Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Brewer
.....If JKD is about truth in combat, then it must include an understanding of firearms - at least if you live someplace where firearms can be used. And once you understand firearms, it doesn't take long to realize they are terribly effective. By virtue of the JKD ideal of "using what is useful," guess what conclusions you can now draw about your training?
I think this tendency for people to fall in love with the idea of "duelling" is responsible for a lot of the attitudes that mischaracterize people this way. You seem to have this idea that fighting is somehow an honorable thing, and that there's some kind of code of behavior or fair play involved. Playing by those rules is how martial artists get shot by bad guys who don't care about the rules.
|
It could be worse than that... If ignorance is the enemy you could be shot by "accident" or by virtue of being in the (exact) wrong place at the wrong moment.
Bullets are nothing but a dumb projectile. They go where they go.
I always get a cautionary "feeling" when I shoot things at (point blank) short range. Yes I use eye protection, for what it's worth(?)
Anything less than 10 or 15 feet away has a greater chance of deflecting fragments of stuff straight back at you.
It doesn't happen often but it does happen. PEOPLE don't always follow the rules, by ignorance or by design.
Lets face it, PEOPLE do stupid things with guns ALL the time.
I'm just saying...
Education about the weapons can't hurt...