{"id":61160,"date":"2016-07-25T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=61160"},"modified":"2016-07-25T10:01:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T00:39:35","slug":"ep-13-shoot-disparity-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ep-13-shoot-disparity-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 13 Should I Shoot? Understanding Disparity of Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong> The following is a post from Sammy Reese, a former Marine Corps Artillery Officer and retired police officer from California. He is a part-time range master for the police department he retired from as well as a life-long martial artist and combatives coach.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the last five episodes in this series:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/ep-8-shoot-line-sand\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ep-13-shoot-disparity-force\" title=\"Ep. 13 Should I Shoot? Understanding Disparity of Force\">Ep. 8 Should I Shoot? The Line In the Sand, How I Would Handle A Mass Killing Situation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/should-i-shoot-ep-9-road-rage\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ep-13-shoot-disparity-force\" title=\"Ep. 13 Should I Shoot? Understanding Disparity of Force\">Ep. 9 Should I Shoot? Road Rage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/ep-10-shoot-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ep-13-shoot-disparity-force\" title=\"Ep. 13 Should I Shoot? Understanding Disparity of Force\">Ep. 10 Should I Shoot? Restaurant Etiquette\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/should-i-shoot-inside-the-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ep-13-shoot-disparity-force\" title=\"Ep. 13 Should I Shoot? Understanding Disparity of Force\">Ep. 11 Should I Shoot? Inside the Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/ep-12-shoot-spare-parachute\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ep-13-shoot-disparity-force\" title=\"Ep. 13 Should I Shoot? Understanding Disparity of Force\">Ep. 12 Should I Shoot? Spare Parachute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You and your family have just had a fun-filled day at the county fair. Lot of rides, games and you totally blew the \u201ctrying to eat only good food\u201d diet on all kinds of funnel cakes, hot dogs and deep-friend everything. While walking to your truck, you comment to your wife that you don\u2019t remember having walked so far to get into the fair when you hear a voice from a few rows over yell, \u201cWhat the hell are you looking at?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You turn to look and, through the crowd, you see a group of five tatted-up shirtless guys who appear to be weightlifters. One of them notices you look over and he starts toward you and bellows, \u201cWhat the *&amp;^% are you looking at?\u201d You notice the other four are following him. As they close in, you realize these boys are all really big. The first two appear to have cauliflower ears, and from the look in their eyes, they mean business. What do you do?<\/p>\n<p>Use of force, especially deadly force, requires certain criteria to be met before we can employ it. I\u2019ve covered the topic at great length in earlier columns, but at its core, we have to be in fear for our life or great bodily injury (GBI) before we can use deadly force to stop the threat (or, in the above scenario, multiple threats). Today, we play the \u201cwhat if?\u201d game as it applies to a group of what at least appear to be unarmed thugs but who are definitely of superior size and appear to be in great physical shape. I mentioned the cauliflower ears because, in my world of training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and coaching MMA fighters, I know those come from very hard training in either wrestling or other combat-style martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>Disparity of force laws are different in some states, but let\u2019s apply the \u201creasonable person\u201d test: What would any reasonable person in your position perceive from being in the middle of the storm in the fair parking lot? Disparity covers many stand-alone aspects and, when you combine them, it multiplies the threat. Superior size of the assailant(s), massive strength, age (20 versus 50 years old), number of assailants (five against one) and skill of the assailant(s) (in this case, what appear to be trained fighters). I know from the time spent in the gym very powerful and talented fighters can come in very small packages, so I\u2019ve learned to not always judge a book by its cover. The guys and girls I train with are all awesome people, but I know of some schools that are known to train thugs to be better thugs.<\/p>\n<p>Back to that fair parking lot \u2014 what are you going to do? My family is my first concern. I\u2019m going to tell them to run, get help and call 911. This gets them out of the danger zone and gets help coming, and it also shows I\u2019m trying to find another option to fighting. I\u2019d try and run, but with them only 20 feet away, I wouldn\u2019t get far on my bad ankle. I know trying to fight even one of these monsters could get me killed or crippled. Five of them would only make my demise quicker. I\u2019m left with no choice but to defend myself with my concealed firearm.<\/p>\n<p>What would you do? Have you thought of how disparity of force applies to your personal defense plans? If not, it\u2019s time to do some more research on the laws of your home state and the other states where you carry a gun for personal defense.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more critical information on the use of deadly force and other firearms and self-defense topics, visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscca.com\/GunsAmerica\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ep-13-shoot-disparity-force\" title=\"Ep. 13 Should I Shoot? 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