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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BadKarma" data-source="post: 904527" data-attributes="member: 9274">For what my two cents may be worth. I have been in the situation that is being described here, I was in an officer involved shooting several years ago and the suspect was killed. In my opinion the most important aspect of carrying a weapon and using the weapon is quite simple, a survival mindset, I am going to survive whatever the cost. If it's shooting him, stabbing him, running over him with a vehicle, it makes no difference, I am going to survive. This comes into play even more if you are injured during the incident. A surprising number of gunshot and knife wounds are not fatal, to a great extent you make the choice to survive or not, never ever ever give up, if you are down, get up. If you can't come to terms with these things then my best advice is submit to your assailant and hope he decides not to kill you. If you present a weapon and don't intend to use it you have raised the level of necessary force for him as well and he undoubtedly will choose to defend himself. Perfect practice does make you better, it does not make you perfect. You will do as you have trained in times of stress and your abilities will be reduced somewhat by that stress, that's just the human factor. Simple fact, this puts you at a disadvantage and coupled with the probability that your assailant already knows what he is going to do and is in all likely hood more prepared than you. Obviously proper and frequent training is critical. In short how does one prepare for this event? Survival mindset, competent with your weapon, and avoid cranialrectal inversion, pay attention to where you are and what's taking place around you. The best way is to avoid it, like an old bomb tech friend of mine once told me; don't be there when it goes off. Don't knowingly put yourself in situations that you know are unsafe and never choose to be a victim.As far as what happens in an armed encounter, it will be the fastest slow motion event you will ever experience. My incident involved a total of seven rounds and was probably over and done in less than a couple of seconds. To this day I will tell you it took place frame by frame. I later remembered the muzzle blast, the recoil, and seeing my rounds strike the bad guy along with the friggin huge weapon he was trying to kill me with. At the precise moment it was over, I couldn't tell you s**t about what just took place. Memory loss is a high probability, is very common, and nothing to worry about. It will sort itself out in a few days. It simply is a reaction similar to when the guy in front of you slams on his brakes and you instinctively do the same and then later realize what just happened. Being well prepared is your greatest advantage in an armed encounter, most likely it will be the only thing in your favor at the time.It is not the end of the world and will not ruin your life. Never feel bad or guilty about surviving. It was his game, you won, he lost, screw him.Hope this helps.</blockquote>

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