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jeager106 · September 20, 2014, 08:12 AM

Quote:
This is silly.
People do train for close quarters combat with handguns.
There's less of a need for it because - unlike a sword - you don't have to be within grappling distance to effectively use a gun.

Not as silly as you might think though.
I carried a gun, wore a badge, for over 2 decades in a very violent small city.
FIVE times I was attacked by a knife welding gobblins at bad breath distance.
Absolutely NO chance to draw a pistol. To have done so would have gotten me gutted.
TWO times I took pistols away from gobblins when to have gone for my pistol would have gotten me shot.
ONE time I took a rifle from a gobblin & couldn't have gotten to my pistol.
ONE time a crowbar.
Things can go south in a heartbeat.
Of course that was police work & the average citizen may never find themselves in such a situation.
Would you?

September 20, 2014, 08:12 AM	#38
jeager106 Junior member Join Date: November 24, 2006 Location: N.E. Oh. Posts: 527	Yeah, it is silly. Quote: This is silly. People do train for close quarters combat with handguns. There's less of a need for it because - unlike a sword - you don't have to be within grappling distance to effectively use a gun. Not as silly as you might think though. I carried a gun, wore a badge, for over 2 decades in a very violent small city. FIVE times I was attacked by a knife welding gobblins at bad breath distance. Absolutely NO chance to draw a pistol. To have done so would have gotten me gutted. TWO times I took pistols away from gobblins when to have gone for my pistol would have gotten me shot. ONE time I took a rifle from a gobblin & couldn't have gotten to my pistol. ONE time a crowbar. Things can go south in a heartbeat. Of course that was police work & the average citizen may never find themselves in such a situation. Would you?