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July 18, 2008, 04:36 PM | #76 |
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#2, and for the same explanation that you gave in the original post
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July 18, 2008, 06:19 PM | #77 |
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Too bad how many soldiers have been killed, because some bureaucrat, thousands of miles away from the action, dictated rules of engagement that completely stripped them of their ability to act on instinct and training to protect themselves. That is the epitome of ignorance!
I'm officially in the elderly category, so I guess I'm slow by your definition and should just leave SD to the younger folks. Most training programs don't address our issues because we are incapable of training or too dense to recognize a threat. Common sense is a trait you acquire with life experience, not thru some training class or cruising web sites. I'm confident in my abilities to know when a theat is real and accept responsibility for my actions. |
July 18, 2008, 07:11 PM | #78 |
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You said "I'm officially in the elderly category, so I guess I'm slow by your definition and should just leave SD to the younger folks. Most training programs don't address our issues because we are incapable of training or too dense to recognize a threat."
Louie, Clint, Mas, Chuck and myself are all well past 60, all of us have a code of conduct and all of us teach it. Quit whining and understand that hardheadedness is often misdiagnosed as "old man's" disease. Understand that the very rules of engagement that you are disputing help keep all of us safe. I guess we will just have to agree to disagree. Good Luck & Be Safe
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July 18, 2008, 08:07 PM | #79 |
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The only rules of engagement that I dispute are the ones that require that no action be taken until the threat has advanced beyond my ability to deal with it!
I'm OK with ageeing to disagree, but when I've been labeled ignorant by a staff member here, then I have a problem. |
July 18, 2008, 08:42 PM | #80 |
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I AM NOT suggesting that you allow the enemy any more advantage than necessary. I totally agree that once a threat exists, take aggressive / savage action and SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I am only suggesting that gnarly doesn't meet my standard to draw and zero my weapon.
Good Luck & Be Safe
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July 18, 2008, 08:43 PM | #81 |
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Avenger ~
I am sorry that my truthful statement that you were ignorant of some important principles hurt your feelings. I really am, because it was not intended as an insult in any way. There's nothing shameful about being ignorant (as Will Rogers once observed, everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects). As far as I can tell, nobody has said you have to hold your fire until the situation has become impossible for you to deal with. That is your own interpretation of what others have said, your response to hearing what you perceived to be complex ideas. But the ideas aren't that complex. They are actually rather simple. Once you understand them, you'll be able to respond much more decisively to a threat, from a strong position of knowledge. Don't get me wrong. There's nothing the matter with "gut instinct" when it comes to deciding whether you are in danger. But once you have decided there's a danger, you don't have to lower yourself to the brute level of an animal in order to protect your own life. You can listen to your instincts while allowing reason, logic, and clear thinking to help you survive both the immediate situation and the completely predictable and inevitable results that will follow from your actions. Think of the "Ability, Opportunity, Jeopardy (Intent)" triad as an important, fast, simple way to validate (and later to articulate) your own instincts. When you understand these basics before there's a need to use them, your own responses to a threat can be both faster and more decisive. pax, Kathy |
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July 22, 2008, 03:08 PM | #84 |
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+1 David Armstrong
Exactly right!
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Incidentally, I say #2.
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July 22, 2008, 03:45 PM | #86 | |
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In response to the question, I would pick #2...
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If it takes you 5 seconds to draw and ready your weapon maybe you should consider alternative forms of self defense. Maybe something like a satchel charge rigged to your first alert necklace? |
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July 22, 2008, 08:58 PM | #87 |
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2. Draw your weapon as soon as a threat reaches a sufficient level and only fire if threat continues.
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July 22, 2008, 09:25 PM | #88 |
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Son, there is a huge difference between confident and cocky. The difference is that there MAY be a time when it takes 5 seconds to get on target and fix the problem. The confident individual will never stop, never quiet, never surrender. Cocky folks like you tend to fall apart.
Ed Mc Givern and Jeff Cooper both had hand tremors and had slowed considerably from their youth, I still would not have wanted either shooting at me. Good Luck & Be Safe
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Some people have reached an age where they can not safely use a firearm, especially in a close quarters self-defense situation. |
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Yeah... and those people should just give up and die if they are confronted with a lethal force situation, because it is better for the strong young attacker to live instead... </sarcasm> Seriously, gyrfalcon, the error in thinking here is the same tempting one that too many fall for: the idea that the danger to witnesses from the actions of a deliberate murderer is always minimal, while the danger to witnesses and bystanders from the defensive actions of an intended victim is really astronomical. The danger to the witnesses is actually much greater from the cold-blooded and deliberate actions of the attacker than it is from the defender, no matter how feeble or how poor a shot the defender might be. If the defender succeeds, the attacker stops immediately. If the defender makes a mistake, one or two unaimed shots might escape the area. If the defender fails, the attacker commits that murder and then turns on the witnesses -- leaving the witnesses in no worse shape than they were to begin with, and perhaps a bit better off if the actions of the unsuccessful defender bought them enough time to escape. And if there are no witnesses to be deliberately slain by the attacker after the successful murder ... then who could possibly be harmed by the lone old geezer trying to defend himself? pax |
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July 23, 2008, 07:50 PM | #91 |
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I don't know, about the last thing I want to face is a feeble, half blind, shaky old geezer with a gun. I'd be taking leg bail. I know you're young and out there in the trenches sort of speak, but lets not forget who dug those trenches...........
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July 24, 2008, 05:06 PM | #92 |
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Don't knock the old geezers cause you will all be one someday, and I guarantee your perspective will change.
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July 28, 2008, 11:58 PM | #93 | |
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My point was basically that people need to consider what they do and the ramifications it has on others and themselves. If you're incompetent driving or using a firearm you should no longer do so. Hell old people do whatever they want anyhow. I'll shut up now. |
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July 29, 2008, 06:47 PM | #94 |
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I'm for number two. You've got to at least give the guy a chance to save his life, and shooting just because your gun is unholstered is idiotic.
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July 29, 2008, 07:07 PM | #95 |
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Incompetence is not age related!! But knowledge, experience, and wisdom is!! When you grow up, you will understand the difference.
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