There are people who keep claiming that lethal force shouldn’t be used on someone who is unarmed, or only armed with a knife, as if you can only use the exact same weapons as your attacker. The people commenting on the case in New York of the fat murdering cow who killed one, injured another, then shrugged off several Taser hits and charged the cops with her knives is a great example.
Anyone who says anything like this has never done a force on force class. I suggest you try this:
- Arm yourself with a paintball, airsoft, or BB gun.
- Give your training partner a Sharpie. For safety, they should be wearing safety glasses.
- Have them begin 5 feet away from you, then charge you with that sharpie.
- The simulation ends under one of two conditions: you shoot the person twice in the chest or the person marks you once in the head, neck, chest, or the insides of your bicep or thighs.
Why is it so lopsided? Because that’s how self defense works.
Now repeat the test at 10 feet, then 15, then 20. I am betting you will end the day covered in sharpie marks, any one of which could have been fatal if delivered by a knife instead of a marker. As a person armed in a self defense situation, are you willing to roll those dice? With that in mind, how close will you let a person with murderous intent and armed with an edged weapon get before you shoot them?
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