g.willikers
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A previous thread on this subject was closed due to forum rules violations.
But the idea can still be a good one for conversation.
So, the question is:
Do you trust in the statistics of defensive gunfights and only practice for what is generally expected?
Or do you practice for all the situations imaginable?
And if so, what are they?
One reason for asking is due to the attitude of a neighbor.
He's convinced he will never need any kind of long range defensive handgun skills, 'cause the stats support the idea.
So he literally can only shoot effectively at very close range.
And he's completely satisfied with that.
I practice at distances out to 50 yards with handguns, and sleep a lot better for it.
And the number of longer range handgun solutions to an assault have been small enough to go down in history.
If we could be assured that all confrontations were going to be within a few feet, then we probably wouldn't necessarily even need guns.
There's a host of effective weapons useful for that kind of close encounters.
What say you?
But the idea can still be a good one for conversation.
So, the question is:
Do you trust in the statistics of defensive gunfights and only practice for what is generally expected?
Or do you practice for all the situations imaginable?
And if so, what are they?
One reason for asking is due to the attitude of a neighbor.
He's convinced he will never need any kind of long range defensive handgun skills, 'cause the stats support the idea.
So he literally can only shoot effectively at very close range.
And he's completely satisfied with that.
I practice at distances out to 50 yards with handguns, and sleep a lot better for it.
And the number of longer range handgun solutions to an assault have been small enough to go down in history.
If we could be assured that all confrontations were going to be within a few feet, then we probably wouldn't necessarily even need guns.
There's a host of effective weapons useful for that kind of close encounters.
What say you?
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