Self-Defense and Church Security: Proper Firearm Defense in a Crowd
In a 5-minute video, Rob Pincus, professional trainer, author, consultant, and executive director for PersonalDefenseNetwork.com, examines specific considerations for responding to an active shooter or other bad guy in a crowded environment. Hitting innocent bystander(s) in addition to—or worse, instead of—the bad guy will only compound an already tragic situation. And many variables exist in a crowd that can affect what happens to the shots you fire. Taking the shot you need to take and believe you can make is important in any situation, especially in a crowd.
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In a self-defense or church security situation where you must draw your defensive firearm as a last resort to stop a lethal threat in a crowd, you need to carefully keep your mind on the 4th Firearm Safety Rule: Know your target and what’s around and behind it.
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• Aiming and shooting horizontally high center mass on the bad guy may stop the threat, but if the bullet doesn’t end there, it may over-penetrate and encounter bystanders behind or around the threat.
• Bullet performance can be negatively affected by numerous factors: the width of the bad guy, the power of the bullet, the distance to the threat, the clothing worn by the bad guy, etc.
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• Merely side-stepping to the left or right of the threat may still not be off-line enough to prevent hitting innocents who are diagonally behind the threat.
• Sudden changes in the crowded condition, such as a person bumping into you or the bad guy, could ruin your defensive shot.
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• Even missing the target by “just a little bit” could endanger others.
• A vital skill to acquire for crowded threat situations to stop the attacker is to lower yourself on one knee to another plane—instead of remaining standing straight—and aiming up for a head shot to ensure an upward trajectory of the bullet.
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