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Originally Posted by likwid
In a fight or flee situation most people will flee.
Not odds you want to bet on.
And honestly, I'm waiting for the "well the military trains people to deal with the stress". I'm sure anyone wanting a concealed permit wants to go through the programming say a Force Recon Marine goes through huh?
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Likwid, I know what you're driving at. Most sheeple won't know what to do when shots start getting fired. They freeze. Then if they're smart they run. They don't have the training that directs them to run
to gunfire.
A little civilian training, while not up to USMC tempo,
does help, however. But most importantly, there are many people who are motivated to do the RIGHT THING whether they are armed or not.
While paper targets don't shoot back, a CCW'er who might regularly practice at the range will at least immediately be able to recognize AND NOT BE FLUSTERED BY gunfire. THAT in itself is useful.
I'm no macho armchair mall ninja, but I can speak as someone who has personally experienced the unpleasantness of armed encounters.