I’m happy most Americans have the option to carry what they want. For a personal defense/anti-robbery role, which is the reason I carry, I prefer the j-frame in a pocket.
I avoid crowds and don’t go to dumb places at dumb times. My public “threat profile” is basically limited to gas stations and being in an office. Short barrels, deep concealment, and contact range function are more important.
At home, shotgun. It shoots nine “bullets” at once. It does that several times.
@Dan0311, you caught onto the one of the big issues with Mas. Reminds me of something Ron Spomer, another gunwriter, observed when talking about Elmer Keith’s handgun hunting feats—the distances seem to have gotten shorter and the par times seem to have gotten longer in the era of video cameras, accurate measurement tools, and the internet.
“We’re seeing” is the “people are saying” of firearms training—who is “we,” how are we compiling data, and how is it being compared to past data? If you can’t answer that, you aren’t observing a trend. It’s just speculation.
Mas as an “expert” never really made any sense.
He worked at a jewelry store, did magazine editing, and was a part-time cop in a small town before writing his first book. No career of documented first-hand experience with violence, no career of academic study. He shot matches with the local cops and taught pistol stuff to the local PD. His dad was in a shooting when Mas was either not yet born or a small child. That’s it.
In the Gravest Extreme was typical Mas stuff, which he’s made a career reiterating—non-controversial statements about settled deadly force law; basic information about how guns and bullets work; and some anecdotes about muggings. Almost every book he has written has followed suit. The same topics, discussed the same way, legitimized because he’s put it in print so many times.
Mas gets credibility for his “expert witness” experience. Witnesses are fact witnesses, impeachment/character witnesses, and experts. Experts offer opinions based on specific education or experience. It’s not fancy. An appraiser or auctioneer can be an “expert” on land valuation. A cab driver can be an “expert” on drive times within a city.
Ayoob’s “expert” testimony has included how “fast” a Glock can be shot at a close range (Kaur v. City of Lodi, demonstrated by filming himself shooting with a shot timer), how quickly a person could stab someone from six feet away (State v. Carey, demonstrated by filming himself lunging and stabbing a target), or—this one killed me—his understanding of post-traumatic responses to self-defense shootings (People v. Kreutzer, based on a past conversation he had with a psychologist about his patients. That was his “expert” data.
A conversation about someone else’s observations.).
The man’s a great shooter, a great competitor, a good instructor, and he has a great voice. But, he built a career off publishing and teaching basic information, and his prolific republishing qualified him to be an “expert witness” on split times, the Tueller drill, and observations
other people have told him about. He had the sheer luck of coming around in a time when the shooting sports and concealed carry were taking off
and the internet didn't exist. He was able to build a legitimate career before consumers had easy access to the information needed to vet authors and instructors.
There’s no basis to give any credence to his statements about “trends” in multiple attacker scenarios. Wilson Combat just wants to sell double-stack guns.
