Rickmeister
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As a gun owner who is somewhat preoccupied with the aggressive nature of the world he lives in, I have spent considerable time training along "universally" established personal-defense guidelines. So I was a bit confounded when I read about it...
A recent article in a popular gun magazine---either Guns & Ammo or Combat Handguns, I can't remember which---says that, in the real world, a gunfight demands an immediate, instinctive action on our part; not a carefully coordinated, well rehearsed, eye-on-the-sights approach.
Let's face it: In the heat of a gun battle, when industrial quantities of adrenaline are pumping through your dilated arteries and billions of neurons are firing away at light speed between the synaptic junctions of your gelatinous urgency-battered brain, can you realistically carry out the premeditated, step-by-step, IDPA-sanctioned routine you practiced so long? Can you unequivocally "bring your gun to eye-level", "zero in on the alpha", "get the flash picture", "line up the front sight", "confirm", and tumble the BG dead in 1.5 seconds? I wonder.
The article claims that, in a panicky, heightened state of awareness, gut-level instinct tends to take over regardless of our training. Furthermore, it says that we should make no attempt to repress it; that we are capable of some pretty outstanding feets on our own, if only we trusted our eyes and hands without reservation, not so much our memories (Remember, Luke: the force is with you. TURN OFF THE DAMN COMPUTER, YOU BUMBLING IDIOT!!! ). The article even offers a few examples of ace pistoleros who proved that there was no real need for sights---sometimes going so far as to having them removed---and came on top of every situation they were confronted with. One of them consistently hit flying clay pigeons with a hip-shot from his handgun! A glorious testimony to spontaneous hand-eye coordination.
Your thoughts on this?
A recent article in a popular gun magazine---either Guns & Ammo or Combat Handguns, I can't remember which---says that, in the real world, a gunfight demands an immediate, instinctive action on our part; not a carefully coordinated, well rehearsed, eye-on-the-sights approach.
Let's face it: In the heat of a gun battle, when industrial quantities of adrenaline are pumping through your dilated arteries and billions of neurons are firing away at light speed between the synaptic junctions of your gelatinous urgency-battered brain, can you realistically carry out the premeditated, step-by-step, IDPA-sanctioned routine you practiced so long? Can you unequivocally "bring your gun to eye-level", "zero in on the alpha", "get the flash picture", "line up the front sight", "confirm", and tumble the BG dead in 1.5 seconds? I wonder.
The article claims that, in a panicky, heightened state of awareness, gut-level instinct tends to take over regardless of our training. Furthermore, it says that we should make no attempt to repress it; that we are capable of some pretty outstanding feets on our own, if only we trusted our eyes and hands without reservation, not so much our memories (Remember, Luke: the force is with you. TURN OFF THE DAMN COMPUTER, YOU BUMBLING IDIOT!!! ). The article even offers a few examples of ace pistoleros who proved that there was no real need for sights---sometimes going so far as to having them removed---and came on top of every situation they were confronted with. One of them consistently hit flying clay pigeons with a hip-shot from his handgun! A glorious testimony to spontaneous hand-eye coordination.
Your thoughts on this?
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