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Old 11-25-2011, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jlrhiner View Post
No insult intended. Your questions seem to have a level of over-thinking that borders on fantasy.
sirrduke2010 does seem to spend an overtly large amount of time thinking of "What do you do if..." scenarios instead of focusing on fundamentals. Train to draw, train to aim, train to shoot, train to fight off an attack, and train to escape, evade, and survive. The rest is just details that will play out in an unpredictable fashion.

From personal experience, if/when the day comes when you need to draw your weapon, you will default to your level of training, not rise to the occasion, contrary to popular belief. The gun will be out of the holster and on target slower than in your training, because we have now added a real threat and stress that training can't provide. It can be simulated, but not recreated.

Scenarios acted out in training classes/range trips can be good for eliminating training scars or problems that only manifest when acted out instead of being thought about. To make up highly detailed scenarios in your mind and how you will react is pointless, because as Sprefix pointed out, you can't prepare for them all and the one you didn't practice for will likely be the one that happens.

Learning to see the SHTF before it does is a much harder skill to learn than how to shoot a pistol or ward off an attack by a pregnant soccer mom in a minivan. Situational awareness, avoidance, and escape are your first line of defense whether you are armed or not. Going to the gun is the last option, not the first.

You need to train for the things that you will have to do if attacked while you're armed and avoidance/escape is no longer an option, like getting your cover garment out of the way, your gun out of the holster, the sights on target, and whether or not a squeeze of the trigger is necessary.

sirrduke2010, I recommend saving your pennies and going to a defensive pistol class taught by someone reputable, something in the 2-4 day range. It will open your eyes as to what is important, what you need to work on, what you have no clue about, what you're totally wrong about, and what is far less important in the grand scheme of things to focus on.

Have a safe day.