If you limit "self-defense" strictly to yourself and those within your immediate vicinity (a few steps), the probably.
Where 25 yard shots might be necessary;
- "Defense of another": Where the other person being victimized is on the far side of a barrier you can't climb over - e.g. a chain link fence.
- Where a person outside your home (or another person's home) is preparing to use a Molotov cocktail and it's not even 5pm yet.
- The obvious: You are under fire from someone 25 yards away.
exactly.
for the first example i would say no barrier would even be necessarry other than space and the lack of time to close it.
if you're ever in position to need to fire at 25 yards or more you can just yell statistics at the threat.
if we're simply playing the odds,where do you draw the line?odds are you wont need your weapon for self-defense anyway.
maybe being fired on from 100 yards out,by some meth head with a shotgun,who thought i was snooping arround his "lab",has skewed my view of things.i was in the middle of a field with no cover in sight,wearing a full leg brace from a injured knee,and i thought the trailer he came from was abandoned(sure looked it).i dont even know if he was trying to hit me,or just scare me off.but he was hitting close enough for dirt that got kicked up to hit me at one point.
i would have attempted a shot if i had been carrying at the time(it was actually the event which caused me to never go without since).if nothing else it may have had a negative effect on his accuracy and/or his interest.
...ntm i have 2 bad knees and out running anyone is unlikely.
yes...the odds say closer is much more likely,but 25 yards isnt
that far at all.it is indeed very possible for someone to present a threat from that range or even much further.
i know the stats didnt make me feel any better at the time.
"just relax,this shouldnt be happening"
i see no down side in being as effective as possible with your chosen weapon.