OK, I'll take a stab at it. My gun would be out and if he took ONE MORE STEP he'd buy the farm. 4-5 yards away is WAY TOO CLOSE for anyone to be advancing on me with a weapon. I'm old and banged up and I can very easily articulate the fear of great bodily harm or death given the fact that Mr. BG 1) is advancing and 2) has a weapon in his hand.
OK, I'll take a stab at it. My gun would be out and if he took ONE MORE STEP he'd buy the farm. 4-5 yards away is WAY TOO CLOSE for anyone to be advancing on me with a weapon. I'm old and banged up and I can very easily articulate the fear of great bodily harm or death given the fact that Mr. BG 1) is advancing and 2) has a weapon in his hand.
Instantly fall to the ground faking a heart attack while covertly drawing your weapon and waiting for the BG to lean down to check on you
I'm glad you are ok. Why haven't you considered actual defensive handgun training? I think that would be a much better option.
I have taken a couple of classes here in OKC from well-known Instructors in the firearms community here. They are names everyone on this board would know if I told you who they were, and there would be tons of guys coming out of the woodwork to defend these guys. The classes were the biggest waste of my money I have ever encountered. I learned so much more from the guys I shot USPSA with -- many of whom were veterans and police officers who had BTDT.
And before you ask, no I'm not naming names. Not even in a PM. I don't know you and therefore I don't trust you. Sorry, dude. If you think those classes help you, more power to you but I'll take my money elsewhere. It is not my job to pay to pump up *******'s ego. Just my 2 cents.
I'm curious. Have you ever shot a USPSA match??
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Knife or bludgeon.
If it's a knife I'm not piddling around. If it's a big stick I might let him take a couple more steps. Kinda depends on how fast he's moving. Depends on just how high he's got it cocked back and whether he's swinging with one hand or two.
What I'm thinking is to move to my ten o'clock or two o'clock while drawing my weapon, and shoot while moving. At that range, I'd likely not use the sights, and my moving might force him (or her) to react to me. This could give me a brief time to take him out.
If I knew I wouldn't trip over my own feet I'd consider that. Graceful is not a word that has ever been used to describe me. I'm 20 times worse when I'm scared. Lol
I have had one class from a national name instructor and I thought he was very good. Then too, like annie, there are well-knowqn folks who give the impressuion that they are rigid and doctrinaire, not to mention downright dangerous. Some regional instructors are very good, and others make me think that they don't know what they are talking about, spouting words that they don't know the meaning of. One of these schools has videos depicting very unsafe practices, and the other is, I think, just getting his own business started, and I just know from a gun forum.
Annie, hon, you've met me and that is a description of me, too!!
Remember that movie with Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds The Best Litttle Whorehouse in Texas? The governor was well-known for doing the 'little side-step'. That's what I do. I practice moving sideways, and while I'm not as adept as the governor, I can do it if I have to. I side-step while drawing and shooting. It does take practice.
