[JPH]

“You have someone at rifle point”
“Individual starts walking towards you while challenging you to shoot them”

I ask how far away it the person and do I at ANYTIME confirm a weapon on his person?

Note: I have NOT been in a gunfight, so I am basing this only on training evolutions.

For myself if anyone is with in 15 meters of my person, and threatening me in any way, (especially if I am in full battle rattle where you would have to be motivated or insane or both to threaten me), I consider them a deadly threat.

I base this statement off a 7-meter knife vs. handgun drill we run at one of the training centers I attended for my PSD/EP training. The way the drill is ran, you set up your armed person with weapon holstered in concealment (daily carry mode), 7 meters from a B27E target then you set up your assailant with a paint stick with red dye, paint, or lipstick on it 7 meters to the 3 or 9 o’clock of the shooter on or 1’ behind the firing line. The shooter and the assailant start talking to each other then at any moment the assailant with out warning charges the shooter.

The goal and point for the demonstration is to show that only well trained persons can see a threat, decided to act, clear-web-draw-aim-engage with 2+ rounds before a attacker with a knife can start cutting them.

There is a name to this drill however at this time I have forgotten it, and there are other ways to do it but this is the simplest to describe in writing. If I can remember the name or think of any other details I might have left out I will edit or post them later.

With all that said I would take in to consideration that with M4 in hand draw time would be eliminated along with target acquisition time and so on. There for the attacker might get a few more seconds to live.

For half my size I would evaluate the person approach if I think I can take them with blunt or edged weapons fighting then I might attempt to end it that way. If the person seems to be acquiring a weapon on their approach or if the person dwarfs me then I would be more likely to engaging with my rifle, if/when the person was closer than 10-15 meters. There by eliminating the hand to hand fighting of your scenario…

The principle paid us to be there, my teammates are counting on me, and I want to go home. I may lose the job may never work again, may face criminal or civil suit? Who know what would happen OR what I will really do, but that’s what we are trained to do in PSD.

LEO and Military may take issue or have other ways to deal with this. I am low man on the pole in EP. I have not work out side the US only local jobs more as on the job training as of this writing as I am still in training and what I do not know would fill volumes.

but thats what I think i would do...


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