Socrates3000
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Is suppressive fire ever a viable option for a civilian self defense situation, and if so, when? Is the idea of one shot, one kill outdated and overrated?
I'm going to let this continue but under very close monitoring.
and even then it only works if you hold your pistol sideways and shoot rifles from the hip...Maybe if you somehow got caught up in a "North Hollywood Shootout"
Agreed. Suppressive fire has no place in civilian self defense, and very limited use in law enforcement, especially in an urban environment.I have to agree in that 99.9999999% of cases suppressive fire is just the wrong idea for a civilian and even for CONUS work. Maybe if you somehow got caught up in a "North Hollywood Shootout" scenario but even then I would question it.
What's that all about?I'm going to let this continue but under very close monitoring
In combat only, suppressive fire had it's purpose of keeping the enemy's head down by the 1st squad so the 2nd squad could advance, so on and so forth. Maybe it's not done like that anymore in the new modern Army.Capt Charlie said:Suppressive fire has no place in civilian self defense, and very limited use in law enforcement, especially in an urban environment.
Nope. Still the same. That's exactly what I was referring to when I said "leapfrogging".In combat only, suppressive fire had it's purpose of keeping the enemy's head down by the 1st squad so the 2nd squad could advance, so on and so forth. Maybe it's not done like that anymore in the new modern Army.
I agree but there was ALOT of that done in Vietnam and probably the only benefit of that was it made Lady Bird Johnson rich as she owned a munitions factory at the time.One does NOT simply hold their weapon over the top of a barrier, point it in the general direction of the enemy, and send rounds at him hoping to convince him that he shouldn't shoot at you.
Well actually yes you are accomplishing both but I would have said where you know the enemy is shooting from because you are preventing him from "peeking" and shooting at you at least until you can move to another position.If you are simply impacting rounds around the general area where you think BG is hiding, what are you really accomplishing? Are you preventing him from peeking? Are you preventing him from shooting at you?
I'm truly glad you and your family survived such a horrible ordeal!Hal8000 said:Given the same variables, I'd do it again... My family is still alive!