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How does the proper defense scenario play out with a gun? Someone pulls a gun on you to rob you, and you then pull yours out without getting shot? Once you d

How does the proper defense scenario play out with a gun? Someone pulls a gun on you to rob you, and you then pull yours out without getting shot? Once you do pull out your gun, do you shoot the robber(s)? I find it hard to imagine any of this working out very well. Or is the possibility that you may be armed supposed to act as a deterrent?

jijji 13y ago
In states that have strict gun laws, the way it plays out is that the victim never has the opportunity to defend themselves. Read any story where an attacker tries to rob a person with a concealed firearm to figure out how it plays out when the victim is armed. It usually doesn't end up well for the attacker. So I guess we should just all be victims and never defends ourselves when attacked. It actually drives crime up when everyone plays the victim and doesn't defened themselves. The attackers feel emboldened to commit the act over and over and over again with impunity. Why should they stop? No one is preventing them they should continue to rob people, it is working for them.
rdl 13y ago
It's sort of a deterrent from "herd immunity", but it's mainly so that if a crime escalates from property crime, you can defend yourself. I'd toss my wallet/cash/etc. in one direction and move to cover/flee/draw, depending on the circumstance. I'm fine with losing whatever cash/credit cards/etc.; I'm not fine with being under the control of an attacker and potentially moved elsewhere, taken to an ATM, kidnapped, shot, etc. The bad thing about CCW is it turns any assault into a likely-to-end-in-someone-shot situation; if you're carrying and potentially will be knocked unconscious in an assault, or are being grappled, the attacker may grab your gun and shoot you; your correct course of action is to shoot him first.

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How does the proper defense scenario play out with a gun? Someone pulls a gun on you to rob you, and you then pull yours out without getting shot? Once you d

by grannyg00se 13y ago

jijji 13y ago
In states that have strict gun laws, the way it plays out is that the victim never has the opportunity to defend themselves. Read any story where an attacker tries to rob a person with a concealed firearm to figure out how it plays out when the victim is armed. It usually doesn't end up well for the attacker. So I guess we should just all be victims and never defends ourselves when attacked. It actually drives crime up when everyone plays the victim and doesn't defened themselves. The attackers feel emboldened to commit the act over and over and over again with impunity. Why should they stop? No one is preventing them they should continue to rob people, it is working for them.
rdl 13y ago
It's sort of a deterrent from "herd immunity", but it's mainly so that if a crime escalates from property crime, you can defend yourself. I'd toss my wallet/cash/etc. in one direction and move to cover/flee/draw, depending on the circumstance. I'm fine with losing whatever cash/credit cards/etc.; I'm not fine with being under the control of an attacker and potentially moved elsewhere, taken to an ATM, kidnapped, shot, etc. The bad thing about CCW is it turns any assault into a likely-to-end-in-someone-shot situation; if you're carrying and potentially will be knocked unconscious in an assault, or are being grappled, the attacker may grab your gun and shoot you; your correct course of action is to shoot him first.