Originally Posted by
vcdgrips
To extend the thoughts of TP, JT and others (with a lot of soapbox as follows):
“We” in this world, particularly, as “we” get older and have more “disposable income,” often pivot immediately to hardware solutions for what are often, and primarily, are software “problems.”
So we move from:
This platform to that platform
This holster to that holster
This pistol RDS to that RDS when they are not Trijicon, Holosun, Aimpoint and perhaps Sig and Steiner
yet we CANNOT
1. See our feet because we have “Dunlop” disease (as in our belly has done lopped waay over our belt line)
2. Run a mile in 9 min or walk one in 15
3. Bench press 50% of our body weight
4. Carry any first aid with us , even in an edc backpack or car, let alone take any training re stopping rapid exsanguination let alone ABC assessment and response(s).
5. Find the time to train/practice in any meaningful way, in or out of a formal setting, on or off line, live or taped etc.
6. Resist the urge to buy the “just as good,” usually made in China…when it almost never is as good and often does not even hit the intersection of quality/value.
I am not a snub guy. Having said that, if you are doing the work with a snub and can make rapid, multiple hits on an 8 inch plate on demand from your EDC carry method freestyle/ support hand/primary hand out to 7 yards, I would humbly submit that you have the bandwidth to work on other skills ie
A. First Aid
B. Fitness-Physical/Spiritual/Emotional
C. Studying Pre Assault Indicators
D. Critically thinking about your driving habits and car maintenance practices
E. Nutrition and Hydration
F. Etc.
I admit I could do better on everything I have I outlined above and working anything and everything mentioned above are not mutually exclusive concepts.
Rant over.