want in my house, and he says nothing at all, just a blank stare in his face, probably contemplating what to do to me. I am not even going to pretend I stood a fighting chance with the BG. He was powerful enough to knock the air right out me with one punch. I also told him I had no cash, but please help yourself to whatever you wish to take and leave. Guy stood there for what seemed an eternity, then calmly walks out through the living room and out the front door. It must have taken me a few minutes to get a grip of what just transpired, but panic set in soon. I call 911 and request an officer, tell them guy is gone, but I still like an officer. Anyway, I call the complex office while waiting on the cops and ask them if they sent a maintainance guy to my apartment hoping against hope this was not what I already knew it was. The said no one been sent there and remind me I had changed the locks to the place and never given them the keys. 