Running away is also a poor choice against a long ranged projectile weapon.
No it isn't. It's likely to be your best choice.
Without practice, moving targets very difficult to hit, and even a target that is moving directly away from you in a straight line is a target that is rapidly shrinking in size.
If you're breaking into a car, and the owner runs up and pulls a gun on you, running away is your best option because it immediately communicates that you are not a threat, and it gives you the best chance of survival if they don't care to honor your surrender.
Because his gun is already out and you will most likely not pull out yours, aim it, and fire it before he pulls the trigger? Is that not obvious?
And because, presumably, realize you were just looking to go carjacking or stereo-stealing with your buddies, rather than get into the hot mess you've just walked into.
Engaging seems the safest, or else why even carry if its always better to just run?
Because it's not always going to be better, or even possible to run.
The reason this woman didn't get shot by the guy pointing a gun at her is because he didn't expect her to be armed and wasn't planning on going up against any resistance.
The article doesn't say whether the the 13 year old who died was the person who pointed a gun at her, but regardless, this was not criminal who though he was going to get into a gunfight. If it had been someone who was actually prepared for resistance, there's virtually no way she would have gotten a shot off before he shot her.
When she reached for her gun instead of running, she made a bet that this guy was slow, inattentive and unprepared. That bet paid off for her. If she had bet wrong, she would've thrown her life away where running - even to cover to pull out a weapon there, might have saved her.
And who knows, maybe she did run for cover before she pulled her gun. Maybe she was already in some measure of cover - perhaps behind the engine block of another parked car.
No it isn't. It's likely to be your best choice.
Without practice, moving targets very difficult to hit, and even a target that is moving directly away from you in a straight line is a target that is rapidly shrinking in size.
If you're breaking into a car, and the owner runs up and pulls a gun on you, running away is your best option because it immediately communicates that you are not a threat, and it gives you the best chance of survival if they don't care to honor your surrender.
Because his gun is already out and you will most likely not pull out yours, aim it, and fire it before he pulls the trigger? Is that not obvious?
And because, presumably, realize you were just looking to go carjacking or stereo-stealing with your buddies, rather than get into the hot mess you've just walked into.
Because it's not always going to be better, or even possible to run.
The reason this woman didn't get shot by the guy pointing a gun at her is because he didn't expect her to be armed and wasn't planning on going up against any resistance.
The article doesn't say whether the the 13 year old who died was the person who pointed a gun at her, but regardless, this was not criminal who though he was going to get into a gunfight. If it had been someone who was actually prepared for resistance, there's virtually no way she would have gotten a shot off before he shot her.
When she reached for her gun instead of running, she made a bet that this guy was slow, inattentive and unprepared. That bet paid off for her. If she had bet wrong, she would've thrown her life away where running - even to cover to pull out a weapon there, might have saved her.
And who knows, maybe she did run for cover before she pulled her gun. Maybe she was already in some measure of cover - perhaps behind the engine block of another parked car.