Some men can handle the adrenaline flood in a life threatening situation, but most can't. Video after video, year after year, we see it proved. I think it was Bat Masterson, who had seen more armed confrontations than most, was fond of saying something like the calm man will always prevail. There are pistoleros here on the fire, I do not doubt, that can dump a magazine into a playing card at 50 paces....but I often wonder what would happen if the playing card was shooting back. Massad Ayoob's Stressfire makes that point pretty clear.


Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.