A great point made in another forum about thieves

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Originally Posted by DevilsAdvocate

I'm pretty sure many of the guys on here have shot 10X more than most theives. Have handled guns 10X more and 10X longer. And have shot 20X more living things and 10X more moving things. (if you count gophers, make it 1000x)

That's live trigger, live action experience. After many years the shouldering, aiming, targeting, target following AND trigger pulling is almost instinctive. Same goes for loading, reloading, safety, etc.

Now as for handguns, most legal owners have gone to the range a lot....doubt a theif (with a record) is going to the range much.....more like playing thug with it in front of his buddies in his basement hole.

And probably his handgun training consists of canting it sideways in front of a mirror...and coming up with "Yo....motherxxxxer" witty one liners.

My bet is, when the chips are down, I'll bet on the 70yr old who's been to the range 100 to 1000x, who's hunted for years, and killed things versus some puke with an entitled to others stuff tough guy attutude.

And really.....who has more self-displine, the guy who works for a living or a theif that won't. So who has applied themselves, at the range, at the gym, at the martial arts, at dealing with the challenges of life. The reason the puke is a theif is mainly BECAUSE he lacks the ability to apply himself and the self displine.

My experience with these types, is they are the weakest opponent you will ever come across.

You watch at lot of TV .

Ive driven a car for 20 years...doesn't mean I can handle the track.

We're not talking about an animal 50 yards away.

we're talking about someone breaking into your home at 3 am.

a person.

No one is going to be prepared for that.

The ones on here that will
are the military and the law enforcement.

they are the ones who have the training and the experience of face to face situations.

Because they have faced the fight or flight.

you can sit here and argue as much as you can, for yourself or for the community.

But until it actually happens to you.
you won't know how you'll respond.