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I gotta be honest. I watch things like the shooting where the BG gets off of a subway train, walks to the front of a pizza joint and guns down a young man standing there. One of the comments in the thread that referenced that incident included a phrase like " you have to bring your A game." I don't have that kind of a an "A" game and probably never will. Faced with those same circumstances, I'm probably going to be dead, just like the poor guy in the video.

I keep reading Excaliber's posts and realize that my success with my CC will depend on.
1. My recognizing a developing situation in sufficient time to act
2. Practicing enough that I have the capability of acting, not just in producing my CC in a timely way but executing shot placement well enough to stop the threat.

I've decided that a lot of things have to come together perfectly for me to be able to deal with that kind of a worst case situation. Those odds have not been in my favor since I got my CHL but I'm hoping that the reading and the practicing that I've been doing since then are bringing those odds to better parity.

All that said, I see rhetoric like this report in the "magic bullet" light. "Just come and take my course and you will be instantly healed from all of your infirmities." Horse feathers. My opinion is that those that are competent to help me get to the results that I'm seeking don't have to advertize their testosterone level to attract my attention. I don't see the logic as "there is a problem and I have the only solution to it." When I'm done with the class, I'm still left with my own capabilities of understanding and executing what I was taught. The lion's share of success still rests on my own shoulders.

I also believe that not every bad situation that we might face on a daily basis is going to be that worst case. I fully understand that I cannot count on the BG that comes after me being stupid and inept. But I also believe that there are stupid and inept BGs that might try me. I try to train for the worst but hope that I'll be able to handle things from the almost worst on down. I'm not going to stop carrying because I haven't yet reached what is an "A" game in my mind.