Great thoughts and ideas. I find the threat assessment time is critical. If the advasary says he will stab, shoot, beat(as in with an object), you better get activated. Believe the threat, draw your weapon and prepare to shoot and move. I can’t get it done in 1.5 seconds on a spur of moment deal. I’m getting the old. Playing fair and hollering draw is BS. You have to win, you don’t get do overs. USCCA had an article on the aftermath of a self-defense incident. The mental part is daunting, but you have to survive to learn to live with your actions. Can and will you shoot? The issue is very complex. The more I study and practice the more I find I don’t know enough.
Yes. I just read an article the other day in which a self defense expert said that the common wisdom of training that says don’t pull your gun unless you intend to shoot is wrong. He said that pulling your gun is an act of deterrence that works. The trick is that the shooter has to assess a imminent threat that is explainable to the cops.
In SC, there is a law against brandishing a weapon. Obviously there is a difference between waving a gun around and a deterrent draw but as the first words out of my NRA instructor’s mouth was, you ain’t shooting bullets, you’re shooting lawyers.
All that being said, I’ll opt for staying alive if God forbid I find myself backed into a wall.