I think sometimes the whole "but you can't do that!" brigade misses an important point.
THIS is the entire point that I was trying to make. Thanks!
The point, folks is this...there may come a time when the remainder of your life can be measured in seconds. In fractions of a second. You have to decide now--how will you deal with it?
When I was younger, I was a frequent victim of violent crime. If you lived in the City of Chicago, you learned that armed robberies and muggings were a common occurrence. I learned a number of lessons:
1. Criminals are COWARDS. They want an easy, compliant victim.
2. Criminals COUNT on you being cowed into submission.
3. Criminals count on it so much that if you do use an affirmative, dynamic resistance, THEY will more than likely be frozen for the split second that it takes for you to press home your response.
It comes down to a decision; a choice that YOU have to make. You are there. There is a good chance that you will NOT be leaving that spot alive. However, all is not lost--you have a concealed pistol, it is loaded, and you are good with it. You can at least make a stand.
But--if you draw, there is an excellent chance that you will be shot. You don't want to feel the impact of a bullet.
And yet, the time approaches. Now, he's telling you to turn around; to go to your knees.
Dear God. Will I die here, today; right now?
You have the choice.
Go like a lamb to the slaughter.
Or take the fight to the potential killer.
I remember a video I saw. A lion, crouching, ready to attack. His target--three men with heavy rifles, ready to kill him. The lion charges!
Bullets throw dirt into the air, and he big cat feels the smashing, brutal impact of heavy caliber rifle fire at close range. Yet, the lion does not turn away. It does not falter. With its dying breath, it leaps!
One hunter is knocked away by the impact of a huge paw. More firing, more hard impacts.
The great cat is dead.
Yet, one of its killers will carry the lion's mark until his dying day; a reminder of a magnificent animal who refused to go quietly into that good night.
I am here to tell you all--once again--that the quick reaction works. Acting against the armed criminal can work well. But--there can be no second thought, no hesitation. Once you move, you commit. You MUST finish your attack, at ALL costs.
I know this from
personal experience.
Do not go quietly.
Do not roll over meekly and show your belly.
FIGHT.