[LibWhacker]

Part I

Part II

[Uncle Miltie]

A simple question for a simple but fraught situation:

A woman who refuses to practice, but nonetheless has access to a weapon. Should she be told to just point in the general direction of the bad guy and empty the magazine?

(The background is relatively clear, so unintended casualties can be ignored for the purposes of response...)

[Tainan]

In regards to this article; I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with whatever it is that Mr. Mosby is attempting to state. Honestly, due to the rambling and disconnected nature of this missive I'm not sure if he is:
1 - downplaying the effectiveness of the double-tap
2 - trash talking the .4 and above calibers
3 - just rambling on about extraneous created situations to get a piece of writing out to meet a deadline.

As to his additional comments about taking pistol shots at 50 - 100 yards...unless he is talking about a hunting situation, this is simply silly. Why he would add this to the mix is not very clear. (I did not go to the linked article - my response is to the post here on FR)

Simple and substantiated facts are - double taps work. Double taps combined with a look & see - works if the intended target is hit. Double taps combined with a follow-up round to a vital organ (read - the neck/face/head) work in incapacitating the aggressor and removing them from further action.

Of course one must be aware of the area both in front of, behind and to the flanks of the aggressive target. Of course one must count their shots, as much as is possible in the high-stress situation of a gun fight. Of course one must practice 'tactical reloads' - a fancy name for a 'fill-up in a gun fight.'

Sorry, with all due respect to Mr. Mosby...this article looks more like an appendage measuring exercise than a meaningful discussion of gun fight scenarios and tactics.

Just US$.02...Stay Safe.

[ctdonath2]

“The greatest problem with the double tap is that you don’t know where the **** your second shot is going, since it wasn’t aimed.”

Stopped reading. Author is an idiot.