Armed Robbery Scenario

I agree, hypoyheticals and imaginary scenarios do little to promote anything useful for most of us! I prefer real life experiences to learn from, as opposed to someones dreamland Scenario!!!
 
Personally, I also carry a few Poisoned Darts in my mouth, so that if I am ever confronted and can't get to my pistola...
Okay, just kidding, but seriously, hypothetical scenarios go right along with "The Bestest and Most Dangerous Gun/Caliber is...". It really is a matter of personal opinion and circumstance. No real correct answer...although there can me multiple dangerous and perhaps outright wrong answers. Just my bit.
 
Topthis said:
multiple dangerous and perhaps outright wrong answers
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For some aspects of this, I disagree. The scenario wants me to investigate two problem areas of being attacked.

Number one, it appears that condition yellow was not being used, or the good guy failed to heed or recognize warning signs while in yellow.

Number two, we all have lapses. The good part of this scenario would be to discuss options once the attack has begun and you are taken by surprise.

So, now what? Surrender or fight? How do we make the choice? We will be limited to stuff in our pockets and found objects on the ground. Which styles of MA disciplines would be the best for being surprised?

I don't think scenarios are bad. I do think they work the best when we--as a group--take the elements apart and try to figure out how we would save each other.
 
Maybe the "what if" scenarios wouldn't be so bad as to have their own warning sticky if people would discuss them if they sounded interesting and stayed away if they felt the need to give the old :rolleyes: and start complaining about their unlikelyness. I see plenty of subjects on TFL that don't intrest me in the least so I stay out of the discussion instead of jumping in and nitpicking. It's not like pfch asked what to do when mugged by a vampire zombie in a post TEOTWAWKI wasteland. If this topic seems to absurd for you then a very mature political discussion can be found in that direction.^
 
punching a guy with a gun pointed at you is silly. I am 6'3" 260 and spent my time in the Marines and i would not punch him. if you had to fight a guy with a gun throwing a punch will get you killed!
 
If you're a 6'3" Marine and you felt that you were about to be shot by a guy standing right by you, I imagine you would cave his face in at the first oppertunity. If not then perhaps that would be a job for the SEALs.:D
 
When you are alone you MIGHT do something. I'm not alone all that often. My wife is with me most of the time. A knee replacement and 50 plus years will not let her run far or fast. I'm not sure what I'll do but it will be over fast...'cause I'm not leaving her side.

Mark.
 
Hardtarget said:
I'm not sure what I'll do
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This is why I like to read scenario threads. I don't think the responses you get are directives chiseled in stone. It's advice, food for thought, a different perspective with a fresh pair of eyes.

Everyone has a view and an agenda. I know I have two slants to my agenda.

The first applies here. My belief is that if you quit learning you become a dinosaur. You will turn 'old' in the negative sense of the word. I'm looking forward to the new Gander store they are building right now because that facility will sell handguns. There are many firearms I read about here that I have never seen or handled.

The second aspect of my agenda is to correct your (the editorial "your") views on motorcycles and edged implements. For example, when I tell some citizen I ride customized Harleys, the common response is, "Oh yeah, I saw the movie 'Easy Rider' once..."

The same with knives. Not one person is one hundred knows squat about either choosing a knife or sharpening it. Even fewer know how to take care of one. Even the "knowledge" that is out there comes out of monthly magazines.

And since much of this is the stuff of fairy tales, so is the realistic discussion of knives as it applies to scenarios here in TFL. If you don't know 'jack' about a subject, how can you advise someone on vital information he might need to save his life?

And what if you tell him something that gets him killed?

And that is the real value of scenario forums. I know a little about knives, a gunsmith member knows info on the mechanics of firearms, a war veteran can give us details on how we react to stress, an MA sensei provides training in hand-to-hand fighting and TSR smacks me around in a debate.

With this info, we apply the concepts to safety and security issues in our private lives.
 
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