This is a spin off of the "how many rounds are enough" topic.
Statistics (FBI) and stories suggest that most CCW holders (or armed private citizens) deter crime without firing a shot. either through attitude or display with or without verbal warning.
But once engaged, it's not clear how often the lone goodguy have to fight off multiple armed assailants. Let's exclude the single badguy. That one involves less tactic and more technique as in shooting to stop the threat by pumping all the rounds into one body.
Once a goodguy engages multiple assailants, a good tactic is to shoot and move to cover and shoot again, and spread the rounds among the targets. Aside from misses (stress makes poor aim and the target ducking), covering fire will require more rounds on your person in addition to being in your weapon.
Now add the comments I've read about terrorist training manual that advocate SWAT-like tactics for urban warfare against soft targets (I mean 2-4 man teams using rifles and explosives, team tactics, aggressive and ruthless tactics,...)
I dislike the limited-capacity magazines dictated by law. But just how likely (or realistically) can a private citizen expect to use cover fire in a gun fight?
an analogy: daily carry of handguns is like wearing your seatbelts. carrying lots of ammo is what? getting airbags? buying uninsured motorist coverage?
Statistics (FBI) and stories suggest that most CCW holders (or armed private citizens) deter crime without firing a shot. either through attitude or display with or without verbal warning.
But once engaged, it's not clear how often the lone goodguy have to fight off multiple armed assailants. Let's exclude the single badguy. That one involves less tactic and more technique as in shooting to stop the threat by pumping all the rounds into one body.
Once a goodguy engages multiple assailants, a good tactic is to shoot and move to cover and shoot again, and spread the rounds among the targets. Aside from misses (stress makes poor aim and the target ducking), covering fire will require more rounds on your person in addition to being in your weapon.
Now add the comments I've read about terrorist training manual that advocate SWAT-like tactics for urban warfare against soft targets (I mean 2-4 man teams using rifles and explosives, team tactics, aggressive and ruthless tactics,...)
I dislike the limited-capacity magazines dictated by law. But just how likely (or realistically) can a private citizen expect to use cover fire in a gun fight?
an analogy: daily carry of handguns is like wearing your seatbelts. carrying lots of ammo is what? getting airbags? buying uninsured motorist coverage?