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Originally posted by FileNotFound
The number 1 dumbest thing you can do is pull out a real weapon while not intending to use it.
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I mostly agree. I would add to this though, making it "The number 1 dumbest thing you can do is pull out a real weapon while not intending to use it
if it becomes necessary." Granted, most of the time one might make the decision to pull the gun, it is IMMEDIATELY necessary, and you pull the trigger. Is it
ever appropriate to unholster the gun and not pull the trigger? I think on the rare occasion, yes. If you are such a position to disarm the offender without harming yourself or bystanders, using the gun as a blunt instrument unless it has the need to become more, I say do it.
But I guess one could argue that even though the gun isn't fired in such a scenario, using it as a blunt instrument is still "using" the weapon, in which case I agree with FNF completely on this.