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are not made with a gun, and you'd better not FIRE at somebody who's more than 10 ft from you, if he has no projectile weapon. Draw, sure, but NOT fire. when somebody charges you from 7 yds away, and you have to draw to stop him, he'll BE closer than 10 ft by the time you fire! 
In fact, as slow as most people are, he'll be making them eat their gun.
however, DOJ's survey is ALL attacks, vs the handicapped, vs kids, vs much smaller women, vs the elderly. What some punk dares to do vs such weak victims and what they dare try vs an able bodied male are not the same thing. So attacks vs such men ARE more likely to be made with a gun than the overall average attack figures put forward by the DOJ survey, but the odds are still likely to be against the guy having a gun.
So the ranges to practice at are sub 5 yds, for sure. being kinda fast at 10 yds and being REALLY fast at 10 ft are not the same thing. Being fast from an openly worn rig is not the same thing as being fast from real concealment either (ie, under a shirt, or a FASTENED shut coat. ) you know, like in hot weather (no coat) cold or windy or rainy weather (ie, fastened coat)
Also, the FBI''s Uniform Crime Report always shows that the average gunfight takes place at 10 FEETand less and that 90+% of the GUNFIGHTS occur at less than 10 yds. that's with the COP stats extending the average range, too. Civilian justfiable shootings are much closer. Cops fire sniper type rounds on occasion, and fire to suppress a gunman. Civilians end up in prison or sued almost to death over such stuff.
so, first off, the attacker probably won't have a gun at all, and the odds are WAY heavy that you wont have to fire at ALL, and then MISSES change a lot of minds, too. This is IF you get your gun into action in time, from far enough away, which IS a big "if". Then, IF the guy HAS a gun and MAKES you actually hit him with a bullet, the odds are way high that it will be at ranges well under 5 yds.
In fact, as slow as most people are, he'll be making them eat their gun. however, DOJ's survey is ALL attacks, vs the handicapped, vs kids, vs much smaller women, vs the elderly. What some punk dares to do vs such weak victims and what they dare try vs an able bodied male are not the same thing. So attacks vs such men ARE more likely to be made with a gun than the overall average attack figures put forward by the DOJ survey, but the odds are still likely to be against the guy having a gun.
So the ranges to practice at are sub 5 yds, for sure. being kinda fast at 10 yds and being REALLY fast at 10 ft are not the same thing. Being fast from an openly worn rig is not the same thing as being fast from real concealment either (ie, under a shirt, or a FASTENED shut coat. ) you know, like in hot weather (no coat) cold or windy or rainy weather (ie, fastened coat)
Also, the FBI''s Uniform Crime Report always shows that the average gunfight takes place at 10 FEETand less and that 90+% of the GUNFIGHTS occur at less than 10 yds. that's with the COP stats extending the average range, too. Civilian justfiable shootings are much closer. Cops fire sniper type rounds on occasion, and fire to suppress a gunman. Civilians end up in prison or sued almost to death over such stuff.
so, first off, the attacker probably won't have a gun at all, and the odds are WAY heavy that you wont have to fire at ALL, and then MISSES change a lot of minds, too. This is IF you get your gun into action in time, from far enough away, which IS a big "if". Then, IF the guy HAS a gun and MAKES you actually hit him with a bullet, the odds are way high that it will be at ranges well under 5 yds.
