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Re: Recommendations for personal defense
« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2010, 01:38:47 PM »
Quote from: Michael Bane on March 31, 2010, 09:22:14 PM
As some of the other posters have mentioned, before you even consider how you plan to defend yourself, you must answer Question 1, which is simply how far are you willing to go in that defense. This can be an agonizing and in many cases a life-changing exercise...but if you don't honestly address Question 1, your efforts at self-defense will fail, and at the worst possible time.

Michael B

Golden words right there.

And, that is it in a nutshell. The first, and greatest decision (IMHO) is whether you are prepared to take a situation to the ultimate conclusion, which is, taking a human life. Everything else expands from there. And, many people confuse 'wanting to' and 'being prepared to' do what is necessary, up to, and including, taking a life or lives. It also has to be a steadfast and unwavering decision. One can not waffle.

I personally don't 'want' to, and hope I never have to......but I am prepared to. Be it with gun, knife, cane, bat, fork, or used chopstick...whatever it takes to stop the threat.
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Re: Recommendations for personal defense
« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2010, 02:47:25 PM »
I would like to just take a moment to point out that we are up to 3 pages now and there has not been 1 single internet commando/mall ninja post like you would see on "those other gun forums". You know..... with some jack ass mouthing off and giving you crap about you not being willing to carry a firearm.

Way to go DRTV! Big thumbs up to ALL the forum members here!
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Re: Recommendations for personal defense
« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2010, 03:01:57 PM »
Quote from: ericire12 on April 01, 2010, 02:47:25 PM
I would like to just take a moment to point out that we are up to 3 pages now and there has not been 1 single internet commando/mall ninja post like you would see on "those other gun forums". You know..... with some jack ass mouthing off and giving you crap about you not being willing to carry a firearm.

Way to go DRTV! Big thumbs up to ALL the forum members here!

We're not stupid.  We know what M'ette would do to us if we treated a guest that way
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Re: Recommendations for personal defense
« Reply #23 on: April 01, 2010, 03:07:23 PM »
More to the point we're just not stupid. Hell, Eric and I may act that way sometimes, but he is 100% correct in noting that the members here understand that SD is both serious business and a personal decision. We aren't about to give somebody grief about their calls, just try to help them out. I will actually nominate Eric for comment of the day.
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Re: Recommendations for personal defense
« Reply #24 on: April 11, 2010, 06:54:00 PM »
This is exciting getting advice from so many people, including stars of the Best Defense!

Awareness and Avoidance are the primary recommendations by Rory Miller, too, in a book I'm reading by him called Meditations on Violence. I didn't really understand the concepts until reading the book. I understand the Best Defense show also discusses so I'll watch for it. 
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Re: Recommendations for personal defense
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2010, 08:13:18 AM »
I think Jeff Brown from the Dog Brothers group is in Dayton and there is a Krav School in Dayton also.  You are not far from one of of Mr. Janich's groups in Columbus.  They have some Saturday training once a month that would be worth the trip.
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