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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ricco" data-source="post: 3720185" data-attributes="member: 46005">This might be a long post, dunno, we will see.I thought posting about the "why" was important so I posted that first but then we got sidetracked and well........Let's examine my "why" a little more before moving on to my "how".We should decide beforehand, as much as possible, what we will involve ourselves in, I say as much as possible because life can throw us curve balls. Me, personally, I will only draw a pistol for two reasons. If a pistol or other deadly weapon is being pointed at me and is close enough to kill me or, in the unlikely event, I am in a place that is being robbed and the bad guys want to move me into a back room or a vehicle. In general I will always be "reactive". Going to a fight, such as involving yourself in anothers fight, is "proactive". "Reactive" would be walking to your car and having a bad guy step out of the shadows and put a pistol in your face. Given my age and lifestyle my reasons for self defense are very limited, robbery and carjacking are really my only concern. Both are close up, surprising and most likely chaotic, no one get's robbed or carjacked from across the parking lot. Given the robbery and carjacking problem my training and practice is a reflection of those. Average human reaction time is .25 second, meaning, if the bad guy has pistol pointed at you and his finger is on the trigger and he see's you draw he will fire in .25 second, unless you have a sub .25 second draw and shot you have a problem. To have a potentially successful defense you will need to do other things. This is why I say I will always be behind the curve.Moving on the "how"Outside the home.John Corriea of "Active Self Protection" as of 2019 has watched 20,000+ gunfights, in those 20,000 gunfights there are some things that repeat. Repeatable is what we looking for, one off's and war stories have very little actual value. One of the things that Corriea has gleaned is the value of distraction. As a thought exercise, imagine you are a bad guy pointing a pistol at your victim and your victim moves his head slightly, looks over your non gun side shoulder and smiles, what are you likely to do? You will turn your head to see what is coming up behind you won't you. That is distraction and you can take advantage of that distraction. Corriea estimates that if you can see your attackers ear, meaning for whatever the reason the bad guy turns his head and takes his eye's off you, you have about 1.25 seconds to do something. My something is to practice moving enough to take me off the bad guys muzzle, drawing and firing in less than 1.25 seconds. Moving is very important, if the bad guy doesn't turn his head enough or has better than average peripheral vision and you are still on his muzzle you're kinda screwed. How and where you move is important. I don't do lateral movement, forward diagonal movement is better. Forward diagonal movement is quicker, the same length of a diagonal step moves you farther off the bad guys muzzle than a lateral step and balance is better.More later.</blockquote>

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