Shotgun
Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
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Well consider this: If someone is determined to take another person's gun away all they'd have to do is sneak up behind and plant a baseball bat or pipe in the back of other person's head, then simply take the gun. There is no gun retention technique that can prevent that, other than always being aware of your surroundings 360 degrees 24/7.
We are no more vulnerable to this sort of attack than the police.
Police are expected to apprehend criminals, thus they are more likely to become engaged in a struggle for a gun. They have a statistically greater need for gun retention techniques. I'm sure somewhere somebody can find a case or two of a civilian getting his gun taken away. Undoubtedly there are hundreds and hundreds of cases of police having guns taken away. Many of them are murdered with their own weapons. It appears that the police, even with their training, pose a much greater risk of having their weapon removed by a criminal than the risk of it happening to a non-LEO.
I do encourage everyone to learn and practice gun retention techniques, but the statistical risk is exaggerated. The LEO mentioned in the original post is probably correct that it will happen eventually, but there is absolutely nothing to suggest that the risk is somehow greater for non-LEOs. Quite the opposite.
Well consider this: If someone is determined to take another person's gun away all they'd have to do is sneak up behind and plant a baseball bat or pipe in the back of other person's head, then simply take the gun. There is no gun retention technique that can prevent that, other than always being aware of your surroundings 360 degrees 24/7.
We are no more vulnerable to this sort of attack than the police.
Police are expected to apprehend criminals, thus they are more likely to become engaged in a struggle for a gun. They have a statistically greater need for gun retention techniques. I'm sure somewhere somebody can find a case or two of a civilian getting his gun taken away. Undoubtedly there are hundreds and hundreds of cases of police having guns taken away. Many of them are murdered with their own weapons. It appears that the police, even with their training, pose a much greater risk of having their weapon removed by a criminal than the risk of it happening to a non-LEO.
I do encourage everyone to learn and practice gun retention techniques, but the statistical risk is exaggerated. The LEO mentioned in the original post is probably correct that it will happen eventually, but there is absolutely nothing to suggest that the risk is somehow greater for non-LEOs. Quite the opposite.