Glenn E. Meyer
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What ifs are unknowable. I could easy say that if a bad guy holding a bottle was approaching you to bean you and you were clearly reported as challenging the person to not move, drop the bottle, you were in fear of your life, don't make me shoot you or whatever, that might go over better than:
Gee - the big dude was yelling something at the little dude who just shot him.
These things can go either way. From pages of conversation, I think it is pretty clear to anyone sensible that as said above, challenging with a gun if tactically practical is the best way to go. As I said, it is taught by the vast majority of instructors.
Interestingly, Glocktalk was running the same debate and folks came out with the standard of don't draw unless you ARE going to shoot him.
As I said earlier, empirically, it seems deterrence works for cops and civilians. Evidence is a good thing.
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Out in the public challanging is extremely dangerous because some concealed carrying bystander or police etc, might be motivated to interfere and "defend" the "harmless and unarmed" who is "being attacked" and that might lead to two good guys fighting each other.
What ifs are unknowable. I could easy say that if a bad guy holding a bottle was approaching you to bean you and you were clearly reported as challenging the person to not move, drop the bottle, you were in fear of your life, don't make me shoot you or whatever, that might go over better than:
Gee - the big dude was yelling something at the little dude who just shot him.
These things can go either way. From pages of conversation, I think it is pretty clear to anyone sensible that as said above, challenging with a gun if tactically practical is the best way to go. As I said, it is taught by the vast majority of instructors.
Interestingly, Glocktalk was running the same debate and folks came out with the standard of don't draw unless you ARE going to shoot him.
As I said earlier, empirically, it seems deterrence works for cops and civilians. Evidence is a good thing.