Originally Posted by Little Apple

Do you guys think that gun defense needs to start being more in-depth?

I was just talking to a guy who was saying how some of the common defense techniques are dangerous on certain types of guns. It was his opinion that people in general need to know about the specifics of different guns: where the safety switch is on different models and how to know if it's on; where the pin release to eject the clip or release the barrel is; which guns can still fire after the clip is ejected if a bullet is already in the chamber, etc.

Those are all things that I don't know, because I don't know guns. I've had gun defense included in some of the places I have trained, and I've never been taught any of that.

Do you guys think martial art places that are geared towards self defense should be teaching this, or would you say it's not their place?