Defending Against Gang Attack

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Identify the leader (there is always a leader) and attack him rapidly, brutally and remorselesslly. The others will usually loose their nerve.
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Good Advice! You want each of his buddies to say "I don't want that happenning to me!" The best method would be the creation of multiple sucking chest wounds in the main attacker but if you do not have a gun then use what you got.

Musketeers #1 Rule of Unarmed Combat: One only fights barehanded when naked and all the furniture is bolted to the floor. There is almost always something harder than your hand around to hit someone with. Use it and as another poster stated, go beyond the point of reason. Leave the main attacker a pasty smear. There are no rules when it is 2+ on 1.

Accept that you are going to get hurt, possibly killed. Focus on doign as much damage as possible and then use the opportuntiy to get away. Bite, Kick, Tear, Eye Gouge, your only hope is to make the drawbacks of attacking you enough to dissaude others.
 
Always remember this, when in doubt as to whether or not using a weapon is justifiable:

It is better to be judged by 12, then carried out by 6.
 
In unfair fights, no type of fighting is unfair. I realize the movie effect some hope to achieve, I would honestly prioritize things:

1. Get the hell out of Dodge.
2. Make a hole, and the get the hell out of Dodge.

If you honestly can't get away or use one step to get to that point, do everything possible to discourage the assailents. Whatever you do, every action you make should be towards getting to the nearest source of civilization.

This is all considering a firearm is not present. If one is available, and time and situation permited, I would draw, yell to stop, fire a warning shot, and if they still advance or move in a threatening way, or in a manner similar to drawing a weapon, I would aim center mass and pull the trigger (the steps could obviously be skipped or abbreviated depending on the situation). If one dead doesn't stop them, they're not going to be discouraged. Fire until they run.
 
Identify the leader (there is always a leader) and attack him rapidly, brutally and remorselesslly. The others will usually loose their nerve.
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Try this and you will probably get beat senseless if not killed outright.

Best defense:

Back your butt into a corner, draw your pistol, and start shooting!
 
My answer will probably be the wrong one but here goes. Crossing the street or going down another one will be the first thing I'd like to do. If its a bunch of young kids, (usually the case in my city) running is not an option because I'm almost fifty and out of shape. If they make clear that they intend to do me physical harm I'm going on the offensive. I hope that a warning shot into the air (if I have time to fire one) would change their minds. Hopefully someone would call the police after hearing my shot and they would get there in time. If not, I'll do what I have to. These gangs usually beat you senseless to the point that you have to be hospitalized or they beat you to death.
 
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Identify the leader (there is always a leader) and attack him rapidly, brutally and remorselesslly. The others will usually loose their nerve
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I saw this many times working as a bouncer. It is dang effective. Especially if you are smaller than the 'leader'
 
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I hope that a warning shot (if I have time to fire one) would change their minds. Hopefully someone would call the police after hearing my shot and they would get there in time
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And what do you do when your 'warning shot' hits the little toddler playing on the swingset in his backyard?
 
I have been the unfortunate reciepiant of a multiple attack.

The "Attack the leader" Advice is good advice.

"No such thing as fighting dirty" is another.

Avoid such situations at all costs. No such thing as a coward when faced with odds like that. Don't let ego get in the way of survival.

In my situation I grabbed the main guy and concentrated on him. If I was going to buy it then, I was going to make sure I took him with me. If you have a hold on an arm, BREAK IT. Clear shot to his eyes, take them. Smash him in his nuts if you get a chance. It's your life our theirs.
I wish I could tell you that I fought my way out of the pile of 5 guys that were on me, or that my so called friends came to my rescue in time and chased those guys off, but the truth of the matter is I got my ass handed to me that night with deep lacerations on my back and a mild concussion, and I got pounded till my lights went out, but not before I fractured that guys skull on the pavement. By the time the cops showed up we were the only 2 on the scene. I was lucky and I admit it. Of course this happened when I was in college and before I carried any type of defense. I started carrying ever since.

No school training can prepare you 100% for such an incident. Just show no mercy, they won't show you any and always remember that YOUR LIFE is worth WAY more than any of theirs. Fight like your life depends on it, because this isn't high school...it probably does.

**And on the subject of "Warning Shots"**
Draw your weapon ONLY if you are 100% committed to use it. That first shot goes into the first guy you advances towards you to cause you harm.

Take care and stay safe.
 
any 9x19mm with good ammo

any 9mm (even a subcompact G26) will allow you to quickly put two (or even three G17, CZ75 etc) rounds into each of the 5-6 BGs. Practice stuff like el presidente (an IPSC standard drill) and you will get the skills.

If such situation is brewing up. I still advocate a warning shot if there still is enough time to get real aggressive later on. I know many people will bash me here for that but I don't care. Warning shots have help me save several lives so far without hurting anybody. It sober's the gang up rapidly. You become a totally non-interesting victim in 0,75 seconds. And their ears ring. your's wont because you are on alert and therefore protected by auditory exclusion. They aren't because they are surprised.
 
every situation is different the best advise i can think of is be mindful of you suroundings do what you can to take away their advantage dont let them surround you if they do bulldog one of them to break through, if he grabs or stops you whip him around throw him in the midle ,all is fair in an out numbered situation fight dirty use what you can as a weapon if you are unarmed a set of keys between the fingers can deal devastating perhaps deadly blow to the neck or face.
 
