Guns For Beginners: “Paranoia” Is Your Friend

By Robert Farago

What if you were the subject of this walk/drive-by shooting [starts at 1:20]? It’s hardly likely. I can’t find any details on the incident save chicagotrubune.com‘s recap of what we see, but I think there title of the YouTube video makes it safe to assume we’re looking at a criminal-on-criminal beef. Even so, the incident highlights the simple fact that violent events happen very quickly. Which underscore the importance of what anti-gunners call “paranoia” and what gun gurus call situational awareness. Here’s the thing . . .

When you’re walking down a quiet suburban street you don’t expect to be the victim of a violent assault. When you see something out-of-place happening, the natural tendency is to disbelieve your own eyes. It takes a lot of evidence to shake you out of your complacency and convince you that something bad is going down. And even if and when you accept the reality of a developing dangerous situation, you’re behind the curve. Action beats reaction.

As I’ve said before, moving is your first best reaction to life-threatening danger. But you have to know to move. To do that, you have to be prepared to …read more

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