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Ruark wrote:

TreyHouston wrote:A Person can cover 20 feet before you can draw and fire.

I'm really tired of hearing this old chestnut. Sure, some super-athletic guy going all-out might be able to do that, but it's not like if your opponent is inside 20 feet, you're just utterly helpless.

Tell you what. I'll put $50,000,000 in unmarked bills on my dining table, and stand in front of it with my holstered Walther 9mm. You stand over there, 20 feet away. If you can touch the money, you can have it. Deal?

I'll take that deal. I might catch a bullet, or not (no guarantee that you will actually hit me as I move and then dive toward the money, plus you might hesitate on actually pulling the trigger), but even if I get hit, I may likely survive. And there is the possibility that I fall forward and a part of my body touches the money even if I don't survive. I'm almost 6 feet tall, so just falling forward gets me the last bit of distance needed. We would need to have one of my heirs present to verify the results, of course.

Not to be superficial here, but $50 million is ALOT of money. It is a "family legacy changing" amount of cash.

bigtek wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:Brandish is a legal term that carries very negative connotations.

I can't find that in the penal code. A little help?

You won't find it there. At least not in Texas. It is a term that only has meaning to people from other states where it is generally a bad thing to do, legally speaking.

Which all begs the question of why the OP is using that term. I'm guessing they have either been exposed to some anti propaganda somewhere, or they had a really bad LTC instructor.

Don't brandish your gun. Uncover it, display it, draw it. But don't "brandish" it. Brandish is a legal term that carries very negative connotations.

Personally, I use a mix of CC and OC. If I am CC'ing, the first time that a threat will see my gun is likely to be moments prior to their hearing a loud noise and (hopefully) feeling an impact that causes them to no longer be a threat. I don't plan to ever draw my gun unless it is in the act of shooting.

If I am OC'ing, then hopefully a rational person would be more inclined to avoid undue escalation of their disagreement with me. If someone continues to escalate a confrontation while in full view of my gun and with full knowledge of the fact that I am armed, that would make me somewhat more likely to conclude that they pose a potential deadly threat to me or my family. Either because they are mentally unbalanced, or because they themselves are armed.

In any event, I will always seek to de-escalate the situation first. The simple phrase "I'm sorry about that" delivered in a calm and sincere manner, works wonders.