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MasterOfNone wrote:

VoiceofReason wrote:If I have offended anyone, I apologize but I feel that sometimes a little reality can be helpful.

I don't think anyone was offended; just surprised that you are willing to bet your life on your ability to outdraw any BG that you may face.

Please allow me to explain (no bragging intended).

Practice, practice, practice.

I wear a shoulder holster with my Kimber under a denim vest. I often put snap caps in my guns and practice drawing facing a bed in case I drop it. I can let go of my cane, draw my Kimber (right handed) and drop the hammer before the cane hits the floor.

I carry a Berretta 32 in a pocket holster in my left front pocket as I use the cane in my right hand. I can put my left hand in my pocket if I sense a possible threat, have the gun in my hand and no one ever knows. I can draw and fire the 32 in less than a heartbeat.

I shoot the Kimber right handed and only shoot the 32 left handed. When I shoot the Kimber, I aim with my right eye and when I shoot the Berretta I aim with my left eye. Of course within 20 feet I point and shoot.

I am crippled. I cannot run and I cannot fight. I can only hope that if someone tries to pull a weapon on me, looking down the barrel of a 45 might change their mind. At one time I was an LEO. I know what can happen on the street and how fast.

I am crippled but I do intend to protect my wife (43 years) and myself.

If I have offended anyone, I apologize but I feel that sometimes a little reality can be helpful.

I hesitated to answer because of the way it may sound but after getting hit in the chest with a 45 HYDRA-SHOK, if he finishes the draw he probably won’t be too accurate, especially since two or three will follow in quick succession.

I hope I never have to fire on anyone but if I do, I have no intention of letting him get a shot off at me.

I have seen (among other things) a very big man, very dead, from one shot with a 22.

Excaliber wrote:

rmr1923 wrote:

MedicMan218 wrote:I agree with both previous post

same here... if you feel that you need to tell a threat that you're armed (as an act to deter them from coming closer), it's time to draw and THEN give a verbal warning. my first instinct would be to try to just get out of there with as little incident as possible, but if i felt cornered or otherwise unable to escape safely, i'd rather draw first and then give them a verbal warning to back off and let me leave. my first assumption in this situation is that they are possibly armed too, if you just tell them you're armed and don't draw, how do you know they won't draw on you first? sure you've practiced drawing your weapon at home several times, but when faced with a real-life threatening situation, are you SURE you can get your gun out quicker than they can?

Because action is faster than reaction, he who starts the draw first wins - just about every time, unless he fumbles.

Even if he ends up being a fraction of a second behind you, you end up with an effective tie - not a desirable circumstance in an armed confrontation. With both of you either pointing guns at each other or firing them at each other, the plan for extricating yourself with no more holes in your personal real estate than you started with might be - what?

Answer to your question-yes.

45 HYDRA-SHOK, close range, only need a fraction of a second advantage.

Practice!

When I was in law enforcement a partner told me "If you are going to carry a gun, be able to get it out of the holster and hit with it. The worst thing in the world to do would be to get stabbed to death with your gun still in the holster."