Strange Days

[wolf]

Originally posted by Sun_Sparkz


if someone is going to shoot (bullett travelling at a zillion K and hour) you, do you think your arm will have enough time to react and cover your head?

If someone comes running at you (travelling at 10K an hour) with a knife, do you think your arm will have enough time to react and cover your head?

No.

First off, that automatic guarding behavior ... putting your hands up to ward off, say a knife blow, ain't gonna do SHIT if the bullet leaves the barrel. Even with a relatively low velocity, light caliber round (like a 22 or 25), and assuming you get your hand up in time, you're not going to get really appreciable deflection, although I did know a guy that saved himself from getting a facefull of shotgun pellets by putting his gloved hand up in front of his face.

If an assailant, armed or unarmed, is within 21 feet of you, you don't have TIME to react.

They are on you like hair on a gorilla, and you're suddenly fighting for your life. Been there, done that. Happened at work, so I wasn't armed, wouldn't have had a chance to do anything if I were. OTOH, had the attack happened in the community, I wouldn't have intentionally been that close to a crazy guy.