“7. Get a concealed carry permit, buy a gun and morph into a proficiency with said weapon that rivals Doc Holliday or Annie Oakley.”
THEY AREN’T GOING TO COME UP TO YOU AND POLITELY TELL YOU THEY ARE GOING TO CAVE YOUR SKULL IN! What is so difficult to understand about that? Why do people think that if they are carrying it will make them immune from being coldcocked from behind? I really don’t get it. It’s like they believe that by just carrying a gun it will give them eyes in the back of their heads so they can see someone sneaking up on them from behind.
You’re one of the ones I’m talking about. You CAN be aware of people around you AND behind you. All you need do is look and keep looking, especially if you are in a ‘diverse’ area.
Don’t even begin to try and tell me you can’t do anything about it. If you are so oblivious to your surroundings and don’t have the sense to keep out or keep vigilant, then you should not be there in the first place.
I have seen little cap/helmet or goggles mounted rearview mirrors used by bicyclists. Maybe those would be a useful addition to your T, O and E for certain environments.
“It’s like they believe that by just carrying a gun it will give them eyes in the back of their heads so they can see someone sneaking up on them from behind.”
Actually, carrying a gun DID do that for me. Not eyes in the back of my head, but it trains you to be much more aware of who is around you 360 degrees.
But agreed, it will happen fast. So not sure how to defend against it if all else fails (stay out of bad areas, don’t get boxed it, etc.). There is a youtube video of a middle-aged black guy decrying the knockout “game”. His advice to white people was “get a permit, carry a gun, and you see a group of black punks, you shoot them. Call it “shoot out”. Not sure if he got that comment reviewed by his attorney though.
Oleg Volk has a poster which has a female musician holding her violin. The message is:
Buying an instrument does not make you a musician.
Buying a gun does not make you a gun fighter.
Get Instruction.
Note the sad reality that the courses for a CCW permit are merely the beginning. An ex-fiancee of mine was a Biancci Cup record holder, a cute, red-headed school teacher, too. When she had a match coming up, she went from 50/100 rounds per weekend to 100 rounds per day and double that or more for the last few days.
Since you can’t do that, buy a Laserlyte thingie to go into the barrel of youe EMPTY gun. Every time you squeeze the trigger, the noise of the hammer (or striker) causes a 100 millisecond duration red dot to appear where the bullet would have hit if you had a loaded gun.,
This is G*d’s gift to a handgun owner - practice diligently, because your life might depend on your skill with your gun.
And, we both know you won’t go the range daily - so start ordering that thingie from Laserlyte.
PS I neither work for Laserlyte no own any stock in that company.
PPS I do strongly suggest to all my CCW students they immediately buy one. Oh, yeah - I have all of them use one as part of their training.