ha ha ^_^ I don't have a gun, nor am I planning on getting one. The conversation with this dude just made me think about all those gun defense techniques you learn in self defense classes. He was REALLY convinced that you can't teach gun defense without educating on all the above stuff about guns; that some of those basic disarms are dangerous depending on the model. Since I don't know anything about guns, I decided to ask about it.
My main question was whether you think self defense needs to expand to include basic fire arm knowledge. I'm not suggesting that all Aikido, Karate, and boxing gyms suddenly offer a gun class. Just wondering if some more specialized firearm knowledge should be taught in self defense centered martial art classes. Mike Brewer seems to be of the opinion that martial art places, even those that focus on self defense, are just not qualified to teach this. I could see where that might be the case, is that the general opinion?
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