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by cb1000rider
Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:32 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: One in the pipe - do you do it?
Replies: 132
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Re: One in the pipe - do you do it?

TexasCajun wrote: That's horrific! :mad5
It might just be common sense statistically... Ref: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/irs-age ... e-injuries" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm curious for those on active duty in combat zones: Do the rules change when you go off base on patrol/etc?
by cb1000rider
Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:10 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: One in the pipe - do you do it?
Replies: 132
Views: 25495

Re: One in the pipe - do you do it?

rotor wrote: Would this guy have been prepared to use his .45 when a guy runs up to the window and shoots him in the arm? If I were seated in my car I don't know that I could have gotten to my gun in time with or without one in the pipe. I know all of the arguments but when one considers that for 69 years I was unarmed, now partially armed with one not in the chamber and better armed with one in the chamber I have still not come to a final conclusion as to how I will carry in the future. As a newbie though I do not carry one in the chamber and I need to work my comfort level to one in the chamber. I have a Bodyguard 380 which requires a very hefty (massive) trigger pull so that is not the issue. I know that everyone on this forum says they carry locked and loaded but I wonder if they just say that or really do it. I know with more training the comfort level will change. Just not there yet. And I admit it.
I completely agree with you.. I think having one in the chamber wouldn't have changed the initial outcome. This goes one of two ways:
1) The guy gets shot anyway, because he can't react as quickly to a guy pulling a gun and shooting, regardless of the "ready" condition of his firearm. It was fairly well established to be my a self-defense instructor that an assailant with a knife can kill you if he's within about 6 feet unless your gun is already drawn.
2) If the guy pulls on individuals walking up to his car, he's going to have an entirely different set of problems.

The only difference to me is that he might have had a better chance at killing his attacker. As the attacker got caught, I'd just as soon avoid the legal hassle associated with killing him. Besides, the threat was over if he was walking away, even after he shot.

I don't carry with one in the pipe... Scold me.

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