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Originally Posted by MattR
Love it, thanks Scotty, I 100% agree with the "when to draw" paragraph in the OP. Brandishing a weapon and using it as a deterrent is a fine line, but I feel comfortable evaluating a person enough to make the choice. I'd rather have to explain why I pulled on someone than end up shot. There are some interesting posts further down in that thread.
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Yes, there is some discussion on brandishing/threat/timing, and I think that it deserves some thought especially if in self-defense-unfriendly jurisdictions (several pages in another forum member, a white-collar professional, describes how the Philadelphia justice system screwed him hard for political reasons). In any case I think that the OP's point was that if the weapon comes out, you are ready to use it instantly, and don't hesitate to prepare yourself in the few seconds you have before distance is closed. The whole body-language and prep movement thing is real, for sure.
However, the bottom line is that in a bad situation, hesitation can get you killed and unless you have your canned/trained responses prepared, the progression of the situation is not under your control. The thread about another forum member (a classic Joe Citizen) that got his hands shot up during a confrontation (but still survived the encounter) was a textbook example of how it will go down when you are not in the defensive mindset often enough.