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And here we have some very good points on the topic...
The Martial Arts Instead Of A Gun? | Extrano's Alley, more than a gun blog
For starters, any of the martial arts require a great deal of practice, usually at least a one hour session a week forever. Most budding first level black belts give it up in a few weeks because of scheduling problems, leaving the poorer, but no wiser.
A gun also takes some learning, but for the most part the basics can be learned in a half hour, and polymer guns have cut the cleaning chore to something within the skill set of almost everyone.
Next, martial arts universally require the practitioner to engage with an assailant. That puts the defender at a disadvantage when the assailant does something unexpected – or holds out a knife and let’s the defender slash themselves.
Guns will work at contact distance, but they work just as well at a few feet between assailant and defender. If you can point, you can hit a target across a room, so intensive, long term practice is not necessary.
Third, for the most part, defenders lack the upper body strength to s deal with many attackers, particularly thos just out of prison workout rooms. While screaming and a furious attack may discourage a 250 pounds of muscle in Air Jordans, the usual result is being pinned, and helpless.
A gun pretty much does what they were advertised as doing, make the fraillest defender the equal of the strongest man to ever come out of a cell block.
So the advantage for self defense purposes is all with the light, compact, and devastatingly effective gun. Particularly a gun in the hands of someone with minimal training who is scared out of their wits by a sudden assault.
The Martial Arts Instead Of A Gun? | Extrano's Alley, more than a gun blog
For starters, any of the martial arts require a great deal of practice, usually at least a one hour session a week forever. Most budding first level black belts give it up in a few weeks because of scheduling problems, leaving the poorer, but no wiser.
A gun also takes some learning, but for the most part the basics can be learned in a half hour, and polymer guns have cut the cleaning chore to something within the skill set of almost everyone.
Next, martial arts universally require the practitioner to engage with an assailant. That puts the defender at a disadvantage when the assailant does something unexpected – or holds out a knife and let’s the defender slash themselves.
Guns will work at contact distance, but they work just as well at a few feet between assailant and defender. If you can point, you can hit a target across a room, so intensive, long term practice is not necessary.
Third, for the most part, defenders lack the upper body strength to s deal with many attackers, particularly thos just out of prison workout rooms. While screaming and a furious attack may discourage a 250 pounds of muscle in Air Jordans, the usual result is being pinned, and helpless.
A gun pretty much does what they were advertised as doing, make the fraillest defender the equal of the strongest man to ever come out of a cell block.
So the advantage for self defense purposes is all with the light, compact, and devastatingly effective gun. Particularly a gun in the hands of someone with minimal training who is scared out of their wits by a sudden assault.
