Woman Dies After Failing To Learn How to Fight With Her Handgun

[OKNewshawk]

If training was more readily available, and affordable, more people would be better served.
I'm offering a class on basic handling rules, gun maintenance, clearing malfunctions and basic reloading techniques
No shooting, handling Only.....2 hr class....$20
If it helps one person, it will be worth it.......
For beginners and gunslingers a like.....

Location?

 

[SoonerP226]

her mistake was in part either a poor choice of firearm and/or not running enough ammo through her firearm to prove reliability.

No, her mistake was in failing to deal with the failure, which is a failure in training. She could've cleared the jam (does the phrase "tap, rack, bang" ring a bell?) or she could've switched to her backup, but she didn't. Instead, she panicked, and it cost her her life. If she had trained, she might still have panicked, but the odds of her making a different choice--one that would've kept her alive--would've been much higher, IMHO.

The author's point is a good one--a pistol (along with a carry license) isn't some kind of talisman that will keep you safe. Simply having them doesn't mean you're prepared to defend yourself any more than simply having a table saw means you're ready to build and install custom cabinetry in a mansion. You have to train, or you're simply relying on luck, and those aren't really good odds when your life is on the line.

There's a reason they say amateurs train 'til they get it right, but professionals train 'til they can't get it wrong...

 

[twoguns?]

Location?

Lawton area
I think it would be .....interesting
Thanks

 

[twoguns?]

No, her mistake was, dying
Who knows whether she had training or not, the article just says she didnt
I believe her down fall was.....she wasn't meñtally prepared.....when it came time to die , she wasn't willing to execute
Mental mistake......if your going to carry a Deadly weapon...be prepared to dispatch
If you haven't prepared to kill someone,....... You probably should
Training is necessary.....the Fight is in your mind

 

[_CY_]

No, her mistake was in failing to deal with the failure, which is a failure in training. She could've cleared the jam (does the phrase "tap, rack, bang" ring a bell?) or she could've switched to her backup, but she didn't. Instead, she panicked, and it cost her her life. If she had trained, she might still have panicked, but the odds of her making a different choice--one that would've kept her alive--would've been much higher, IMHO.

The author's point is a good one--a pistol (along with a carry license) isn't some kind of talisman that will keep you safe. Simply having them doesn't mean you're prepared to defend yourself any more than simply having a table saw means you're ready to build and install custom cabinetry in a mansion. You have to train, or you're simply relying on luck, and those aren't really good odds when your life is on the line.

There's a reason they say amateurs train 'til they get it right, but professionals train 'til they can't get it wrong...

of course more training/preparation the better ... but there's NO way you know above is true or not .... unless you were there .. even then we may still not know .. we don't know much training/prep she did do? some folks will panic or choke no matter how much training/prep has been done.

don't get me wrong .. more training/experience reduces the odds of someone choking but cannot eliminate it. odds of regular citizens receiving force on force training has to be very low. who knows how many shootings by cops are panic/choke reactions .. despite large amounts of training.