quote Professor:
"Would you carry if you couldn't adequately defend yourself with physical force?"
I grew up in a nice ,but rough neighborhood in the Bronx during the time the Gangs,(Savage Skulls,Black Spades,Savage Nomads and others) were expanding their territories and my neighborhood was a passing through area for them all.
I fought then with no weapon,while many of my friends had knives and or improvised weapons,as did a large portion of the gang members.
I worked in a Bronx Housing Complex and before getting a Pistol,I made arrests ,even arrests of those with knives and guns,never had need for the pistol.
(I did carry a Knife at that time)
I did Bodyguard work and WAS armed.
I did bouncing and Was NOT Armed
As said I have carried a Pistol and or a knife and was prepared to use them.
I do not frequent Places that one would encounter a social conflict in,(such as Bars or Clubs),where a verbal confrontation could buy me time to ready and or deploy a weapon.
I do not do work as a BG any more ,so under NY state Law it is HARD to get a Concealed Carry,and as such I do not carry a pistol,though I have some .
If I am in an altercation it will be one which I did not see and it will be,(As the one I posted about),fast,leaving me little time to get to or deploy a weapon such as a knife.
I know many Trained and Untrained people who carry Multiple knives and who have still been taken by surprise,did not get to deploy their weapon,and got their butts handed to them as they TRIED to deploy the weapon rather than FIGHT UNARMED to defend themselves first.
If one can see a problem ahead and decides to go forward,due to having a weapon,(Rather than move another way),and they have time to get their knife or Pistol ready for use then they will most likely get it deployed and useable.
Will they use it though ?
Or
Do they carry as a show of force form of deterrent ?
I was trained and very prepared to use my knife in my multiple on one ,had I got the blade out I sure a crap would have used it.
Would I have been justified ?
Most likely, as several were armed,one with a pistol he displayed in his waist band,(don't know if it was real and or workable ),and at least another who tried to stab me from behind.
(the guy who displayed the Gun seemed to be the leader and was the Biggest so as he told me what he and his friends were going to do,Kill me ,9fore sitting in THEIR section of the Bus),I ran at him as he stood at the center of the group running his mouth and I kicked him in the bladder ,then kneed him in the face and dropped him.
What about if I killed the others who were unarmed,if any were ?
That encounter showed me that in a rapid situation ,if the weapon is not IN HAND ,then having one is USELESS.
Even if I had a Pistol,in a holster on my belt under my buttoned coat,I would NOT have had time to deploy it.
To answer the question directly:
If I were untrained ,and had never had an incident which showed me I could not deploy the weapon in an Immediate fashion as to reply to a quick attack,then I WOULD carry. (as many Trained and Untrained people do)
Most of them have,Sadly,have had no need to ever go physical and most likely will never have a need to deploy and use their weapons)
People should decide how best to protect themselves
but
should they decide to carry any type of weapon they best be sure they can get to it in an IMMEDIATE need fashion ,or having it will prove to be useless,and if they get their butts kicked and are searched the attacker will then have their weapon.
Funny though
Most who carry think they have NO NEED to learn to protect themselves unarmed,as they ARE Protected by being armed.
They do not train to use their weapon and or train to fight to gain time to use it.
(this includes many Police Officers)
Most are FOOLS
