DGU

Having been a first responder, I tell folks I can count on one hand the violent crimes I’ve stopped in progress. I was, for lack of a better word, a historian.

Compliance is usually the best strategy for surviving an armed robbery. Material possessions aren’t worth the loss of human life, and you’re unlikely to draw and fire if you’re already looking down the barrel of a loaded gun.

Let’s say you go with the option to draw your weapon and try to stop the crime in progress. Now the crook has a decision to make — comply or fight his way out.

Not an hour into the shift, I had my weapon pointed at a car full of gangbangers in a stolen car. It was the first of many adrenalin rushes.

My goal is to get you thinking inside and outside of the box about all things related to personal-defense.

So I bet you have a gun for self defense. But do you have a lawyer? If not, who do you expect will defend you after you pull the trigger in a defensive gun use? There are things you need to now about what happens after, and a lawyer can help.

All the best gear combined with inaccurate knowledge of deadly force laws, poor mindset and poor training is, quite frankly, a disaster waiting to happen.

“I mean, it’s a shame that you have to protect your house like that, but someone comes in your house like that while you’re home, then I guess you have that right,” Gary Dickman told WDRB.com.

What would you do if a naked home invader jumped on your sleeping wife or girlfriend?