Feign compliance and state as calmly as possible, "Yes sir, you are in control. I am reaching for my wallet." I say this as I am retrieving my "wallet." At the precise moment, simultaneously strike the offender's weapon to the side while I move laterally in the opposite direction, drawing my weapon. I fire until the offender is no longer a threat.
I do not comply with someone who has a gun. I will feign compliance, but it will not be actual. I have simply seen too many compliant victims be shot and killed. Sometimes it's because the attacker doesn't think you are moving fast enough, sometimes it's for the thrill of it, sometimes there's not enough money and they're pissed off about it, and once I actually had a suspect tell me, "I just wanted to know what it was like to kill someone."
If you think that a perp will not shoot you just because you comply you may very well be dead wrong, literally.
No, not me. I have reconciled myself with the fact that I may be shot. I have not reconciled myself to the fact that I may be shot without an attempt to do something about it.
This very scenario illustrates the need to practice moving laterally, out of the suspect's line of fire, as you draw and fire your own weapon.
If he has the drop on you your options are pretty limited unless you have a severe affliction of the stupids.
I profoundly disagree with that. Your greatest option is to win the fight and it is a very reasonable task to accomplish in this scenario, assuming you have trained in my described actions. Criminals are used to being in control. They are often easily defeated when suddenly their formerly compliant victim presents a violence of action in their own defense.
