When attacked by multiple assailants: MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF ONE OF THEM

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Man attacked behind a school by 7 assailants. Beaten and robbed.
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When faced with multiple assailants, even if you have a CCW, trying to take on all of them is just foolish and may even end up deadly for you if someone manages to get hold of your weapon, knife or gun.

Instead, you grab the one that is closest to you and make a nice, shining example out of him.

I don't think his friends will continue to show that much alacrity in attacking you when they witness their accomplice being put in a bear hug, then ventilated at point blank range, or had some KaBar surgery performed on his intestines.

Yelling like a banshee or a crazed soldier of the 1st Liousiana Infantry during the 1st Battle of Manassas, while you are sending that assailant to the grave helps too. Psyops, nice and easy.
 
That might work; or not.
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Even if it does not scare the rest off, you'll only have 6 left to deal with!

If it doesn't work, and they beat you to death, then at least you tried. The ultimate sin is not trying.
 
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"Even if it does not scare the rest off, you'll only have 6 left to deal with!

If it doesn't work, and they beat you to death, then at least you tried. The ultimate sin is not trying. "

That's the real fact JimBob, I agree! I am fighting and not counting on the rest of the tribe to run just because one got neutralized. Gangs are not like the good old 50's and 60's versions any more.:(
 
I was taught, one round in each of the assailants, then return to the "leader" and empty the mag. Switch mags and neutralize the threat, splitting the available ammo among those still threatening.
 
I agree, take out the closest one and then move on to the next if you can. Just pulling a weapon will at least put some fear into them. Although, watching one of their cohorts get blasted could work in the opposite way you want it too, they might get an avenger attitude going.

Either way, just fight for your life and hope you survive.
 
There's a few questions I have in this issue. Assuming it was in a State in which you are actually allowed to defend yourself, would it be legal to use lethal force against a gang of unarmed assailants? My gut says yes, but I still wonder in this messed up world we live in...

I would almost wager my house on the guess that if this person were to have pulled a gun, that the attackers would have left the scene as quick as possible. They were a group of teenagers, and I don't know many teens that would have taken a bullet to beat up someone else. If it came down to one of them having more testicular fortitude than the rest, putting him down would have certainly caused the rest to flee.

Also, I am at work and therefor have no audio, but it appears that he was pleading with them to stop. I have to say, that had I been unarmed and in the same situation, knowing I am probably going to get hurt no matter what, that I would have thrown the beating of a lifetime to as many of those thugs as I could.
 
A gang of 2 or more is a Disparity of Force. My take on this is you shoot the loudest mouth first to the ground and then the others as fast as possible. Even unarmed they can kill you, stomp you into the ground and worse. If I have enough distance I am out of here. If not I will go thru 46 rounds of Ranger T as fast as I can.
 
move and keep moving.
In the time you took to grab one guy and make an "example" of him you could have shot several targets.
While you are wrestling with the "example" guy he is also wrestling with you. I also expect his co-ilk are not just waiting their turn.

One of the reasons to carry a gun is so you don't have to wrestle.
 
Sounds like a foolish attempt to me. I do see such in some movies, but do not know of anyone who can really take on a gang or multiple attackers and prevail. Maybe Bruce Lee??

While you were making an example of one, what would the others be doing?

Jerry
 
JerryM, if they had guns, probably shooting at you, and possibly hitting you and/or the one you grabbed.

If they had knives, possibly slicing and stabbing at you, and possibly hitting you and/or the one you grabbed.

If they had no weapons, probably punching, kicking, and grabbing at you, and... you get the idea.

In martial arts training, we call this "randori," or multiple-attacker drill. Depending on the skill level of the monkey in the middle, the attackers may be constrained to simple punches, or punches and kicks, or grabs, or combinations of the above. Sometimes the attackers are given "shinai," the split rattan swords used in kendo.

One learns a few things very quickly.

