What people don't consider along with the physical part is the mental part. There's guys on youtube doing backyard training and "run n guns" in the desert with tac gear and whatnot preparing for " WROL ". The mental aspect of actually being shot at and shooting back is one that I can only make one comparison with:
I used to play tournament paintball, very high speed, guns that would shoot a constant 15-23 balls per second, fields were 150x100ft or somewhere about there, some smaller, with air bunkers, usually 5v5. Now, working at a store/field for 6-7 years showed me a lot of things about fear and people and how training fixes this.
Exhibit A: When a group of people for a birthday, church, office fun day etc. show up, they are very excited in the car. Once they put on their gear load up, and walk on to the field, they begin to get somewhat nervous. Keep in mind, for as long as they knew they were coming to play, they dreamed of running down the field lighting people up and doing all kinds of brave stuff. 3...2...1... GOGOGOGO. 90% of the people stay at the first bunkers ( the bunkers are in 5-10 yard increments), they fire 5-10 rounds off the break, then decide to try and burrow themselves deeper in the bunker as the rounds fly at them. They freeze, panic, don't communicate, every man for himself, some just surrender. Remember, this is paintball, much quieter and MUCH safer than a firefight with rifles.
Exhibit B: When we ( teammates and I who worked there) would decide to go play a little after work with the groups, we'd always use the rentals and not our rolls royce guns to make it more fair. Keep in mind, some of the walk ons/party group members have played before, have their own guns, and have a basic understanding of the game. We would usually do Myself, 1-3 others with rentals vs 10-15, sometimes 20 if we were feeling lucky. We don't panic, we don't freeze, we never got confused, and ALWAYS communicated constantly about any changes and to progress our strategy. We knew exactly how to work an opponent with no experience, and ones with. These rounds would usually last no more than 3-5 minutes. Why? Because we had legitimate training and experience, and a LOT of it, every weekend, every week. Period.
Point is, guns and ammo along with flashy gear won't make you survive better if you don't have the right knowledge to employ it correctly. To think you and your new $3500 AR-15 setup are going to stand a fighting chance against someone who has been in dozens of battles, them being armed with an, I dunno, .17HMR or a rusty old AK, is just foolish.
If you want to learn about fighting a gun battle and plan on employing these methods, join the military or LEO, otherwise your putting on some nice pads and trying to play in the NFL.
I used to play tournament paintball, very high speed, guns that would shoot a constant 15-23 balls per second, fields were 150x100ft or somewhere about there, some smaller, with air bunkers, usually 5v5. Now, working at a store/field for 6-7 years showed me a lot of things about fear and people and how training fixes this.
Exhibit A: When a group of people for a birthday, church, office fun day etc. show up, they are very excited in the car. Once they put on their gear load up, and walk on to the field, they begin to get somewhat nervous. Keep in mind, for as long as they knew they were coming to play, they dreamed of running down the field lighting people up and doing all kinds of brave stuff. 3...2...1... GOGOGOGO. 90% of the people stay at the first bunkers ( the bunkers are in 5-10 yard increments), they fire 5-10 rounds off the break, then decide to try and burrow themselves deeper in the bunker as the rounds fly at them. They freeze, panic, don't communicate, every man for himself, some just surrender. Remember, this is paintball, much quieter and MUCH safer than a firefight with rifles.
Exhibit B: When we ( teammates and I who worked there) would decide to go play a little after work with the groups, we'd always use the rentals and not our rolls royce guns to make it more fair. Keep in mind, some of the walk ons/party group members have played before, have their own guns, and have a basic understanding of the game. We would usually do Myself, 1-3 others with rentals vs 10-15, sometimes 20 if we were feeling lucky. We don't panic, we don't freeze, we never got confused, and ALWAYS communicated constantly about any changes and to progress our strategy. We knew exactly how to work an opponent with no experience, and ones with. These rounds would usually last no more than 3-5 minutes. Why? Because we had legitimate training and experience, and a LOT of it, every weekend, every week. Period.
Point is, guns and ammo along with flashy gear won't make you survive better if you don't have the right knowledge to employ it correctly. To think you and your new $3500 AR-15 setup are going to stand a fighting chance against someone who has been in dozens of battles, them being armed with an, I dunno, .17HMR or a rusty old AK, is just foolish.
If you want to learn about fighting a gun battle and plan on employing these methods, join the military or LEO, otherwise your putting on some nice pads and trying to play in the NFL.
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