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Personal Defense Plan......

Good article. I like the Sheriff's articles. Kind of like they say -- every bullet out of your gun has a lawyer's name attached to it. We have to condition ourselves to be able to turn the adrenaline off quickly once an incident is over. Not an easy task!
 
An officer friend of mine always told me:
“Is it worth accidentally shooting or killing a neighbor in their home when you fire your weapon at folks trying to steal your tires off your truck parked out front in the middle of the night and you miss with a round?”
 
My personal defense plan has to remain in the house. I would have to use the dogs for backup if there was something going on outside.
 
So, a comment on the bit about giving first aid.

I’m a trained & certified first responder (basically, the lowest level of EMT) on a team where I work (industrial facility, we get plenty of accidents)...and the first thing you are taught when responding to an event, before you do anything else...

Is the scene safe? If it's not...you do NOT proceed.

If I’ve just gone through a fight for my life...it’s gonna be pretty hard to verify the scene is safe (for a number of reasons). Starting treatment is, by my training, not the correct course of action.

You can also get into things like if you don’t have the correct equipment (PPE—gloves, glasses, or more, depending) you should not put yourself at risk of numerous pathogens transmitted through bodily fluids...so going hands-on is right out for other reasons as well.

In other words...it would have to be perfect circumstances to actually render first aid in that situation, in light of how I have been trained.

YMMV.
 
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