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How to escape from a rear headlock while held at gunpoint?
You comply with whatever you are being asked to do.
You are not going to escape that without being shot but on the other hand you have not been shot yet. That means that your captor wants you alive ...
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What is the proper technique to draw a gun?
I attended last year a training defence against weapons.
Guns are here restricted, so this it isn't trained often.
We started with the course with the use of guns. One had it, the other one closed in, ...
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Countermeasures against firearm disarms
If someone pointed a firearm at a target, they should be fully prepared to fire upon said target. This renders any martial disarm imporbable.
Any offensive move from the target would be met by a ...
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Countermeasures against firearm disarms
Hold the gun with two hands, not one hand-gangster-style.
Gain some distance if possible. Don't get close to him until you -
Order him to turn around and sit, with his hands on his head. Shoot the ...
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Effective range of pistols?
The effective range is not defined by the distance the round may travel.
The effective range is defined by the distance you have a fair chance hitting the target with kinetic effect.
Having the short ...
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Is there a way to defense from man on the ground with gun while standing?
You have very little to work with here. The solution is probably arguably usually to raise your hands and try to placate him "OK, you won, whatever you want, man". If he started the fight by ...
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How to escape from a rear headlock while held at gunpoint?
One possible option, if you just want to avoid being a hostage, is to make yourself an inconvenient hostage. Faint (or fake doing so) when the gun isn't pointed at your head. Vomit in fear. Lose ...
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How to escape from a rear headlock while held at gunpoint?
There are techniques to do so, and why not learn them, but understand the math on not getting shot is very pessimistic, such that if you try to apply them in real life, you almost certainly get shot.
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Do pistol disarming techniques work?
Only military and police trainers can likely comment on the utility of such techniques—my guess is that they are not focused on due to the low probability of success, and that strategy with firearms ...
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Effective range of pistols?
This is a somewhat ill-posed question, but I will try to frame it in a self-defense perspective. Disclaimer: I would consider myself an average marksman, not an expert by any means, but also an ...
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One-handed guard?
It also works in two-attacker situations, although it typically requires keeping distance with one of the two attackers at any given time. I very often use a single handed guard in free sparring when ...
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One-handed guard?
You might also guard with only one hand when:
you're wanting to use your other hand for other purposes no directly involved with fighting: getting out identification or money or whatever might help ...
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How can I practice shooting for a combat situation?
I know that the querent will probably never see this since this is a question migrated from a now-defunct Stack Exchange site, but if you live in a large city, there's a decent chance that you can ...
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What kind of damage can your hand get from holding the barrel of a fired gun when disarming it?
This happened to me a few days ago. I grabbed the barrel of a rifle as it was fired. My hand throbbed in pain for several hours. The fingers were bruised, swollen, and stiff. But no severe damage.
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