You better have a high cap mag if you're thinking of firing warning shots. No time to reload. I'd consider a "Red Rover" manuever to break through before even producing a weapon. Once outside the circle, they are in a bunch. Now it's a little more safe to discharge because beyond your target scumbag is another scumbag. Any of whom can be considered a threat. Absolutely time to become a maniac.
This will sound like I'm spinning a yarn, but it's true; I was being harrassed by two bad boys downtown a few years back. Not attacked, but harrassed. Not being able to think of anything else other than start pluggin', I started making jerky movements. First I looked at one shoulder and said (something like, can't remember exactly); "No,no,don't hurt them, they weren't the ones hiding in the jungle, the Hewies are coming" Other shoulder; "Sarge! the Hewies! stay down! they're coming!" - Honestly, not that exactly, but something like that, whatever came out. NO OFFENSE to you Nam vets, you guys are tops, but I wasn't making fun, I was trying to look like a D-2 guy.
I figured punks like these would have never served their mother, much less their country. This didn't exactly make them leave, but they backed off enough to laugh a bit. That was enough of a break for me to run like h*ll to the nearby hospital parking lot toll booth, where the monitor called security.
Against 5-6? I deffer to the "Red Rover" and the advice of others with more experience than myself.
 
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From my understanding, most gang attacks are directed toward members of rival gangs. Don't go into their neighborhoods at night. Don't buy drugs from them.

I worked in neighborhoods in California where there were gangs and never had a problem. They ignored me. They were into running dope and weapons and protecting their turf from other gangs. They considered the police to be just another gang.

What I think is being referred to here is random collections of punks who have been getting high and looking for amusement, like stomping people for fun.

I hope that one day they'll change laws so that we can protect ourselves with firearms when faced with multiple attackers. I'm sixty four and will obviously not excel in martial arts against multiple attackers. But at present, the law won't let me use a gun to protect myself, even though the punks could very easily kill me with hands and feet.
 
From my understanding, most gang attacks are directed toward members of rival gangs. Don't go into their neighborhoods at night. Don't buy drugs from them.
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+1 By far the best advice. In southern Ohio "gangs" are usually groups of hillbilly meth dealers. It is easier to stay away from them if you aren't related, but they seldom start trouble at family reunions and such.

People underestimate how much damage a boot can do. At my hometown fair about 10 years ago a couple of teenaged hillbillies got into a fight over a girl. One kid kicked the other in the ribs and the kickee died, I think a rib hit his heart or something. Anyway, apparantly running is better than rolling into a ball on the ground.
 
Defending Against Gang Attack

Ask who wants to be shot first. No takers? Start shooting. By the time you run dry all you will see are a**holes and elbows heading out of Dodge.
 
I took Jeet Kun Do for several years, it's martial arts, weapons training ect, they teach what's called mass attack, defence against several attackers at the same time, see if you can find a trainer in your area
 
Sorry, guys, but if you are unarmed (or armed, but don't have time to draw) you have to run.
No matter how good you are at any kind of martial art, you are outnumbered and it takes only one lucky strike on their part (or one screw up on yours) for you to go down. You don't know what they are carrying, or whether they have pals in the vicinity.

And like many say, once you are down, you are done.

I spent many years in a very rough trauma unit. I've seen many guys come in, beaten up. Often they were beaten up by more than one assailant. I never saw a guy come in with bloodied knuckles and slight injuries, telling me to look out for the six guys he just defeated, who should be arriving shortly on stretchers ;)
It is my opinion that there are more advantages to running (even if it is just to buy time and distance) than to stay put and square up to them.
 
I have always wonder what the legality of carrying a deactivated hand grenade is. I figure pulling out an old pineapple pulling the pin and trying not to blink first would scare off a group of attackers better than anything else.
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LOL!
 
Adding another question

Thanks for all the experience and observation insight. I personally feel like these types of attacks on innocents are going to increase since it seems like street mutants don't see this for the cowardly act that it is and for some reason, it is being tolerated to some degree by our society.

Krav Maga and a few others mentioned here seem like systems that would offer some chance for survival in this situation. Has anyone practiced drawing from the ground?

Let me throw out another question on top of the one I already asked:

As a future prosecutor, I would like to see a law that gives every aggressor participant of a multiple party attack (2 or more v. 1) get a mandatory minimum of 25 years...regardless of the degree of injury to the victim. Please add your thought on that along with your commentary of defending against the gang attack.
 
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Doug, I envision warning shots being fired into the air. Don't think any toddlers would be there : )
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Before gettin sarcastic and acting like I'm the stupid one, remember that we have gravity...Unless you are planning on being attacked by a gang on the moon or in a vacuum...The bullet will come down and you have no control over where it lands...
 
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