johnelmore
New member
I was reading a news article where the question was asked why someone would shoot another at a range of 20-40 feet. Good question.
A good high school track time for the 100m dash is high 10s to low 11s. So a young well trained sprinter can cover about 30 feet in a little over 1 second. Most of us here could probably cover 20 feet in 1 second at full sprint.
The question in the news article is a good one and the answer is that humans can cover a lot of distance in short time giving the self defensive shooter little time to decide what to do next. A good exercise would be to have someone run at you from 20, 40 and 60 foot distances. Try to dodge or evade them. Get a water pistol or other simulated firearm and have that same person try to take it away from you. You will see. Its not easy.
A good high school track time for the 100m dash is high 10s to low 11s. So a young well trained sprinter can cover about 30 feet in a little over 1 second. Most of us here could probably cover 20 feet in 1 second at full sprint.
The question in the news article is a good one and the answer is that humans can cover a lot of distance in short time giving the self defensive shooter little time to decide what to do next. A good exercise would be to have someone run at you from 20, 40 and 60 foot distances. Try to dodge or evade them. Get a water pistol or other simulated firearm and have that same person try to take it away from you. You will see. Its not easy.