easyg said:
...No, it matters 100%....
And on what do you base that opinion?
easyg said:
...We fight as we train, do we not?...
But one can also have been trained in house clearing, and know how to do it, and decide against doing it, for some very good reasons.
easyg said:
And if your training tells you that you can't clear your own home, then you will not be able to clear your own home,...
No, my training has told me how to clear my house. But it has also told me that it's a very high risk procedure, and doing so when not necessary (unless, for example, if I need to go and see to the safety of unaccounted for innocents) jeopardizes my primary mission. And my primary mission is to keep my family safe. That is best accomplished by keeping them all together with me in a defensible place of safety.
easyg said:
...because you have already convinced yourself that you will fail if you even try.
This isn't an exercise in "mind over matter." There are real life, tactical risks associated with going around your home looking for an intruder.
Check out the links I included in post 44:
On this board at
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=5181717&postcount=46, BullfrogKen (who had also been a participant in the National Tactical Invitational) on 24 December 2008 wrote
BullfrogKen said:
...unless you get to call in arty or air strikes, the advantage generally goes to the armed person who sits and waits for the other armed person to come to them. Lots of good training, superior numbers and lady fortune can tip the scales to the aggressor, but even then its not without great peril....
On 22 June 2009, Jeff White wrote on this board at
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=5700207&postcount=5, in response to a question about house clearing tecniques
Jeff White said:
You've come to the wrong place to ask that question. We will talk all day about why you shouldn't attempt such a foolish and dangerous act and we'll talk all day about defensive measures. We won't talk about house clearing, room clearing, CQB or whatever you want to call it.
On 2 November 2008, VHinch wrote on another board at
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3109135&postcount=93
VHinch said:
To those advocating clearing your house on your own, I strongly suggest getting some FOF experience at a reputable training center. Nothing drives home the point of how dangerous it is better than getting repeatedly shot with Simunitions for 8 hours.
I have also been trained in building clearing, and I absolutely will not do it unless I have no other choice. "No other choice" in this context is defined as either my wife or child is on the opposite end of the house from me with a BG between us.
You're of course free to do as you wish.