Gary O
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"the best use for a handgun is to fight your way to a rifle" ? Thanks...
QFT.I don't know who said it originally, but it's oft quoted by so-called tactical gurus that don't live in the normal world to show how über-tactical they are....
If somebody does pull a rifle on you at a distance the idea of you being able to "fight your way" to your rifle seems incredibly unlikely if they're competent with their weapon of choice in any way shape or form.Unfortunately it's true, as Chieftain and Bikerdoc pointed out. If you've ever been in a rifle fight and all you have is a pistol, you'll quickly either become a believer or become dead.
Your self-defense SuperZootWilsonBaerGlockXDCZ is wimpy and inaccurate compared to ANY serious rifle out there.
(I keep my shower rifle in a plastic bag taped to my private parts, and you can't see the rifle! )
statistics say that you're unlikely to be attacked with a rifle anyways.
Exactly.In a military/battle/civil unrest situation, you're dang right I want a rifle!
But in the "normal" civilian world, as I mentioned, how does it make sense?
You're at the mall with wife and kids. You're attacked in the parking lot, but you're supposed to "use your pistol to fight your way back to the rifle" that's cased in the trunk of your car thats parked 40 yds away?
I don't think so.
He adds, "which you shouldn't have left behind in the first place."to fight your way to a rifle"
In a military/battle/civil unrest situation, you're dang right I want a rifle!
But in the "normal" civilian world, as I mentioned, how does it make sense?
You're at the mall with wife and kids. You're attacked in the parking lot, but you're supposed to "use your pistol to fight your way back to the rifle" that's cased in the trunk of your car thats parked 40 yds away?
I don't think so.
So the idea of "...fight your way back..." is pretty much just a gung-ho soundbite that doesn't mean anything in a non-military context.