Good Luck to you, Virgina, and whoever Dusty is too!!
Some food for thought on reliance upon what we called "the combat fairy". It is were people cut corners and do things because they work OK on a flat range putting holes in paper.
The problem is the combat fairy does not exist and discovering that can have some very harsh consequences.
Understanding your situation, you are absolutely correct in the realization your fight is in the immediate threat zone.
Absolutely correct too in most pocket pistols reach their maximum potential in that space.
Here is real world data on fights in that immediate threat zone with trained officers vs JQ Public:
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The average officer in static firearms qualifications (non-timed standing and shooting without moving) can hit the 9–10 rings far more often than not from the five yard line. However, research of actual OIS incidents has shown that officers can only accurately hit their moving assailants 14% of the time in life or death situations from distances of only two to 10 feet. On the other hand, assailants were able to successfully engage and hit officers 68% of the time within those same distances. So the psychophysiological components of actual gun fighting play a critical role in an officer’s survivability within relatively close distances.
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