NVBighorn
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I don't usually post this kind of stuff and I rarely get into these discussions but I thought this was worth it. The guy who sent it to me is a person who would know all these rules well.
RULES FOR A GUN, KNIFE, BASEBALL BAT OR FIST FIGHT:
1. Forget about knives, bats and fists. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at
least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns. Bring four times
the ammunition you think you could ever need.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammunition is cheap -
life is expensive. If you shoot inside, buckshot is your friend. A new
wall is cheap - funerals are expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4.. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough
or using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker and go to cover. Distance is your friend
(bulletproof cover and diagonal or lateral movement are preferred).
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a semi or
full-automatic long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or
tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and
running. Yell "Fire!" Why "Fire?" Cops will come with the fire
department, sirens often scare off the bad guys, or at least cause then to
lose concentration and who is going to summon help if you yell "Intruder,"
"Glock" or "Winchester?"
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more
dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to
beat you to death with it because it is empty.
11.. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. Have a plan.
13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work. "No battle plan
ever survives ten seconds past first contact with an enemy."
14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible, but remember, sheetrock
walls and the like stop nothing but your pulse when bullets tear through
them.
15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
16. Don't drop your guard.
17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees. Practice reloading
one-handed and off-hand shooting. That's how you live if you're hit in your
"good" side.
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. Smiles, frowns and other facial
expressions don't. "In God we trust. Everyone else keep your hands where I
can see them."
19. Decide NOW to always be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you
meet, if necessary, because they may want to kill you.
22. Be courteous to everyone, overly friendly to no one.
23. Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to
avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
24.. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun the caliber of which starts
with anything smaller than "4."
25. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an angel
blows the powder from the flintlock of your musket." At a practice session,
throw you gun into the mud, then make sure it still works. You can clean it
later.
26. Practice shooting in the dark, with someone shouting at you, when out of
breath, etc.
27. Regardless of whether justified of not, you will feel sad about killing
another human being. Remember, it is better to be sad than to be room
temperature.
28. The only thing you EVER say afterwards is, "He said he was going to kill
me. I believed him. I'm sorry, Officer, but I'm very upset now. I can't
say anything more. Please speak with my attorney."
RULES FOR A GUN, KNIFE, BASEBALL BAT OR FIST FIGHT:
1. Forget about knives, bats and fists. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at
least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns. Bring four times
the ammunition you think you could ever need.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammunition is cheap -
life is expensive. If you shoot inside, buckshot is your friend. A new
wall is cheap - funerals are expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4.. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough
or using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker and go to cover. Distance is your friend
(bulletproof cover and diagonal or lateral movement are preferred).
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a semi or
full-automatic long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or
tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and
running. Yell "Fire!" Why "Fire?" Cops will come with the fire
department, sirens often scare off the bad guys, or at least cause then to
lose concentration and who is going to summon help if you yell "Intruder,"
"Glock" or "Winchester?"
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more
dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to
beat you to death with it because it is empty.
11.. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. Have a plan.
13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work. "No battle plan
ever survives ten seconds past first contact with an enemy."
14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible, but remember, sheetrock
walls and the like stop nothing but your pulse when bullets tear through
them.
15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
16. Don't drop your guard.
17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees. Practice reloading
one-handed and off-hand shooting. That's how you live if you're hit in your
"good" side.
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. Smiles, frowns and other facial
expressions don't. "In God we trust. Everyone else keep your hands where I
can see them."
19. Decide NOW to always be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you
meet, if necessary, because they may want to kill you.
22. Be courteous to everyone, overly friendly to no one.
23. Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to
avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
24.. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun the caliber of which starts
with anything smaller than "4."
25. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an angel
blows the powder from the flintlock of your musket." At a practice session,
throw you gun into the mud, then make sure it still works. You can clean it
later.
26. Practice shooting in the dark, with someone shouting at you, when out of
breath, etc.
27. Regardless of whether justified of not, you will feel sad about killing
another human being. Remember, it is better to be sad than to be room
temperature.
28. The only thing you EVER say afterwards is, "He said he was going to kill
me. I believed him. I'm sorry, Officer, but I'm very upset now. I can't
say anything more. Please speak with my attorney."
