Christian Soldier
Orange Belt
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2012
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- 81
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Frankly, I am big on carrying guns. Even when I carried a gun as part of my daily life, it would not necessarily have been the first thing I reached for. Now granted, there are times that if you have one, that is the best thing to have in your hand.
But the problem with guns, is that if you draw a gun, you have no where else to go. You have to shoot it if you must defend yourself. You may say you can pistol whip someone, and I guess that is true, but the gun is not designed as a club. It is designed to forcefully and quickly move a projectile into an opponent, and that is the way it is best used. I believe a trained MA should be able to, and to seek to, use other defenses in most circumstances.
Yeah totatly agree, the first thing you should reach for should be your wallet and then your cell phone. A gun is designed to be a projectile weapon and it can be used from many ranges.
To the OP guy: Honestly, if you've already gotten in the habbit of carrying a gun, just stick with it. You don't want to stop carrying your gun and switch to a neck knife right away because, unless you've completely 'untrained' yourself, you are going to reach for your hip and waste a precious second in a SD scenario. A second that you can't afford to lose. Nothing wrong with just carrying a gun and knowing how to use it.
Any other option is going to be more dangerous for you becaus it either won't be as effective (peper spray for instance), or will require you to be very close to an adreniline filled mad man who is intent on making you 'combat inefective'.
A taser (the shooting kind, don't go with a stun gun) isn't a bad option either, but it has it's disadvanatges just like any other weapon.