I know you guys are probably right about the gun stuff, but a close friend was shot 12 times in her back when she ran from armed robbers in her home. Miraculously, she lived. This was about 18 years ago and we were waitresses together, in Oakland. She parked her car in her driveway, and the robbers came up to her with loaded guns as she was walking to her door. She gave them everything she had, including wallet and jewelry. They followed her into her house, and started ransacking and taking what they wanted. They told her that they were going to kill her, so she ran out the back sliding glass door and got about 10 feet from the house when they shot at her.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
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javachik - Feb 04, 2010 11:06:28 am PST #6223 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Jesse - Feb 04, 2010 11:07:32 am PST #6224 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesus, javachik. That's terrifying.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2010 11:07:56 am PST #6225 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hotch: The maximum distance an attacker with a knife can close in the time it takes to react, draw your sidearm and fire is twenty-one feet.
We use this stat at krav too, but honestly, it's cheating. It's assuming the knife person has already drawn their weapon and reacted, but the gun person still has to. I want to see more equal numbers. Not just already-drawn knife attacker against unwary gun defender.
Amy - Feb 04, 2010 11:08:29 am PST #6226 of 30001
Because books.
The krav example is to try and take an unsheathed tube of lipstick away from a resisting five year old. You're gonna get it on you.
That's an excellent example! A sticky lollipop works, too. All too well.
javachik - Feb 04, 2010 11:10:10 am PST #6227 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Jesse, it was. I still remember visiting her in the hospital after about a dozen surgeries.
The worst part is they never caught the thugs, and she ran into one in a store about a year later. I don't think he recognized her, but I can't remember the details.
I lost touch with her, and I've tried searching for her but she had a very common name.
javachik - Feb 04, 2010 11:12:08 am PST #6228 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Steelcut oatmeal:
I am hostage in my house. Salvation Army is coming to pick up my couch and some other furniture, and the window was "11:00-2:30". I was really hoping for closer to 11AM. Oh, well.
msbelle - Feb 04, 2010 11:12:40 am PST #6229 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am pre-emptively blaming you all if I punch someone because they look at me hinkey on the commute home, NOW THAT I AM TERRIFIED OF GETTING STABBED.
megan walker - Feb 04, 2010 11:12:47 am PST #6230 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
java,
Please just don't shoot or stab the Salvation Army people.
javachik - Feb 04, 2010 11:13:28 am PST #6231 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Please just don't shoot or stab the Salvation Army people.
I promise I will not.
At least, not until they have the couch in their truck.
Amy - Feb 04, 2010 11:13:50 am PST #6232 of 30001
Because books.
At least, not until they have the couch in their truck.
See, now you're thinking.