What to do when it is 2+ assailants with guns flanking you?

[speedsix]

"...Fill your hand...!!!" and he didn't say "Pilgrim"!!!!

[Oldgringo]

Run like the wind.

Nailed It!!!

And ditch Grandma?

Toss the kid and the granny then di di mau. It's every man/woman for themselves.

[03Lightningrocks]

[Photoman]

Many muggers today will shoot you right away for simply not responding fast enough. These guys are hyped, often on stimulant drugs, extremely fast in their reflexes, and totally uninhibited about killing people - in other words, primed to shoot.

Very true. The times they are a changing. Armed criminals seem to be getting more and more trigger happy.

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[Oldgringo]

Many muggers today will shoot you right away for simply not responding fast enough. These guys are hyped, often on stimulant drugs, extremely fast in their reflexes, and totally uninhibited about killing people - in other words, primed to shoot.

Very true. The times they are a changing. Armed criminals seem to be getting more and more trigger happy.

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You reckon the courts have anything to do with it?

[speedsix]

...at least since the 70s when judges started smoking them double-twist cigarettes and such!!!

[drjoker]

Video that answers your question:
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/best-defen ... lity/8269/

He who lives by the gun should realize that he may get shot. The upside is that getting shot is usually survivable if you can stop the bleeding right away. Carry a small pack of QuickClot. I always carry a pack of QuickClot, some Saran Wrap (to stop lungs from collapsing if shot in the chest), gloves, and a CPR mask in my back pocket. It is thinner than a full wallet. I'd rather carry this trauma kit and no wallet than a fat wallet with no trauma kit. IMHO, all you really need from your wallet are your DL, CHL, 1 credit card, and some cash. That stack of business cards and receipts in your wallet are useless. Ditch them and put a trauma kit in your wallet instead.

So, shoot your assailants and possibly get shot in the process, but be prepared and you'll probably survive. Let's put it this way, every gun shot wound victim I've ever treated in my E.R. with a handgun wound who got immediate adequate first aid survived.

If you just hand over your wallet and hope for the best, just pray that the wallet is the ONLY thing that they want. What if they also want your child? What if it's rape? What if.... If you don't fight back, then your life is in their hands. When you fight back, your life is in your hands!

[speedsix]

...I gotta lotta respect for all you medically minded guys and gals who go prepared for first aid...there was a time I had to be ready to do a certain amount of that...looooooooong ago...now I'm older, fatter, and uglier...and have not a bit of inclination towards carrying even a bandaid...might cost me personally someday...I just don't think that way...I'm willing to stop evil, but not to patch 'em up...I'll be callin' 911...sure are glad you're all amongst us...and better equipped and trained than any of us were back then...I raised my 3 sons to hug every fireman they got close to when they were young...Y'all earn every drop of respect you get...and more...I think they've quit huggin' firemen...but they know to say thankyou!!!

[tacticool]

I just don't think that way...I'm willing to stop evil, but not to patch 'em up...I'll be callin' 911...

I think the kit is to patch up himself or another GG while waiting for the 911 second responders. On my own time, I have no desire to approach a BG who attacked me and may still be dangerous.

Oh yeah. If you wear cargo pants, an Israeli or Olaes bandage fits nicely in a thigh pocket.