Never said it was unheard of..just incredibly rarebdickens wrote:People can, and have, drawn on a drawn gun and won the encounter.
Pyrrhic victory when you both bleed out over a wallet with $14 in it. (best case scenario you walk with a limp for the rest of your life, badguy goes 6 feet under..but still..some win huh?)
In my Citizens Police Academy class in Baytown, two officers side by side, one pistol drawn, the other holstered, the guy holstered is a tactical trainer all over the country...guy is SMART and FAST! The girl would shoot when she would detect motion, every time....she got off a shot just a millisecond before his shot, both would hit within an inch of the target almost at the exact same time.
Depending on how much fight you have in you...you could "win" the fight...but taking one center torso to prove a point is NOT a good thing...
Yes your buddy LOST the fight when he failed to realize his surroundings and let those scum bags (who are GREAT at sneaking up on their prey [because they are predators]) get within attack range
Its not your buddies fault other than not having the training to know when a situation is building to that point..its always good to have situational awareness and have training to know when something "just don't feel right"
The good thing is the guy lived to learn from his mistake...with some training I guarantee with this "training exercise" on his mind he will be less likely to let those guys get within range w/o 1st reacting in his defense.
A smart man learns from his mistakes
A wise man learns from others mistakes