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Offline NOLA556

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pondering defense strategies
« on: September 15, 2011, 07:23:26 PM »
we've all talked over and over about situations where our lives may be in danger, yet in our daily lives, we tend to ignore those possibilities. It is far easier to run our mouths on the internet about how "prepared" we are to defend ourselves, but big dangers come in unexpected packages.

My reason for posting this is an experience I had just a little while ago just outside my house.

My neighbors and I noticed a small Mitsubishi SUV parked in a strange place. Furthermore, we noticed that the keys to the vehicle were left hanging out of the passenger side door. First, we speculated that it may be one of those "bait cars" that we've all heard about, but that scenario didn't match a suburban neighborhood setting. But then the owner of the vehicle appeared a few hours later and the situation grew ever more suspicious. He said he had car trouble and parked his vehicle as best he could. He lived a few blocks away and need to run and get his tools to fix his vehicle. Needless to say, I immediately went inside and holstered my handgun in a concealed fashion (even though I don't have a CCW) and waited for the vehicle owner to return.

He came back after a short while and sure enough, he fixed the problem with his vehicle and all was good. It truly was an innocent vehicle problem.

My reason for posting this is to bring to mind the harsh reality of defense and awareness.

The fellow I encountered today was harmless and his claims of car troubles were legitimate. But if he really WAS someone looking to harm me, I would have been 100% UNPREPARED. I was baited into trusting someone. Thank goodness the guy was legit, because if he wasn't, he would have easily had the jump on me. I was prepared with my sidearm the 2nd time he came back, but the first time I didn't have a single defensive tool on me. It would have been my bare fists vs. whatever he had up his sleeve.

How do you handle weapons placement and defense at home when your guard is down?
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Re: pondering defense strategies
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2011, 07:56:34 PM »
I just always carry. I've had a ccw since retiring but it's not enough to only carry when you leave the house. I always have a pistol on me in the house and a long gun with when I'm on my land. in the house I try to have a long arm with in reach unless I am just running from one room to the next. Of course I have a trailer so not to far I can go lol.

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Re: pondering defense strategies
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2011, 08:27:54 PM »
I just always carry. I've had a ccw since retiring but it's not enough to only carry when you leave the house. I always have a pistol on me in the house and a long gun with when I'm on my land. in the house I try to have a long arm with in reach unless I am just running from one room to the next. Of course I have a trailer so not to far I can go lol.

I live in a house not a trailer, but trust me, my house isn't much bigger than a trailer. It's a TINY little house. like I said before, thankfully this guy was legit, and it turns out he lives just a few blocks from me.

I have a gun within close reach most times. My shotgun lives beside my bed, and lots of times I have one of my handguns either on me, or near me, but this time I found myself caught off-guard, and it really wasn't scary at the time, but looking back on it, I can't believe how vulnerable I allowed myself to be.
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Re: pondering defense strategies
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 12:21:01 AM »
I just always carry. I've had a ccw since retiring but it's not enough to only carry when you leave the house. I always have a pistol on me in the house and a long gun with when I'm on my land. in the house I try to have a long arm with in reach unless I am just running from one room to the next. Of course I have a trailer so not to far I can go lol.

I live in a house not a trailer, but trust me, my house isn't much bigger than a trailer. It's a TINY little house. like I said before, thankfully this guy was legit, and it turns out he lives just a few blocks from me.

It's easy to let the day to day make you complacent. Happens to all of us. About a moth a go it was late and I was cooking and found out my milk was bad. I was gonna take a quick run to town before the store closed. I had my G23 on my hip but no spare mags or light or anything. I just said fuck it and went to town. Driving home I'm thinking if a pistol goes down it's 99.9% mag issue and I had no spare with. I knee better and still slacked.

I have a gun within close reach most times. My shotgun lives beside my bed, and lots of times I have one of my handguns either on me, or near me, but this time I found myself caught off-guard, and it really wasn't scary at the time, but looking back on it, I can't believe how vulnerable I allowed myself to be.

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Re: pondering defense strategies
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 01:29:13 AM »
Easy, my guard is never down, and I mean NEVER.  Honestly. 

I am always armed, and I'm always constantly scanning for threats, any person or object that is not in its correct places gets attention, and then I start scanning for other things as well.  Like I said, my guard is always up.

I learned from my experience that your guard can never be down.  The most seemingly benign things can actually be a tip that something awful is about to happen.  In my experience, two teenagers walking by turned into myself and friends being held at gun point and me fighting for my life.  It will NEVER happen again, and I mean NEVER!  I'll be prepared the next time something happens.

The question is not if I'm paranoid, but if I'm paranoid enough. 

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Re: pondering defense strategies
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2011, 01:59:44 PM »
The same thing happened to me my wife and my brother, some of you guys know. But I did the same thing, swore that I would be ready next time, or as ready as I can be. My wife now knows how to operate the AK and revolver. Im getting her a S&W Bodyguard .380. This is a great post man.
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Re: pondering defense strategies
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2011, 01:26:48 AM »
Col. Jeff Cooper's book, principles of personal defense should be required reading on this forum.

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