Rules for Gunfighting

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

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[Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428]

I always add “ you cannot miss fast enough to win” to that list. 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

The first rule in a gunfight, according to my dad, is to have a gun.

 

His second rule was know your gun intimately and completely.

[Trailrider #896]

"Speed's fine. Accuracy's final! There's no second place winner in a gunfight!" - Bill Jordan.

"Take your time...fast!" Wyatt Earp.

[Alpo]

Number seven - I first heard that one from Peter Capstick. Article in American Rifleman. He shot something with a 700 nitro and it went down. And he shot it again. He said that those shells were $7 a piece - I should mention that this article was back in the '80s or maybe earlier. $7 was a whole bunch of money back then - those shells were $7 a piece, but when his lily-white skin was at stake, the money didn't matter.

[Alpo]

I thought number 13 was - if you are not shooting you should be reloading.

[Cypress Sun]

I didn't think there were any rules.

[PowderRiverCowboy]

6 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:

I didn't think there were any rules.

There arent, the only way to overcome violence is with overwhelming Violence and dont bring along a embed to cry about it 

[Pat Riot]

My Dad was a Marine. He died many years ago. He taught me boxing, knife fighting, judo and street fighting (no rules).

I remember once I asked him about gun fights. He said “The best place to be in a gun fight is somewhere else.”
 

[Alpo]

The best place to be in any kind of a fight, is somewhere else.

[Ozark Huckleberry]

The three useless things in a gunfight:

 

1. A gun that's in the holster.

 

2. Ammunition that's in the box.

 

3. Cover that's behind you.

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

RULE 1 

 

  WIN . by any means necessary 

[Texas Joker]

1. Bring a gun

 

2. Bring friends with guns

 

3 Shoot til the threat changes shape or catches fire

 

 

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

Bring air and artillery. Oh, and armor.

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

Be FIRST to respond!

 

 

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

2 hours ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said:

Be FIRST to respond!

 

 

Brought a knife to a gun fight. 

[Alpo]

Be kind now. He didn't know it was going to be a gunfight.

[Canton Chris]

Reminds me of a quote my old school Japanese Sensei told us about street fighting in broken English many years ago. ‘’ There’s no fair, there’s no not fair; there’s win & there’s lose”
 

[Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme]

Our son's USMC recon platoon used this motto prior to a fight;

 

Attempt to win their hearts and minds first, but be willing to splatter them next.

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

4 minutes ago, Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme said:

Our son's USMC recon platoon used this motto prior to a fight;

 

Attempt to win their hearts and minds first, but be willing to splatter them next.

We used to say "When you've got 'em by the b@lls, their hearts and minds will follow".

[Mossy Horn Gent]

Rules??

[Alpo]

6 hours ago, Canton Chris said:

Reminds me of a quote my old school Japanese Sensei told us about street fighting in broken English many years ago. ‘’ There’s no fair, there’s no not fair; there’s win & there’s lose”
 

Fair? That's where you go to get funnel cake.

[Blackwater 53393]

If you find yourself in a fair fight, YOUR TACTICS SUCK!!’

[bgavin]

#6 stands out in my mind.
I read so many news stories about how somebody slows down a perp with a firearm, but fails to plant him in the ground.

There is a reason why the 45 ACP was invented for knock-down and stopping power.
I have nothing against 9mm, just zero desire to ever own one for a gunfight.

[Texas Joker]

The gun you have when you need it is the best gun in the world

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

21 minutes ago, bgavin said:

#6 stands out in my mind.
I read so many news stories about how somebody slows down a perp with a firearm, but fails to plant him in the ground.

There is a reason why the 45 ACP was invented for knock-down and stopping power.
I have nothing against 9mm, just zero desire to ever own one for a gunfight.

I've seen some videos on the youtube where people are testing a 9mm and a .45, same manufacturer, same bullet, (Hydro Shok, Gold Dot, HST, etc.), and most modern premium 9mm bullets give very similar performance to the .45s. I wouldn't feel undergunned if I was carrying a 9mm. I don't feel undergunned with a 5 shot .38 either. That being said, my EDC is still a 1911 in .45. I also have a Charter Arms Pitbull in .45.  

[Cypress Sun]

 

I've never heard of anyone that ever said "Gee, I'd rather be shot with a .22 rather than a 9mm or .45". 

[T.K.]

Tuco says it best!

IF YOUR GONNA SHOOT, SHOOT DON'T TALK!

[Ozark Huckleberry]

3 hours ago, bgavin said:

#6 stands out in my mind.
I read so many news stories about how somebody slows down a perp with a firearm, but fails to plant him in the ground.

There is a reason why the 45 ACP was invented for knock-down and stopping power.
I have nothing against 9mm, just zero desire to ever own one for a gunfight.

 

I like the .45.  It's nice to have a bullet that starts out at the diameter the 9mm hopes it can grow up to be.

[Alpo]

2 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

 

I've never heard of anyone that ever said "Gee, I'd rather be shot with a .22 rather than a 9mm or .45". 

If I was going to be shot I'd rather be shot with a 22 than a 45. Stand a better chance of not dying.