Access

[sm]

It. Does. Not. Matter.

-It does not matter what make, model, action type of firearm, caliber, nor cylinder or magazine capacity...

-It does not matter what type of steel the edged weapon is made of, whether it is traditional, or tactical, nor the handle material, or whether it is production or custom...

-It does not matter what type of material a cane or walking stick is made of...

-It does not matter what make, model, or how bright a flashlight is...

-It does not even matter if you live in a non restricted location in the world or a restricted location in the world...

If one cannot access the darn things, when a situation presents itself.

So you see, the reality is, NONE of you have been with me, when I went through serious situations.
Another reality is, it is very doubtful I will be with you, nor will any of your Internet Forum friends when YOU will encounter a serious situation.

-It does not matter if the "tool" is a bottle of water, or soda, or rolled up magazine, or newspaper,such as one might choose when in a non permissive to [weapon] environment (NPE) as one encounters in a government building, airport, courthouse and so forth.

It does not matter if the "tool" is a cast iron skillet used in the kitchen, which incidentally I personally know of instances where that tool stopped what needed stopping and was "accessible" to the user at the times...

Still even if the cast iron had not been accessible, the results of serious events could have turned out much, much worse, even deadly.

Food for thought-

Steve

 

[mcdonl]

Steve, good points and so true. Take this example.

I was almost home last week (I was in my town, and I am an EMT-I in this town) that being said there was a woman laying on the side of the road in PJ's, looked battered. Looked like she may have been hit by a car.

I pulled over (With my wife in the car) and I went to the PT's side. Assesment showed she was alert, but intoxicated and had just be assaulted by her husband. Her husband was 20 yards away on the porch of their house. My gun was 20 yards in the other direction in my car.

All turned out well, but if I needed it I would not have been able to get to it.

 

[Wedge]

Thanks Sm, good points.

Some tools are better than others. When you know how something works, you can usually get around having a sub-optimal tool but it sure is easier to have the right tool for the job.

The will to get the job done is more important than the tools for the job. When I have a flat on the side of the road in the middle of no-where, it sure would be nice to have my full shop handy but I need to get moving NOW and I need to get that wheel changed. A stubby lug wrench that comes with the car and a rock to help break the lugs free sure beats just sitting around saying "woe is me...".

execution of an imperfect plan is better than waiting on the perfect plan. But you need to have some sort of plan.