I see people preparing on the range training to get into all out gunfights with multiple armed aggressors, spraying and praying 15 round mags with two-handed holds and practicing 25-yard headshots.
And shooting slowly at seven yards.
That's great, but does that train you for an ambush at arms distance or less? Because that is the more likely scenario.
That is one scenario, but with any luck a defender will be acting before that and will be shooting at a distance somewhat greater than
two arms lengths, even if he has to move fast to maintain that distance.
But the point is well taken that that kind of practice is not very useful for preparing a defender for an ambush at close range.
If I am jumped at close range, I would rather have some basic H2H skills that allow me to get to my snubby than anything else I can think of.
If it gets to H2H, it is
really serious. Avoiding the edged weapon, maintaining control of the weapon...
Better to try to keep things just a bit farther away, to create some additional distance fast.
A snubby is better than nothing, and I think having one as a back-up is a great idea, but for primary carry, I prefer something else.
It is more likely to be a close range ambush. I don't see that being trained much.
One sees few people preparing for it--they have gotten the 21 foot marker into their heads, and, they practice shooting at targets that far out.
But really good defensive training, such as that offered by Rob Pincus, Grant Cunningham, and others in the PDN group does, address the close range ambush.
So people are preparing for something that could happen, but is not likely, at the expense of preparing for what is likely.
Exactly.