What Really Happens In A Gunfight?

Guns and Ammo Handguns ^ | 6/18/2007 | Dave Spaulding

[rogator]

“LOL, unbelievable. They should all be shot for being such lousy shots.”

Pretty obvious you have never been in a gunfight.

[MileHi]

Damn fine post...

[TYVets]

ping

[Krankor]

Sue the family before you shoot the guy.

[investigateworld]

What happens in a gunfight?

Physically, your mouth tastes like you been licking on battery terminals, body fluids drain from the face, making you look like you have bulging eyes, your heart goes into a trip hammer mode, your ears have roaring in them, you will soon need to urinate, and most of what you do will be 'automatic response' versus being thought out.

One will go home and hug wifey and kidlets, take them to a fancy dinner, over tip the waiter, maybe drink too much, go home and allow the family dog to sleep on the bed ....

[Sender]

For self-defense and so many other activities, visualization and thought beforehand are absolutely critical. You have to imagine yourself in various situations and think about what you would do, and really imagine that you are there. Play it out in your mind. Think about the details, think about how you would first perceive a threat, how you would mentally prepare for that threat, how you would react if a threshold were crossed. It really is a great responsibility, and there are lots of legal considerations, but the primary consideration is that you do survive. I agree with the post that says if you can avoid the confrontation (run), you should do that. Massad Ayoob used to keep a $10 bill wrapped around a book of matches so that if punks threatened him, he could toss it to them and say look, I don't want any trouble, go and buy yourselves a beer. But at the same time, he would closely watch them for any escalation of the threat, and he would have proven his intention of a peaceful resolution. If the assailant started to move in, he would realize that this guy (or guys) probably isn't trained or accurate, and I don't have the luxury of freaking out and diving for cover while he wildly shoots. Then I am at his advantage, I am cowering and vulnerable.

No, I will be the one to dictate what happens. I will be the one who decides what to do and when. And in the worst case, I will not concentrate on the fear of a punk with a gun, instead I will concentrate on plinking a target. I can hit a soda can a long way off, and this guy is a lot bigger and closer than that. He is overconfident, and I am certain of the outcome. If it happens, I will tune out my fear and concentrate on shooting center mass. The odds are that he will miss and I will not. The odds are that I will be fast and he will be clumsy. I like the odds. I hope that I will never have to test my visualization in real life, but if necessary, I hope that I will be calm and do what I must.

[Hat-Trick]

Excellent advice. Thanks for posting.

FRegards,

H-T

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

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[punster]

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I remember hearing about a case in New York City. Four cops barged into a 12x14 bedroom and suprised a guy who picked up a gun and opened fire. Between the perp and the cops, twenty five shots were fired by the five people in the 12x14 bedroom, and nobody got hit.
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There was a case, where a policeman discovered a fugitive hiding in a closet. The distance was less than three feet. They both fired six rounds at each other. All shots were misses.

[Grizzled Bear]

Are you telling me that everyone doesn’t stand around squinting at each other for about 10 minutes?

Hours and hours spent watching “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” for training purposes...Wasted!!!