What is the dumbest self-defense advice you have ever heard?

[BigPoppa]

Again drawing on my experience from teaching the HCP course, I have determined that anything that begins along the lines of:

"Well, my former next door neighbor's best friend had a sister-in-law whose nephew went through the first 3 weeks of the Game Warden academy in South Dakota before he blew his knee out, and he told her that.............."

will almost certainly be a large quantity of equine excrement .

[Guest Chip Holland]

Shooting them below the waist is not intent to kill them, shooting above the waist is.

[guyandarifle]

Get a shotgun you don't even have to aim it. Also, just be a good witness.

That's my favorite. There are LOTS of people that literally believe a shotgun blast in the general direction of an assailant basically clears the room. I ran across one of those just the other day in fact. Tried explaining that at home defense ranges (7yds would likely be a stretch) you might get an impact about the size of your fist.

[TGO David]

What is the dumbest self-defense advice you have ever heard?

" You don't need a gun. The police will protect you. "

[Kelemvor]

Turn the other cheek.

[Guest Muttling]

actually.. IMHO...part of that isnt too dumb. the part about jumping on them so fast they would be too stunned to react is actually a principal of self defense. (good reading in 'Principals of Personal Defense' ; Jeff Cooper)

Sudden, Rapid and overly sharp response to an attack is ideal.

All you need to do now is to get your friend out of thinking he doesnt need a gun and he has the right idea!

so i would rate your friend only half dumb!

Sudden, rapid, and overly sharp only happens when you train for it to be a response. This guy hasn't been in a fight in 20 years nor has he ever sparred.

Your natural response is the response you train. If you don't train, then you train to do nothing and that is what your first response will be.

[Guest Matchguy]

Shooting them below the waist is not intent to kill them, shooting above the waist is.

I haven't heard that one before. Where did it come from?

MG

Edited October 19, 2009 by Matchguy

[TNTitan]

"Shoot to KILL!"

[Kelemvor]

"The .22 is the most dangerous caliber. It's so light and weak, it will just ricochet off the inside of your skull and rip your brain all up."

[TNTitan]

Edited October 20, 2009 by TNTitan

[Smith]

Where's that self defense video of the guy who gets on the ground and fights like a six year old girl? I think they get all the awards!:bowrofl:

[Guest Chip Holland]

I haven't heard that one before. Where did it come from?

MG

I had a student ask me that in class. He could not tell me where he had heard it from. I thought I had heard everything and not much stops me anymore but....

[Guest Matchguy]

I had a student ask me that in class. He could not tell me where he had heard it from. I thought I had heard everything and not much stops me anymore but....

Thanks, Chip. I thought I'd heard them all. I guess we now know why case law on self defense shooting cases is about eight feet deep.

Jer

[Guest Bluemax]

Well you didn't specify what you were defending against..so I would have to say grilling or frying chicken in the Smoky's and going to sleep without a shower. Smokey's gonna luv you

[Guest db99wj]

Scream CONTACT....:barrel roll:....two shots....

Edited October 26, 2009 by db99wj

[wjh2657]

Triple tap (Mozambique Drill) I was taught at Gunsite. Looks good at IPSC but try it in a dimly lit room with a moving target and you shooting a snubbie! Absolutely useless.

[Fivestring63]

I was reading in one of Ayoobs books and he said to keep some extra money folded up (Like $10.00) and if confronted by thugs to just throw them the money and tell them to buy a beer. Sorry, ain't gonna happen.

[Guest c.mcbee]

I heard that an instructor in Grundy County tells his classes to shoot the guy till he's dead them leave him in the street, do not call the police, and go home.

Don't get a HCP because if you shoot someone they will sue you.

i took this guys class sat. what he says is that you dont have to stay at the scene if you do not feel safe. he says that you can actually call your lawyer before you call the cops if you want to. he doesnt actually tell you to do this stuff. he just informs you that there is no law that says you have to stay at the scene or call the police right away

[Guest RugerFan7]

" You don't need a gun. The police will protect you. "

That's the one I was going to say. lol

[Guest clsutton21]

I heard that an instructor in Grundy County tells his classes to shoot the guy till he's dead them leave him in the street, do not call the police, and go home.

Don't get a HCP because if you shoot someone they will sue you.

Have you ever been to Grundy Co? It'd take weeks for someone to find a person there...and that's only if that person is supposed to be found.