I know what your saying and I agree that is true for most people without training or any experience.. but these days when the police response time can easily be 15 minutes or more... a bad guy can cut tires, knock out a car window or do a lot of other espensive damage in that much time.
My town of 30,000 only has 4 officers on duty some nights. The County Sheriff only has 2 deputies some nights. They get a house fire on one side of town and a shots fired call on the other side.. that kind of leaves you to fend for yourself until they can get free.
I've got around 20+ Years of weapons & hand-to-hand training at the state & federal levels with various agencies, military training & National Guard riot control training... it kind of gives me a little bit of a edge over the average bear.
Besides, when I fight someone [especially in the dark]...I fight dirty.. no rules at all.. I will use a rock, brick wall, car bumper, flashlight, a face through a glass window.. what ever it takes to win.... I'm wayyyy to old and out of shape to wrestle around on the ground like a 19 yr old kid.
Put a gun in my right hand and a bright flashlight in the other.. and unless the bad guy downs me with one quick shot.... they don't have a chance in hell. As ole Walter Brennan use to say when he played Will Sonnett in the show 'The Guns of Will Sonnett'.. "No brag, just fact!" LOL
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