tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post5092938817162487751..comments2024-03-28T08:13:03.545-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : "I Could Never Shoot Another Person."Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-23179438387662614612022-06-30T09:06:11.757-04:002022-06-30T09:06:11.757-04:00I guess it all comes down to "are you going t...I guess it all comes down to "are you going to stand and fight or lay down and die?"<br /><br />It <i>is</i> better to run away, live to fight another day. Always best to avoid disarming any weapon, indeed is best to avoid any confrontation at all and of course then only respond in self-defense. In the end though, it all depends on the circumstance; sometimes the best defense is an overwhelming offense. Gonna' get cut one way or the other, and there's a lot to be said for the element of surprise. And brute force.<br /><br />Yes, I grew up short, why do you ask ... ? Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-26916238966129818792022-06-29T17:05:42.663-04:002022-06-29T17:05:42.663-04:00Good knife work requires practice and training. B...Good knife work requires practice and training. But bad knife work is often good enough. Clip a guy on his arm and he may lose the use of it, or bleed out.<br /><br />And frankly, most people are afraid of knives. Everyone knows what a knife will do.<br /><br />But yeah, in a self-defense situation, give me a Ruger Security Six with some 125-grn .357 hollowpoints. Those have a good track record of putting bad guys below the dirt end of the grass.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-82902934345204638822022-06-29T16:31:18.410-04:002022-06-29T16:31:18.410-04:00Ten Bears, there is a guy who does a demonstration...Ten Bears, there is a guy who does a demonstration at martial arts events. He grabs a totally untrained person from the audience, like a teenage girl, and gives her an uncapped red felt tip marker pen. Then he challenges any of the trained participants to keep her from "knifing" him. The only instruction he gives the girl is "swing wildly and try to mark up as much of him as possible."<br /><br />Very rarely is she disarmed before managing to put red marks in areas where the trained martial artist would bleed out.<br /><br />Point being there is a lot of difference between attempting to disarm a trained martial artist where you *know* what techniques he is going to use, versus some random person off the street who is going to use a knife in some wild and unexpected manner. <br /><br />That said, as I point out above, bringing a knife to a gunfight rarely is very useful. And as Eck points out, since you're trying to get *away* from the attacker, a knife (which requires you to charge *toward* the attacker in order to get into its effective range) is the last weapon you really want to be using in a typical self defense situation, because it means you're already within a range where a physically superior attacker can overpower you. I mean, it's better than *not* having a knife if you're in that situation, but preferably you stay out of that situation in the first place. <br /><br />Dark Knight, one advantage of a gun over a knife is that it isn't up close and personal. Let's say you're Jewish. A bad guy wearing Nazi paraphernalia breaks into your house with intent to do close personal harm to you. You might hesitate before breaking out your Ka-Bar and charging him. You're not likely to hesitate just pulling the trigger on your .357 revolver to end him. BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-50032457781663274602022-06-29T10:02:00.551-04:002022-06-29T10:02:00.551-04:00The accepted idea is you are trying to stay alive....The accepted idea is you are trying to stay alive.<br />The better plan is either avoid or RUN fast!<br /><br />That's the premise of all the discussion,<br />staying alive first and foremost.<br /><br />Using a blade requires the commitment to the idea <br />that it will be messy and if there is competence <br />or determination the other guy gets cut worse.<br /><br />By messy I mean you may get cut.<br />By committed, once that close with stabby things<br />you are in it to win. Your betting on knife <br />wounds being more survivable.<br /><br />My 02 is bayonets are only slightly better.<br />Swords of most forms are also better, if <br />you are skilled.<br /><br />Generally Army and other services knives are <br />for cutting things (ropes and dinner packages) <br />or when you can't use something that goes BANG! <br /><br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-79374694805811932622022-06-29T08:04:50.754-04:002022-06-29T08:04:50.754-04:00Anyone with a modicum of hand-to-hand combat exper...Anyone with a modicum of hand-to-hand combat experience can disarm a knife wielder quickly, and effectively. Just quicker, and more effective, with a Colt.<br /><br />My favorite is with the opposite hand grab and roll the assailant's knife wielding wrist, exposing the inside of the elbow to dislocation by a cross palm-punch that leaves you setup for a ninety or more degree back-fist to the bridge of their nose ... :)Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-61782175065706740262022-06-28T22:36:08.960-04:002022-06-28T22:36:08.960-04:00Bad Tux, the belief that treating civilian life as...Bad Tux, the belief that treating civilian life as if one is on the battlefield is how we got here in the first place. Most folks here would faint before they could put a blade to good use.Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-85109012031139511002022-06-28T19:11:47.781-04:002022-06-28T19:11:47.781-04:00Rather than answer the question directly...
