Before You Buy A Gun-Watch This

	Before You Buy A Gun-Watch This "If you don't have training and you don't use proper tactics with what you're doing, you're probably making yourself a target for somebody." And it's not just tactical issues one faces in an active-shooter environment, the men say, citing the physiological effects of stress. "What happens is that you get so jacked up you forget how to do the simple things," Benton said. "Because your [heart rate] elevates, your fine motor skills deteriorate, and you can't get your gun out. And you're thinking, 'Oh there's a gun; I'm getting shot at.'" Dorney said, "You get tunnel vision as well, because now you're not looking at the entire environment; you're focused on one thing, and it's probably going to be the threat. It's been equated to taking paper towel rolls when they're empty, and sticking them up to your eyes. That's almost what you see. And ... and you have to train yourself to be able to break that." Also, they said, the vigilante is responsible for whatever his or her bullets hit. "You have to be able to know what your target is; but you also have to know what's behind your target, what's around your target; you're very responsible for everything," Benton said. "One stray bullet that misses and hits a bystander, you're responsible for it." But opponents argue that using a weapon for self-defense in a true emergency is not like target practice. "Video games and movies, they glorify gun fights," said Chris Benton, a police investigator with the Bethlehem, Pa. police department <b>...</b>	From: AreYouinTheKnow Views: 0 0 ratings
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