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Originally Posted by 101combatvet
Given that most people don't know how to fight, taking martial arts classes isn't a bad idea, but that should have been accomplished before reaching the age of handgun ownership. The process of being a proficient fighter usually takes years of training.
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Depending on how you define “proficient” it can take years to be a proficient shooter as well. I agree that ideally all of this training would start sooner, but that doesn’t help those that find themselves as older without any martial arts training and have to start somewhere. There’s a point that you have to be realistic about your capabilities as a martial artist and that some knowledge (and overconfidence) can be more dangerous than none in certain cases, but I think the same logic applies to shooting, too.
I think your later points about deescalation are important and go to the point of having more tools in a toolbox.