Situational awareness, watching your six, and retention holsters

[herrwalther]

The video made me want to avoid the whole of New Orleans.

I did show this video to my wife, who lived in New Orleans for several years. According to her this happened in one of those "higher end" areas that put video cameras outside their homes and businesses. Muggings are common on that street, we just happened to see this one on video. This is also one of those neighborhoods that are fine during the day, but don't get caught in after dark. I get the feeling these two victims are tourists to the city. The victim on the right looked to be wearing one of those tourist wallets that go around the waist.

 

[Leanwolf]

I don't have an answer. I know that if the one guy is in critical condition they had to have hit him with some force, brass knuckles? ..."

From the amount of blood pooling around the unconscious victim's neck, I'd guess the murderous thug hit him in the neck with a knife. By the time the EMTs arrived, he'd have bled out enough to be in a coma.

Just my guess.

L.W.

 

[RPZ]

Not watching your six is a common feature.

What is apparent here as well is that this guy did not think to turn his friend over and maybe render some first aid if possible. The guy looks to be bleeding badly.

 

[RPZ]

When watching your six, or any other direction, there are indicators when it comes to street thugs that can be spotted, perhaps in time to avoid an attack or at least allow some preparation.. Absence of females and or children, their dress (I am yet to see or hear of any such attack by guys wearing suits and ties), their postures while moving, spacing and position relavent to one another - and changes. Sometimes they will be looking around to see who else might be in the area etc before an attack. This is not all of it, and it can be loosely summed up as street sense. But this is not undetectable. The most vulnerable are people who simply lack exposure, come from (tourists) places where such things are rare, and the unaware whose minds are generally confined between their two ears, the person/people they are with, and not what is going on around them out to a good distance.

In a crowd you would probably not see it coming until it was too late. But on a street that is sparsely occupied trouble can usually be spotted with plenty of time.

 

[9MMare]

While IMO this is a more extreme example, many, if not most, attacks on people (mugging, rape, active shooter, convenience store robbery) start as 'ambushes.' A surprise attack which you cant see coming, are not expecting. (Even the convenience store clerk will be behind the curve as they cant hold a gun on every person that walks in. They can only observe until....)

Not all, but most....that is what gives the predator their advantage. They choose the time and method. THEY also plan to survive. THis is why the 'instantly clear leather and draw' focus isnt my priority for self-defense...in most cases you will be behind the curve. (I look to other strategies like CQC.HtoH, diversion, etc)

But more importantly, this is what I try to point out to the anti-gun people who say 'guns wont save you from blah blah blah.' No, it wont save us from everything. Not even a soldier or cop is safe from an ambush. A gun isnt magic. But if we are not the first targeted, then we certainly have a better chance to save our own lives, to protect our loved ones, to enable other people to escape, etc. Certainly more so than the unarmed.

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

Sigh.. guys.

The address is right there in the video.

It is not a bad neighborhood that people avoid. It is not a sparsely populated area. It is as I said earlier in the thread a very popular and well trafficked tourist area. According the the time stamp it is just short of 9pm on a Saturday night. Prime French Quarter time.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Sigh.. guys.
The address is right there in the video.

I've never been in New Orleans (except driving through) the address means as much to me as 6521 Lafeyette Dr. Omaha Nebraska means to you

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

6521 Lafeyette Dr. Omaha Nebraska

No such address exists.

Lafayette is misspelled and it's a Avenue in Omaha, NE, not a Drive.

Further proof that little basic research goes a long way.

 

[Hanzo581]

Who cares where it happened violent crime can and does happen anywhere.