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**OldMarksman** · June 8, 2011, 04:37 PM

capflyboy, if after reading the above and comparing a couple of the posts you are thinking that I have learned a lot from fiddletown, who has participated in a lot more training than I have, you are right.

I hope you have found this helpful. We all have to learn some time. Years ago I found myself traipsing downstairs with my Smith and Wesson Model 39 in hand to investigate noises on a couple of occasions. Then, when I took my CCW training, I learned to "let the threat come to me".

Fact is, though, I should have figured it out for myself long before. If I go anywhere in the house and look toward the path I took coming down into the hallway at the bottom of the stairs, I can see that I was the proverbial sitting duck every time. The firearm in one's hand does not make one bulletproof.

June 8, 2011, 04:37 PM	#12
OldMarksman Staff Join Date: June 8, 2008 Posts: 4,022	capflyboy, if after reading the above and comparing a couple of the posts you are thinking that I have learned a lot from fiddletown, who has participated in a lot more training than I have, you are right. I hope you have found this helpful. We all have to learn some time. Years ago I found myself traipsing downstairs with my Smith and Wesson Model 39 in hand to investigate noises on a couple of occasions. Then, when I took my CCW training, I learned to "let the threat come to me". Fact is, though, I should have figured it out for myself long before. If I go anywhere in the house and look toward the path I took coming down into the hallway at the bottom of the stairs, I can see that I was the proverbial sitting duck every time. The firearm in one's hand does not make one bulletproof.