I'm reading this thread with interest. One point sticks out at me. If you haven't drawn and someone has a knife out (or a gun) and within 20' - they CAN get to you before you can draw if that is their intention.AEA wrote: Additionally, if someone pulls a gun or a knife on you (for whatever reason, robbery included) your action should be to draw and fire as fast as you can and be moving at the same time. More often than not these days, the perp will kill the victim even after they have complied with all their demands. Consider for a moment that he told you to drop your pants......... or he told you to lay down face first on the ground?
Now you're in a situation where:
1) You're behind the draw curve and you're going to lose.
2) You may very well get killed even if you comply.
That's just a tough one.
It was news to me that bringing knife to a gun fight could be successful until an instructor showed me.. Everyone pulling a gun from a holster lost to the knife.