You can thank female judges. They’re the worst when it comes to sentencing violent criminals. The prosecutor was begging the judge to lock this guy up the last time he assaulted someone. The judge said something like, “I can’t just lock up everyone because you want me to.” What a $†µρ!Ð ß!†¢#. This assault is on her.

Now.

Thank you to the white libertarians liberals and leftists. And all self hating white people who support emptying the jails. Because they say America locks up to many criminals. Compared to other European countries.

According to their expertise view.

How many black victims did this guy attack??? Before he set this innocent white woman on fire.

They never seem to care about the innocent people. But they care a great deal about criminals who harm others.

Its not my “computations” – its the guy in the video. But I know the studies hes trying to outline, there’s a lot to it and more than he can cram into his short video. His numbers are derived from the studies and based upon stopping (not wounding) the threat in scenarios where it becomes necessary based upon what the studies actually show taking into account hit/miss ratio under stress response – basically, for every round fired and misses or fails to stop an active/advancing threat, especially if they are armed, means another shot needing to be fired to get a hit which works out to 3–4 hits (minimum) needed for each attacker in a ‘four attacker’ scenario [actually its single-attacker based in the studies, hes just using the Florida incident number]. Notice it says “3–4 hits” – HITS, not rounds fired but hits on the bad guy that will stop or lead to stopping the bad guy quickly, its HITS to stop the threat not wound the threat.

The video is only so long, he can’t cram everything into it so he hits the main salient points. But he is 100% correct. It might not happen in every situation and the bad guys might run away, but you can not depend on that happening in every situation – its like saying “I’m healthy, no bad habits, in optimum physical shape so I’ll never ever ever need a doctor”, yeah, that works until, for example, you get into a really bad car accident because a DUI driver ran into you. The point is you can not rely on human nature to always fit the scenario you are comfortable with or what some media story shows, bad guys do not always run away so you need to be prepared the best you can for the unexpected.

.40 cal Booger,

Regarding your computations for typical expected hit rates and thus required ammunition capacity for effective self-defense, your estimate is very much plausible assuming that all four attackers will continue to attack after you start shooting. While that assumption is likely correct in some cases, it is incorrect in other cases. (There are countless videos of home invaders who immediately start their escape as soon as the homeowner starts shooting.)

Nevertheless, when it comes to risk management (such as self-defense), I like to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. And that means having as much ammunition readily available as is practical.

.40 cal Booger,

When it comes to government mandated 10-round magazine capacity limits, you stated:

That’s not safety.
That’s state-mandated vulnerability.

That, my friend, is one of the most profound statements that anyone has ever said in the debate over our inalienable right to life–which necessarily requires effective self-defense.

Or, if you’re old enough to remember the late Jerry Pournelle’s Codominium stories, where is the mercenary leader Colonel John Christian Falkenberg when you need him?