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C0untZer0 · January 9, 2012, 04:32 PM

The other problem with warning shots is that as far as I'm aware, no schools have any training wrapped around it.

There are so many variables and so many downsides to it, I think it would be almost impossible to train for it.

For instance - suppose you're on the second floor of an apartment... where is a safe place to fire off that warning shot?

Attackers are 6 to 8 feet from you, you point your gun down at the ground... are you going to be able to get that weapon back up on target before the attacker leaps and grapples you?

This brings up an another issue - the issue of no time to think (theres a thread here somewhere called No Time to Think...), the whole complex decision making process that gets introduced with warning shot / no warning shot, just seems in itself deliterious to succesfully defending yourself. And who provides usefull training on it if there are any agreed upon effective priciples ?

January 9, 2012, 04:32 PM	#31
C0untZer0 Junior member Join Date: April 21, 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,555	The other problem with warning shots is that as far as I'm aware, no schools have any training wrapped around it. There are so many variables and so many downsides to it, I think it would be almost impossible to train for it. For instance - suppose you're on the second floor of an apartment... where is a safe place to fire off that warning shot? Attackers are 6 to 8 feet from you, you point your gun down at the ground... are you going to be able to get that weapon back up on target before the attacker leaps and grapples you? This brings up an another issue - the issue of no time to think (theres a thread here somewhere called No Time to Think...), the whole complex decision making process that gets introduced with warning shot / no warning shot, just seems in itself deliterious to succesfully defending yourself. And who provides usefull training on it if there are any agreed upon effective priciples ?