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SheilaYates wrote:

Deltaboy wrote:Same here ,bad back, bum right leg, I am a leave me along and I do the same to You. IE the Golden rule I preach restated. At 49 I'm too crippled to run and too old to fight anymore . I have become the Old Man that my Dad warned me about when I was young.

If you feel no longer fit to fight because of being 49 yrs. old, you should stay away from trouble that you might not get into danger.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

MeMelYup wrote:

Jumping Frog wrote:

cb1000rider wrote:I understand that and I've always had trouble with the opinion (that I've largely seen on this forum) of "I'm drawing, I'm firing". Seems like those should be two different decisions, assuming you've got the time to make them.

I agree they are different decisions. However, I phrase it a little differently: "If I am drawing, I am willing to fire if necessary."

I believe there are some people who have the belief that merely drawing a handgun is some kind of magic talisman that will cause the other person to flee in horror. They do not have any expectation that if they draw, they may need to shoot. Merely drawing may be all that is required 95 times out of a hundred, but sometimes the other person's reaction will quickly escalate the situation where shooting is necessary. A person who hasn't thought that through and is simply displaying an empty threat instead of serious purpose is going to find things going quickly sour.

I believe that is the point. A person must never draw their firearm unless they are willing to use it. If you draw your firearm only to defuse the situation, you must be willing to use it if the situation escalates. Therefore, never draw your firearm unless you are willing to use it.

If you feel compelled to draw your firearm, you should also be willing to reholster without firing, if drawing successfully deescalated the situation. But either way, the gun is being "used"..... either to interrupt the attack, or to end it.

If someone is charging at you with an angry expression, shouting and threatening mayhem, and you draw your gun and aim, consider drawing and aiming as a preemptive act to whatever follows:

A) You draw the gun. The guy stops his charge, apologizes, backs away, and leaves - the gun gets reholstered.

B) You draw the gun. The guy stops his charge but keeps shouting threats and otherwise actiing aggressively - the gun stays unholstered, at the low-ready, until the situation resolves to either (A) or (C), at which point it is reholstered.

C) The guy does not stop his charge - you shoot him, and once he's down, you reholster.

My point is that there is a world of difference between:

A) If you draw, you had better use it; and

B) If you draw, you had better be willing to use it.

(A) is the wrong answer.

cb1000rider wrote:Maybe that will change when I'm older and a little less capable. The risk, however, is the same - I could get killed simply by being knocked out and hitting my head wrong.. Or wind up serious crippled because due to a brain injury..

cb1000rider wrote:

AJSully421 wrote:Disparity of force. (2 on 1, even if unarmed, age difference)

I don't get this argument. I've seen skulls broken, 1:1 - no disparity in size force. Any physical assault can be deadly. Why does it have to be 2:1 or a big difference in age or size?