I don’t actually see a situation as a concealed carry fail. On the other hand I don’t think there must be legal difference between open and concealed carry at all. As far as you have right to bear arms does it really matter is it concealed or exposed?
If both types of carry are allowed, then the perps will be cats in a room full of rocking chairs... And isn’t that what we all want anyway?
‘But the best tool’s not a gun; it’s the knowledge of your surroundings.”’
Most important part of the article likely missed b/c readers fixate on the tool. Id amend that to read more like this but the woman is certainly on the right track....
But the best tool’s not a gun; it’s whats between your ears.
There’s NO substitute for training and education. Leave those out and you’re tossing the dice.
This simply demonstrates that a person can be ambushed.
There isn’t a cop in this country that couldn’t be knocked out from behind while in uniform and armed.
Guns aren’t magical. I don’t think open carry would have mattered a wit in this case.
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By one account, at least part of the Chinese martial arts system known as Wing Chun was developed by Buddhist nuns.
Generally being smaller and weaker than men, they needed some means of defense at very close range, especially from a “bear hug” attack. So they developed the “iron hand” techniques.
With slow and methodical, ritual training, they were able to use individual fingers and even their hand, much like knives, at very close range. Nothing quite dissuades a rapist like having a finger shoved between his ribs into a lung, or a straightened hand shoved into his intestines.
This is not apocryphal, as some experts still follow the same ritual to learn the techniques today. About the only drawback is that they are very short range weapons only, and do not work at arms length, so other techniques must be used.
I mention this to once again suggest having a knife as a complementary tool to a gun. Losing your gun in a close quarters fight is bad, but if you have a knife backup available, at least you are not helpless.
And like the iron hand techniques, a very close range attack is still vulnerable to a very close range defense that a knife can provide.