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- From: gt4458c@prism.gatech.edu (John Stephens Cronin)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Bad tactical position ( was Psychology in Defense)
- Message-ID: <75215@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:09:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.161418.2067@btree.uucp> btree!hale@UCSD.EDU (Bob Hale) writes:
- #In article <1992Nov16.212303.14944@news.acns.nwu.edu> mikea@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michael A. Atkinson) writes:
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- ##I really don't think that shooting below the waist is a good idea unless
- ##that's your only good target.
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- #What if the perpetrator is wearing a ballistic vest?
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- Shoot for the head if you are a decent shot. If he has a vest, he probably
- also has a gun and is prepared to use it. Or use a rifle, it will go through
- over 99% of vests with little problem (real rifles, not pistol caliber types).
- If the person is wearing a hard rigid vest (ie not a flexible kevlar type)
- then definitely shoot for the head, as the person is armored to the hilt and
- no doubt loaded for bear. In any event, most intruders will not be wearing
- vests, but I guess it would pay to be observant. I would only go for the
- lower body (ie legs) if I was a bad shot or the range was long, and even
- then I might be cursing myself for not practicing more. I am not a competitive
- target shooter, but I am convinced I can hit a head sized object inside 10
- yards. Now, there is the stress of combat to be considered too, but I would
- figure making the head shots (I'm going to shoot more than once) would be
- my best bet in the case of an armed and armored intruder, unless I have a
- realistic and viable option of flight, or using a rifle (SKS, here I come).
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- John Cronin Internet: gt4458c@prism.gatech.edu Phone: (404) 876-1419
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