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gaiman
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normally, you never need to fire your gun
gaiman
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MISSES have changed a lot of minds, too. :-) All you need to show this to be so is to read the monthly column "armed citizen" in the Nra's mag "American Rifleman". I've been a life member for 36 years now, and I've read that column every month. Now, do you want to call the NRA a bunch of liars? :-) This is often so even if you DON'T get the gun out at a decent distance and time (for the bad guy to notice and flee) and if you haven't been smart enough to use cover, leave him an escape route, etc.
Read Jim Cirillo's book on gunfighting. His Stakeout Unit confronted 280 Armed Robbers, (cornered, caught in the act) Only 40 made the cops fire. :-) one in 7 is 84% who surrendered, without shots fired, guys. Misses often sufficing, and allowing escape increasing the odds of flight without having to fire (or hit). yes, it IS a 1 in 10 thing (or less often) of having to hit anyone (at all) with a bullet.
Also, .22 hits, and poor hits with other loads, often suffice, too. So having to "shoot him into the ground", with lots of chest hits, powerful loads, or brain hits, is quite rare, for civilians (who have their stuff together). Now granted, that's only about 10% of them, but hey, training that they don't get and guns/ammo that they don't buy don't help that kind, either. :-) Yet we discuss the hell out of those things, eh?
Read Jim Cirillo's book on gunfighting. His Stakeout Unit confronted 280 Armed Robbers, (cornered, caught in the act) Only 40 made the cops fire. :-) one in 7 is 84% who surrendered, without shots fired, guys. Misses often sufficing, and allowing escape increasing the odds of flight without having to fire (or hit). yes, it IS a 1 in 10 thing (or less often) of having to hit anyone (at all) with a bullet.
Also, .22 hits, and poor hits with other loads, often suffice, too. So having to "shoot him into the ground", with lots of chest hits, powerful loads, or brain hits, is quite rare, for civilians (who have their stuff together). Now granted, that's only about 10% of them, but hey, training that they don't get and guns/ammo that they don't buy don't help that kind, either. :-) Yet we discuss the hell out of those things, eh?
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gaiman, the vet calls her a Dachshund-Chihuahua, but don't kid yourself, she's all KLINGON. She'll wag her tail, and at the same time tear out your still-beating heart and eat it in front of your Mom.