Posted on 10/15/2014 12:40:07 PM PDT by marktwain
1) Keep your primary, secondary and ‘secondary back-up’ guns loaded at all times.
2) Don’t bluff. If you are not willing to kill the attacker, do not draw your gun in the first place.
Don’t bluff. If you are going to take out a weapon to protect yourself, it better have ammo in it.
There could be one under the hammer, but it would rotate out of position when the hammer is cocked.
If your attacker is within 20 ft. you’re in danger.
You have about a second and a half to make a life or death decision.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tueller_Drill
BLUFF? If I pull my gun out and the perp makes one more movement toward me then he is dead - and if there are more than one then they are all dead - I practice the hell out of shooting.
I shoot while moving forward, backward, side to side. I practice shooting at moving targets while I am moving - and every moving target is shaped like a human.
I never, ever pull my gun to bluff. If it comes out people scatter or die - simple as that.
By contrast, if the hammer is already cocked, the visible cylinders may be empty but there may be a live round under the hammer. It’s called Russian Roulette.
Ever watch John Wayne’s THE ANGEL AND THE BAD MAN? The girl unloads Wayne’s pistol, when the bad guys show up, he finds it unloaded but still meets them holding the pistol in his hand in such a way they cannot see into the cylinders. They back away.
The Tuller Drill has probably resulted more innocent civilians killed by cops than cops lives it saved.
The Tranter was an early cartridge pistol made in England in the early 1870s. I once fired an 1860s muzzle loading Tranter revolver, it was around .44 or .45 caliber as I recall. Fun to shoot.
Probably having your finger on the trigger would help also.
>If you are not willing to kill the attacker, do not draw your gun in the first place.<
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You’re intent should never be to kill an attacker (that would make you a murderer) but to stop him.
That you had to fire two in the chest and one in the head is an entirely different matter and only shows that the attacker was an extremely tough guy.
Why in the name of God would ANYONE wish to bluff some thug with an unloaded gun?? If you don’t have any ammo, go get some before you decide to play chicken with a .44!
The Tueller drill just illustrates one simple thing: that if a police officer is *ready* to shoot at someone charging him with a knife, the distance typically has to be 21 feet or greater, or else the cop has a strong chance of getting stabbed or slashed. This means he draws his gun from a hip holster and double taps the knife holder in center of mass.
What this means for a civilian, who is *not* expecting an attack, and has concealed carry, is that they have serious problems they must deal with.
1) Their attacker will often use subterfuge to close the gap. This is a predicament because all sorts of people with no ill intent at all will close the gap with you for legitimate reasons. This makes drawing and brandishing a gun very problematic.
2) Attacks may be very fast, especially from behind, looking to quickly disable you. Also with multiple attackers, who will converge once you are disabled.
This is why I insist that if you conceal carry a gun, you really, truly need a knife as a complementary weapon. You can have a knife in your hand, with the blade hidden behind your forearm, and most people won’t even notice it.
You can pull your knife in any situation with no one the wiser, and as soon as you do you have a protected area around your person. Optimally it will buy you time to pull your gun, but if not, it is a substantial weapon on its own, superb for “in-fighting”.
Ever watch John Wayne’s THE ANGEL AND THE BAD MAN? The girl unloads Wayne’s pistol, when the bad guys show up, he finds it unloaded but still meets them holding the pistol in his hand in such a way they cannot see into the cylinder...
A hand well positioned in coat pocket has an unnerving affect on most would be crooks ... another form of Russian roulette?
Help me out here. Is that a scene from a movie?
No, a young lady that I met at church. I needed images for blogging, so she agreed to a photo shoot.
I understand what you are saying.
That is why I said “willing” to kill, not “intending” to kill.
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