[SoYank]

Rules for a Gunfight

1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough or using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember details of caliber, stance or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an Angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket."
10. Someday someone may kill you with your gun, but he should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
11. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. Have a plan.
13. Have a back-up plan because the first one won't work.
14. Use cover and concealment as much as possible.
15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
16. Don't drop your guard.
17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else keep your hands where I can see them).
19. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
21. Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
22. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
23. Your number one option for Personal Security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
24. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4".

[Carnage]

very true, although this one applies to any fight...Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

[BMW F22]

I had something to say about this but I took some tylenol PM and it's starting to kick in right now...

[Ninjaneer]

That was a fun read...

[ages944]

... I kept waiting for the punchline, lol. So, uh, is this supposed to be like the reader's digest version of the Art of War?

[just4kickz]

# In ten years nobody will remember details of caliber, stance or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

thats wrong tho... i watch history channel all the time... they were talking about the caliber weapons used during WW1, WW2, Vietnam, the Gulf and so on and so forth including battles not fought by Americans...

[Driv3r]

Originally Posted by just4kickz

# In ten years nobody will remember details of caliber, stance or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

thats wrong tho... i watch history channel all the time... they were talking about the caliber weapons used during WW1, WW2, Vietnam, the Gulf and so on and so forth including battles not fought by Americans...

yea but thats because the history channel is ran by super history nerds

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by just4kickz

thats wrong tho... i watch history channel all the time... they were talking about the caliber weapons used during WW1, WW2, Vietnam, the Gulf and so on and so forth including battles not fought by Americans...

Yeah, but do you remember the calibers, or only who won???