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Originally Posted by Sten
Advice from members of this site has led me to the realization that “civilian daily carry” equipment is mostly a personal choice/preference. The only constant is the adage “the first requirement of a gun fight is to have a gun”. Equipment is not my concern, mindset and decision making is what I need help with and hope to discuss here.
My first questions revolve around the decision making process of when to draw.
I am not going to delude myself that I am going to be in an “old west” style throw down where fractions of a seconds count. I have the assumption that reasonable situational awareness will allow time to get to a gun even in a harder to reach holster? Is this a wrong assumption?
I am not a fighting terrorist scum, I am not undercover and I am not a law man. As a civilian if I pull a gun in public I am starting a chain of events that is going to result in possible negative contact with local law enforcement, even if I do not discharge a gun. If this logic is sound then it is imperative that my go/no-go draw decision making is sound. Is there anything I can do to refine that decision making process?
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It's actually pretty simple, when you fear for your life or the life of another (bad guy pointing weapon at your wife kids etc.).
It also depends on what extreme left-wing state you reside in, for example if you reside in the socialist left-wing state of massachusetts and an armed bad-guy breaks into your home in the middle of the night by state law you must cower, turn tail and run away by any and all possible means, lest you face a law suit by the "bad-guys" lawyers for pointing a gun at them.
Know your "use of deadly force" laws and you better be able to recite them. Most states have books written by individuals that lay it out in simple terms "when" you can use deadly force. And when you do be prepared to be arrested and treated like a criminal for doing the right thing.
Make no mistake, these days the "law" is more important than "life".
TS