1) Do not stay in the middle. It is a bad, bad place to be.
2) Try to get them in each other's way, by aggressively moving to the outside of the group.
3) Stick with simple attacks and counters; focus on not getting grabbed or hit, primarily by moving.
4) Tying up for any amount of time with any one of them tends to get you hit in the head with annoying frequency.
5) Depending on level of contact, simple could also be reasonably brutal. Iriminage techniques tend to work very well, as do certain weight-dropping techniques.
6) Attempts to control one, to use as a shield or a projectile against the others, can work - but if they don't work on first try, don't continue that attempt, get to the outside. Another opportunity may present, or it may not, but if you aren't getting damaged, who cares?
7) Hesitation = getting hit. If they are armed, hesitation = getting hit by very bad things.

You might be surprised, though, how likely the group is to injure or strike each other in such a scenario.

Of course, if you aren't both good and lucky, they are also likely to injure or strike you.
 
Listen, Captain America, the good guy doesn't always win.

Sometimes the best you can do is loose as slowly as possible.

The fact of the mater is, facing 7 people at once, even a submachinegun may not be enough.

Have fun with this new and exciting "how a middle aged Rambo defeats more than a half dozen imaginary foes" thread.


All you can do is train for the worst and fight like you mean it.

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This puts me in mind of one of the points I posted in another thread.

Bring a friend. Have him bring his rifle.
 
In a situation where there is clear disparity of force, . . . and I perceive a threat to my health/life/safety, . . . the nearest one is going to get shot, . . . then, there, no announcements, just Bang.

Then we go to mother's house rules for dinner, . . . nobody gets seconds until everyone is served once, . . . unless they decline the offer.

A hasty retreat would consititute a decline, . . . continuing as a threat will get seconds or thirds, . . . until the perceived threat is gone.

I may wind up in the morgue, . . . but one or more of them will at least have surgery, . . .

May God bless,
Dwight
 
Disparity of force would be a justification for use of the firearm.

Using movement to get out of the middle of the swarm, while you draw and fire, is still a good idea. Staying in the middle is a good way to get flanked and attacked from behind, and gives each bad guy a clear line of fire.
 
When a fight breaks out, all bets are off. Nothing is a sure thing. Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes .......the bear eats you.
 
True.

Lest anybody get the wrong idea, I'm not suggesting that fighting multiple attackers is preferred, or likely to be wonderfully successful.

I'm just saying that certain concepts are probably going to be crucial. Not allowing simultaneous, multiple openings to multiple people is right at the top of those concepts.

Some of the things I mentioned earlier were focused on more open space. If there is cover, or potential obstacles one can put between oneself and the gang, those should certainly be exploited, if one must fight.

As always, detecting and avoiding the problem in the first place is best. It's just that we can't always manage that.

By the way, Willie Lowman, who were you referring to as "Captain America?"
 
I live in a area that is frequented by all kinds of gang activity--so this "multiple bogey" stuff is of special interest to me. So far everything I've done has been simple avoidance--I just pray I'm never purposefully sought out at home--it's likely going to be a bloody mess one way or the other when that happens. My neighbor's house was vandalized a couple of days ago and today my place was hit--just kids hurling rocks and bricks but damaging nonetheless. The good news is that as more of the neighborhood gets victimized--the more "recruits" I'm enlisting in our "mutual house-watch gang." Once we get enough people who care involved and networked, I think we can really turn the corner on gang activity and violence in our area.
 
I was attacked by 4 assailants with knives when I was in highschool. I was on my way home from doing a roofing job. I had a roofing hammer. At first it looked like they had guns due to the way the closest one was holding his knife, and it was dark in the middle of BFE.

I fought them off, and they fled, I wound up with 17 stab wounds. One of those wounds if it had been just a quarter inch deeper it would have collapsed my lung. I gave more than I got, though try walking over half a mile with 17 bleeding wounds. I did not know I was stabbed at first, till I looked at my shirt and saw the blood.
 
Lee McNelly said:
ask him if he wants head turned a gord and to tell u whos 2nd or next
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Wyatt Earp said:
Your friends might get me in a rush, but not before I turn your head into a canoe!
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Losing situation no matter what, try to lose by the least margin possible.:( I will certainly try to avoid the whole situation if I can. Begging and pleading does NOT help - seen guys get whooped on the yard, and begging and pleading just seems to gets them more frenzied.
 
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