I agree with that distance assessment.Jumping Frog wrote:Tueller was an optimist. If I am not challenging at 40 feet and drawing at 30, then I am already well behind the curve.jmra wrote:... IMHO, she is dead either way. According the the rules she can't draw until she senses a threat.
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I carry a Glock the way a Glock was designed to be carried, but if my situational awareness does not give me more space and reaction time than exist in the video I might as well not be carrying anything.
I once spent the better part a week at sea aboard a 40 ft sailboat. It sounds like a lot of boat.....and it is, if your primary concerns are stability and a fridge full of beer....but you soon come to realize that 40 ft isn't much distance. A person standing on the fantail with a holstered gun would probably have enough time to get off a quickly aimed snap shot at someone charging from the bow-cleats. But remove all that rigging, cabin superstructure, and mast that's in the way so that the attacker has a clear path, and...... the odds in your favor begin to decrease.
It can be a difficult pattern for someone new to concealed carry to figure out. How do we stay within the LAW, while also maintaining a sufficient bubble of space around ourselves into which we allow no intruder? Obviously, training and situational awareness give us some padding; but even the well-trained and situationally-aware CHL can be surprised into having to act. I would submit that if we are surprised into acting, we might have already lost the fight. The only way we can guarantee never being in this situation is to keep everyone at standoff distance with a rifle, and that's just nonsense.
So I just do the best I can, and trust in The Lord for the rest.
