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Message: <blockquote data-quote="okla-lawman" data-source="post: 5435" data-attributes="member: 118">If you look at old west gunfighters, and look at the REAL facts it was often not the fastest shot that won but the one who kept their cool. I have read some of the stuff from the Phd over at OU who has researched this extensively. He claims that Wild Bill Hickock was probably the deadlyest gunfighter. I remember read about a shootout he had in Springfield Mo., right down town. Apparently the other guy fired two or three rounds before Hitchcock killed him dead. He kept a cool head and had killed before. Why was I researching this? It was over 20 years ago the first time I was forced save my life by firing rounds at somebody. I was fairly young at the time and luckily I did not hit him but I was still physically and emotionally ill for several weeks. I talked to many gun fight/combat survivors and found out what I went through was very normal. In fact most police officers involved in shooting quit law enforcement within one year. So what does this have to do with training? It should be as realistic as possible. It you do nothing but stand there and punch holes in paper you are not really training to win. If you are deploying a gun, knife, trash can lid whatever you have probably already made a mistake, tactically. So you will need to rely on your training to survive. Whileyou may not be going up against Wild Bill you may be up against some street kid/thugthat has no qualms about killing you. Most of us  have been raised that thall shall not kll. That kid/thug may have not. He will be at the advantage psychologically. You will be amazed what is racing through your head as that gun comes on to target. This wil make you hesitate for a second, which is what gunfighters like wild Bill counted on. So it is imperative that you train and train as thought your life depends on it. A case in point I used to teach rape defense. I have since gave it up. We taught a very aggressive system. One of my exstudents was raped. I was amazed. She was one of my very toughest students. We had to calm her down cause she was hurting other students. What happened when it actually happened. She froze. After that I never taught anything with out dynamic training. It is as close as you can get to the real thing. If you choose to carry a gun you need to be prepared to use it. Not as a fashion statement, to be cool or whatever. When you train remenber two things1) The people out there may be younger, better, faster whatever or someone who has been through it before. So train to live.2) There are sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs in the world. Which are you going to be?</blockquote>

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