Comments on: The Failure of the Defensive Mindset

By: J.C.

J.C. — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:23:23 +0000

Thank you for this! In the main, I agree with you. I used to get the “do not shoot in the back” commentary also. If he’s fleeing, let him flee. I’m all for felons leaving my battlespace, but not if they’re simply repositioning for tactical advantage. If you present your back while moving to another piece of cover, so be it. Like all ideas, there is a time and place for both the concept of “aggress to the fight” and the “defensive mindset”. Unless I have a family member downstairs, or have serious concerns that the attackers downstairs are about to commit arson and burn us out, I choose to remain in a defensive position and call 911. Aggress onto my position, I aggress you. But if you flee my house, business, vehicle, etc., run, I will not chase. The Active Killer scenario that has been happening since I was a child changes that posture to a much more assertive one. But the active killer choses the time and place of the raid or ambush. How/if we counterattack is up to us. Aggressive violence is the only way to win, not wait until we’re fired upon. If I’m attacked in the parking lot of Trolley Square, and I outshoot the Bosnian attacker, great. But if I do not follow up with more aggressive action, he goes into the mall and the same people would die. Tough choices. We will only know when it hits us, unless we have previous battlefield environment experience. I hope that I don’t become one of the failures of the defensive mindset. I will keep the lesson of this article in my mind.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:23:02 +0000

Point but I am an armed citizen rather than infantry or police so different mission. If possible, I would seek cover or concealment and make the bad guy come to me.

By: Sam I Am

Sam I Am — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 21:58:52 +0000

1. The best way to win a fight, is to not be in the fight.
2. Provoking an attack is not a winning strategy.
3. US law uniformly jails people who strike first, even second.
4. If your position is do strong the enemy cannot get in, you
cannot get out.
5. There is no substitute for victory, unless you are a politician.
6. Those whou shout and run away, live to live another day.
7. The enemy always attacks on two occaisions: when they are ready; when you are not.
8. If the attacker is in range, so are you..
9. When you have plenty of ammo, you never miss; when you are low on ammo, you can’t
hit the side of a barn.
10. If at first you don’t succeed, call in an airstrike.

By: uncommon_sense

uncommon_sense — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:52:56 +0000

Delivering the first strike (whether that involves a punch, kick, bludgeon, edge weapon, or firearm) carries significant legal risk. Consult with legal council about the legal jeopardy that comes with the first strike. The sad reality is that evil people always have the advantage initially because they choose the time, place, and manner of their potential attack. And therein lies the rub: every potential attack is just that--a potential outcome and therefore not certain until it actually begins. And what is the most clearcut legal definition of an attack? Delivering the first strike. My personal opinion (which is not legal council): it better be really obvious that your adversary presents a credible threat of imminent great bodily harm or death before you deliver the first strike. And when I say, "obvious," that means to investigators, law enforcement, prosecutors, and juries. Plan accordingly.

By: .40 cal Booger

.40 cal Booger — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:19:21 +0000

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By: Chris T in KY

Chris T in KY — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:13:25 +0000

In reply to Miles Palmer. You are now required to misspell words. You are not supposed to hurt the feelings of other people.

By: .40 cal Booger

.40 cal Booger — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:06:40 +0000

The training I had touched on ‘warning shots’…it went like this: “The only warning shots you fire are the ones inside the bad guy warning them they will die.”

By: Chris T in KY

Chris T in KY — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 23:44:07 +0000

Most police officers never have to pull their gun. And they go to places I would never go. Their mindset is what protects them.

They don’t allow themselves to be put into a bad situation in the first place.

And I’m normally in bed by 10pm.

Practice drawing your empty gun. Use snap caps in your dry fire practice. That all is part of developing a mindset.