My fi...Rather than answer the question directly...<br /><br />My firearms training is the first shot counts, a cold shot.<br />It allowed me to take dear and varmints without first <br />consideration beyond was it a good safe shot.<br /><br />My line is distant, I keep that to myself. The basic <br />idea is my life is worth more than any attempt on it.<br />So never send what you may not like if you got it.<br /><br />A long life is also a teacher, wait and if they aren't<br />shooting they may be a target for someone else.<br /><br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-53373974090405706042022-06-28T14:56:07.366-04:002022-06-28T14:56:07.366-04:00Dark Avenger, bringing a knife to a gunfight looks...Dark Avenger, bringing a knife to a gunfight looks like this:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQKrmDLvijo<br /><br />A knife can certainly be a deadly weapon, but there's a *reason* why we arm our soldiers with guns rather than knives as their primary weapon.BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-34959481888800859872022-06-28T11:31:17.376-04:002022-06-28T11:31:17.376-04:00DUKAT: You people really do not do this very well,...DUKAT: You people really do not do this very well, do you? Now, on Cardassia we know how to extract information, though it can get a bit unpleasant, and we all know how the Federation dislikes unpleasantness. <br /><br />AMAROS: I share very few sentiments with the Federation. <br /><br />DUKAT: Oh, that's right. You're renegades, aren't you? Or so you'd like to think. Unfortunately, the Federation has taught you your lessons all too well. You simply lack the commitment it takes to do what is necessary. <br /><br />AMAROS: You tell that to the crew of the Bok'Nor.<br /> <br />DUKAT: Anyone can blow up a ship. Ha! But to look your enemy in the eye, knowing you'll remember his face for the rest of your life. Now that takes a stomach much stronger than you'll ever have. <br /><br />ST:DS9 The Marquis, part II.<br /><br />Hate to break it to you pal, but wanting an excuse to shoot people isn’t a valid reason for weapons training. Most people would be better off knowing how to use a blade, as it never runs out of ammo.<br />Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-90883268132419964762022-06-28T05:56:03.223-04:002022-06-28T05:56:03.223-04:00I disagree that the Supreme Courts decision to ove...I disagree that the Supreme Courts decision to overturn Roe Vs Wade was a bolt from the blue since a certain segment in this country was smiling when Gorsuch took Merrick Garland's intended seat. The when Kegs Kavanough and Amy Bony Carrot got in there the Christian Taliban were shouting for joy because they knew if they people on the court who actually don't care about other's rights got in they would have their way. In twelve years in a Catholic school I seen enough of this self-righteous way of thinking from some, even though I didn't realize it at the time. dan gerenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02365785263885600301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-45480457567459186162022-06-27T23:47:33.669-04:002022-06-27T23:47:33.669-04:00I'm with Ten Bears. It's easy to say you w...I'm with Ten Bears. It's easy to say you won't kill even the enemy but next to impossible to do. I would stick the M16 over the sandbags and blast away blind just to feel like I was fighting back and to make myself feel better on the few occasions when my fire support base was shelled. Futile as hell but it let them know I was still there and dangerous (although I wasn't) in case sappers joined in after the mortar and rocket fire. Fear is a mother.Tod Germanicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036673218365709139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-56468714318706515772022-06-27T21:58:15.346-04:002022-06-27T21:58:15.346-04:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQZ0qmf-mkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQZ0qmf-mkJones, Jon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156079859977989586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-10406452205329861032022-06-27T20:17:00.301-04:002022-06-27T20:17:00.301-04:00I knew guys, I was one of 'em, when starting t...I knew guys, I was one of 'em, when starting their tour claimed they'de never shoot at anybody ... shoot at the trees. Changes with that crystal-clear stick with you the rest of your life moment, that epiphany that rocks your bowels: when you realize "oh fuck they are <i> shooting at <b>me</b></i>!" And shoot a little lower into the trees. <br /><br />Don't know ...Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.com