Well said. Though many home defenses (some say most) are successful by people with little to no training at all, as a concealed carrier I want as much training as I can get.
Me too. (Wanting the training and practice.)
Yes, it's always heartening to hear of the lucky folks who prevailed in dire situations even with a lack of training and experience.
Luck can be ambivalent and even fickle, though (if someone were to wish to attribute and ascribe human traits to happenstance and synchronicity).
I'd not wish to use reliance upon being lucky as my primary method of preparation and defense, given even a little opportunity to build some semblance of a practical familiarity and skills awareness foundation.
Of course, the longer and more complex the dynamics of a nasty situation, probably the better off someone might be to have a little more depth of training, tactical awareness and skills familiarity, in the long run.
It isn't a guarantee that even someone doing everything "perfectly right" will necessarily always prevail, but it's better than flipping a coin and hoping.
Sometimes just the grit to stand and use good ingrained basics, while keeping a flexible perspective and remaining able to make the right decisions under stress, might be better than just hoping not to be in the path of incoming rounds because of luck.
