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- From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Defense/Combat Questions
- Message-ID: <viking.722225914@vincent2.iastate.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 13:46:39 GMT
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- rigg@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com (Dana Rigg) writes:
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- #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.
-
- I'm amazed nobody brought it up already -- turn on the room light.
- The switches are usually located near convenient doorways to hide behind,
- and your perp has no idea where the switch that turned on that *&*^$ light
- is at. It will take him just as long as you to adjust his eyes to the
- light, and perhaps less as the natural reaction is to squeeze your eyes
- shut in pain if you're not ready for it. Since you have a good idea of
- where he is anyway, and know the layout of the room, the light will not
- give you away most likely (unlike a flashlight), will illuminate the
- whole room, and you can flick it off again should you feel better off
- not trying to hold him at that time.
-
- Naw, it's too simple. What am I missing?
-
- < Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
- < ISU only censors what I read, not what I say. Don't blame them. >
- < "This isn't an answer, it's a pagan dance around a midnight fire >
- < written in intellectual runes." -- Rich Young >
-
- [MODERATOR: A related suggestion, passed along at the risk of
- giving away too much of our own tactical plans ... we installed
- an, hmm, enhanced version of those X10 home control systems. In
- our safe room(s) we can flood the whole house with light, very
- selectively (and largely automatically... :-) Our intent is not
- only to make the back-lit Bad Guy look astonishingly like a B-27
- target, but also make him feel that way too. With a little fooling
- around you can also set up alternate programs for use when you get
- home (rather than for when you ARE at home and need to dig in.)]
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