Sure, but that's precisely my point -- assailant is driving by and shooting from an open window. Your objective is to avoid the threat (bullets). Technically speaking, you''re already in an ambush situation and the BG will attack from whatever way yields best advantage. Shooting back becomes VERY problematic because it's a fast moving target and you're engaging in a way that doesn't allow you to quickly judge lead time and bystander risk, not to mention you're going to chew up precious seconds with the draw stroke. In such a scenario, your primary objective would be to find cover, not to take such a massive risk by shooting back. If the vehicle was stationary, you'd shoot through window for COM hit, or to keep bad buy's head down while you (again) get cover or leave the threat area.Beiruty wrote:lkd wrote:You know, penetrating a car door seems like an _offensive_ scenario to me, not a defensive one. I'm not saying there are scenarios where that would never occur, just that I think much more about being able to stop a threat in front of me or to move myself to effective cover so that I may escape the threat. In these scenarios, I know that JHP serves me well in discouraging bad guys _and_ preventing overpenetration (I'm rather fond of calling JHPs "Safety rounds"). All my rounds are JHP when carrying.
It might not be an offensive shoot. Drive by shooting happens when some one in car open fire from his car on someone outside his car.
Again, I'll take JHPs, and in that scenario, I'll likely still have every bullet long after the bad guy's gone, because, in that precise scenario, there's far more risk of me shooting what I DON'T want to hit.