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That might be correct if you are talking about from a holstered position, but not if you are cocked on pointed right at him. One sudden move on someone that juiced up on adrenaline and that perp would had a hole in him.

Granted, she shoulda ventilated him BEFORE alerting him to her presence.

"Surprise! Your DEAD." -Faith No More.

Hold a cocked weapon on me.

I will bet I can stick you four out of five times from five feet away. Most probably I can deflect your handgun five out of five times.

Five feet from your nose tip to mine. Sixty inches. You have your hands four feet from me, one foot in front of your lower chest. From the front of my shoulder to my finger tip is 27 inches. Assuming you have a four inch barrel. All I have to do is move one hand 17 inches and I can deflect the barrel. 18 inches more with the other hand and you have a one inch puncture wound. Three inches more and your heart will be wondering why it is losing pressure when it is pumping so hard.

Remember, the whole time I am going to be smiling at you, never giving you any indication that I am about to kill you! If you can't retreat to at least 12 feet with a drawn weapon YOUR life insurance agent is going to be losing YOUR business.

"That might be correct if you are talking about from a holstered position, but not if you are cocked on pointed right at him. One sudden move on someone that juiced up on adrenaline and that perp would had a hole in him.
Granted, she shoulda ventilated him BEFORE alerting him to her presence.
"Surprise! Your DEAD." -Faith No More.

I'm retired LEO and former rangemaster. Here's what we would demonstrate to the guys to show them that they could possibly still get out of a sticky situation in the event that someone got the drop on them: the trainee has a deactivated revolver or semiauto (i.e., firing pin removed, gun painted red, cylinders/chamber plugged, etc), hammer cocked, safety off, pointed right at the chest of the person playing the officer role. The gun can be touching to about 1 foot away (grabbing distance). The gun person is told that the officer is going to grab the gun away and to "shoot" the officer before the officer grabs his gun. About 99.99% of the time the gun is "fired" (hammer falls) when the gun is no longer pointed at the officer. Try this (SAFELY) with your kid's cap gun.