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- From: rigg@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com (Dana Rigg)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Defense/Combat Questions
- Message-ID: <9211192035.AA12516@spsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 21:06:51 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article AA02709@csi.jpl.nasa.gov, mwette@csi.jpl.nasa.gov (Matt Wette) writes:
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- #In article <199211160438.AA22652@cherokee.advtech.uswest.com>,
- #kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin) writes:
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- #Requiring the muzzle to follow the flashlight beam seems particulary
- #unsafe to me. I would only want the muzzle to point at something I
- #intend to shoot, while I would want the flashlight to be able to point
- #at things I want to see (like my kid).
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- Disclaimer: I'm no combat expert (I have, however, put a great deal of
- thought into what actions to take to defend myself in my home, from my
- car, in the city, or out in the country, just to be prepared).
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- Let's assume that a combat situation implies that you know there is an armed
- bad guy nearby that you can not currently see. It seems to me that you can
- only shoot at something when you are looking at it. Therefore, your gun
- should always be pointing where you are looking. Additionally,in the dark,
- you will only see your target if your flashlight is pointing at it, and you
- will always be looking where your flahlight is pointing. It follows that
- the gun and the flashlight will always be pointing in the same direction.
-
- Personally, I would not use a flashlight in my own home. First, it tells
- the bad guy where you are and destroys your peripheral vision. Second, you
- already have the advantage of knowing the layout of your home. My personal
- opinion reagrding correct action is:
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- 1- make sure you know where all of the good guys are (family, pets, etc.).
- 2- if you can call the police, do so.
- 3- sit and wait for the bad guy to come to you, preferable in a strategic
- location, like inside a doorway at the end of a hallway, placing yourself
- between the bad guy and the good guys; if he is going to steal a
- few things, fine; it isn't worth getting any good guys killed over.
- There might be more than one bad guy, they might be spread out in the house,
- they may be better armed, etc... Assess the situation before taking
- any other action.
- 4- if the bad guy does come to you, well, you all know what to do.
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- Obviously, if the life of a good guy is in immediate danger, this plan
- requires revision. But the fact remains that you can only shoot at something
- you are looking at, and if your gun is not pointing where you are looking,
- it is not ready for use.
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- Dana Rigg
- Chandler, AZ.
- rigg@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com
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