PATRIOT88
Banned
I hope I am not the only one that considers multiple defense options. A handgun alone may not be appropriate for every situation or conflict. I cannot say how many, if any have similar backgrounds to me or are police or military trained.
Multiple Defense Options, even merely a handgun and something else can and will give you more options for different situations and can/will save your life.
Be it Knife, Defense Spray, Baton, Empty Hands and/or firearms. I am curious if any share my mentality in all around preparedness in case of a conflict situation.
Having 5 years experience in my field, I know that conflict situations do not always go in order from Level 1 to Level 4, nor is it possible to get away all the time. For example, a situation can quickly escalate from Level 1 to Level 3 or Level 4, giving you no time to retreat or give verbal commands/warnings. (Sometimes called ''Talking Down'')
Personally, I feel that empty hands should be a last ditch effort/line of defense, especially if you are armed and/or have an armed attacker to deal with. Reasons for this, being you subject yourself to serious and/or fatal injury if you go in with empty hand techniques; as well as subject yourself to your arms or defense options being possibly used against you. There is only one exception to consider going in empty handed first; that being pre-emptive action. Course, you have to be careful with that level of preemptive action, as you can be charged for assault or such if the person you took preemptive action against is not armed in any way.
Preemptive action is better done with arms; such as defense spray against a knife.
Multiple Defense Options, even merely a handgun and something else can and will give you more options for different situations and can/will save your life.
Be it Knife, Defense Spray, Baton, Empty Hands and/or firearms. I am curious if any share my mentality in all around preparedness in case of a conflict situation.
Having 5 years experience in my field, I know that conflict situations do not always go in order from Level 1 to Level 4, nor is it possible to get away all the time. For example, a situation can quickly escalate from Level 1 to Level 3 or Level 4, giving you no time to retreat or give verbal commands/warnings. (Sometimes called ''Talking Down'')
Personally, I feel that empty hands should be a last ditch effort/line of defense, especially if you are armed and/or have an armed attacker to deal with. Reasons for this, being you subject yourself to serious and/or fatal injury if you go in with empty hand techniques; as well as subject yourself to your arms or defense options being possibly used against you. There is only one exception to consider going in empty handed first; that being pre-emptive action. Course, you have to be careful with that level of preemptive action, as you can be charged for assault or such if the person you took preemptive action against is not armed in any way.
Preemptive action is better done with arms; such as defense spray against a knife.