I am totally onboard with you, CL, but here is what is going on in my head:
Could I pull the trigger?
I'm no candy-ass wus. I'm in good physical and mental shape. I hike a lot. I shoot a lot. Beer cans fear me. I especially like long range varmint plinking.
I have never pulled a firearm on someone in anger or fear, much less had to fire. Could I do it? Would I hesitate, knowing split seconds count? I hear armchair cowboys saying they'd blow his head off....or, he messes with me I'll waste him with my trusty 45....but would they? We all know how cheap talk is.
Since I have never been there, I don't know what I'd do, and I doubt I'm alone in this. How can I train for a deadly force situation? I have US Law Shield and know who to call and what to do after an encounter but that is not the issue. Would I fire? I think I would....I just don't know for sure.
I thought Butch Cassidy and Sundance were killed in a shootout in Bolivia while still fairly young ; are you sure you weren’t thinking of Bat Masterson who, after his gunfighting career, went on to become a journalist for a NYC newspaper ? Or have I watched too many gunslinger movies ?
I am totally onboard with you, CL, but here is what is going on in my head:
Could I pull the trigger?
I'm no candy-ass wus. I'm in good physical and mental shape. I hike a lot. I shoot a lot. Beer cans fear me. I especially like long range varmint plinking.
I have never pulled a firearm on someone in anger or fear, much less had to fire. Could I do it? Would I hesitate, knowing split seconds count? I hear armchair cowboys saying they'd blow his head off....or, he messes with me I'll waste him with my trusty 45....but would they? We all know how cheap talk is.
Since I have never been there, I don't know what I'd do, and I doubt I'm alone in this. How can I train for a deadly force situation? I have US Law Shield and know who to call and what to do after an encounter but that is not the issue. Would I fire? I think I would....I just don't know for sure.
I thought Butch Cassidy and Sundance were killed in a shootout in Bolivia while still fairly young ; are you sure you weren’t thinking of Bat Masterson who, after his gunfighting career, went on to become a journalist for a NYC newspaper ? Or have I watched too many gunslinger movies ?
I don't carry a gun because I can't afford to buy one.