There are those ‘shootist’ purists here on FR that say you cannot prepare yourself for the KnockOut scenario because it is because it is so ‘unpredictable.’
I submit that it is entirely predictable. For one thing, If you find yourself walking (coming and going) on the same side of the street with a bunch of young (youts, teens, etc. as the media calls them - I call them urban black teenagers and older), cross the street. If you see them on that side of the street, you should not be there in the first place. In BOTH cases, you should have a CCW permit and your weapon in Condition 1. Next time, don’t be there.
Racist? So what.
***cross the street.***
We’ve come a long way from the days when a black person would step off the curb into the gutter, and say “Suh” whey a white person walked by.
I’m with you. Don’t put yourself in a bad situation. If one finds you, take early and easy measures to minimize the danger. I don’t care if I offend someone, if I’m profiling or stereotyping. They are stereotypes because they are so often true. Finally, if it comes to a fight, commit 100% to surviving. Better to be alive and labeled a racist than dead.
“Condition 1???”
You mean you are prepared to immediately draw from retention and place accurate defensive shots into an attacker???
If you say you can do that in under a second, with one or more potential adversaries and not miss, or make any other mistake...
You know something...I have a few lawyer buddies that have said that every single round that leaves your gun, is any shooting situation, regardless of the provocation, or preventative, reactionary move on your part, has a lawyer, who is not your friend on it...
Even if it is a clear case of self-defense, per the laws of that state...
Seems to me you could use a lesson in how far a person could travel, to close the distance between you and the time it takes for you to draw from a concealed, retention “condition 1” status and fire even one round, accurately enough to stop that threat...
Its called the “Teuller Drill”...
I do not care how good you think you are, or your experience level...
If you find yourself on a street with a bunch of black yutes coming at you, in whatever way shape or form, or demeanor, that you can perceive, those perceptions can be deceptive, thats why they call it a game...
Good luck with that philosophy...
To be clear, I am not trying to bust yer chops on this, but this technical slant is dangerous to you, and others around you believing you are that good...
I’m not even that good...
The best thing you did say...
“Next time, don’t be there.”
That is wisdom...