I have a serious problem with this being bad advice.fadlan12 wrote:Be a sheep and cooperate, maybe they won't harm you or your family.
You have to look at the target audience. They are people who, obviously, aren't trained, are not active in their own protection, and are not going to be able to do much in the way of effectively handling a threat.
and to them, compliance is the best advice.
you see, if you are trying to stand up to the bully, and have no way of doing anything about it, you are most likely signing your own death certificate. if you don't have any training in how to handle yourself (self defense classes, school o' hard knocks, whateva), and/or don't have an equilizer (boomstick, smokewagon, pig-sticker), then you're just looking to be a statistic, and a chalk outline.
in the same way that "GunBuster" signs don't apply to us, this same advice does not apply to us. We, as a populace, must (IMO) look past the commentary of such pieces, and rather, preach our own editorials on self-sufficience and self-defense.
if I'm outgunned, disarmed, and/or uneducated, you bet I'm complying. doesn't mean I've given up on life, just means you pick the battles you think you can win. this also depends on circumstances like significant other's (my ol' lady) involvement, 10YrOlDaughter's involvement, things like that. somebody busts in, pre-CHL, and has all three of us cornered, we comply. they just want stuff, I'll probably just let'em have it, under those circumstances. they then make a move on aforementioned SO, or 10YOD, I'm doing my best Bruce Lee/Jet Li impersonation!!!
it's what my CHL instructor always said, totality of circumstances.
now plug that same scenario in with your knowledge, experience, and hand cannon. different deal, completely, huh?