OT- For Rusty and Drifter Jay, Advice from a Drill Instructor Options

[ClayPerrine]

How to stay alive in combat....


1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns. Bigger and heaver loads are better.

2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Your life is expensive.

3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.

4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.

5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)

6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.

7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.

9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.

9.5 Use a gun that works EVERY TIME.

10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

12. Have a plan.

12.5. Redneck Soldiers will make big holes in everything.

13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.

13.5 Let your back-up know what you are planning.

14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.

15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.

16. Don't drop your guard. Or your pants.

17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.

18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them).

18.5 Watch the cap or hat. Small knifes or stars would kill if hands are there.

19. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.

20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.

21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. In Gunfighting no one is a lady (even a lady).

22. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.

23. Mind straight and focus, don't ever think of your babe's body during a gunfight.

24. Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

25. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with at least "4".