The skills involved in hunting are the same skills used in a gun fight.
Again, with all due respect - if Bambi shot back, there would be a lot fewer hunters.
Having gone to a gunfighting class does not somehow convert your skin to armor
I don't think I ever implied that it would, and if i did I certainly did not intend to imply that. But if it did, there would sure be a lot more students looking for classes.
I recall an article that appeared in a certain magazine (yes, SWAT) several issues back about a young service member who indicated that knowing the skills he learned in a civilian carbine class might well have kept him from being wounded, had he been taught those skills in his military training. That was a sad story to read. It made a real impression on me. And listening to certain (now) civilian instructor discuss in his typically no-punches-pulled way the shortcomings of military small arms training makes a continued impression as well.
No matter if your gunfight is your first one or just one more in a long line of them, surviving it and prevailing are still challenges best prepared for in advance by training and practice IMHO.
lpl
Again, with all due respect - if Bambi shot back, there would be a lot fewer hunters.
Having gone to a gunfighting class does not somehow convert your skin to armor
I don't think I ever implied that it would, and if i did I certainly did not intend to imply that. But if it did, there would sure be a lot more students looking for classes.
I recall an article that appeared in a certain magazine (yes, SWAT) several issues back about a young service member who indicated that knowing the skills he learned in a civilian carbine class might well have kept him from being wounded, had he been taught those skills in his military training. That was a sad story to read. It made a real impression on me. And listening to certain (now) civilian instructor discuss in his typically no-punches-pulled way the shortcomings of military small arms training makes a continued impression as well.
No matter if your gunfight is your first one or just one more in a long line of them, surviving it and prevailing are still challenges best prepared for in advance by training and practice IMHO.
lpl