A Blood's take on self-defense and assorted topics

What's up y'all. For those that don't browse gunnit or best gunnit, I'm a (former) blood from Detroit and Phoenix. I'm here to tell y'all about how to avoid being in a situation where you need to use a weapon to defend yourself, and should you fail at that, what to keep in mind. I've lived in 4820Die, South Phoenix, Iraq, Afghanistan, and my mother-in-law's. "Hostile" territory is just kinda home to me.What to do: Avoid the hood. Simple, right? Class over.Except some of us can't. We live/work/fuck/visit Tyrone Biggums in the hood. So what do we do then? Situational awareness. Know who the fuck is around you and why. You should try and overhear conversations. See what they're talking about. They aren't talking?Red flag. No, BIG ASS WARNING SIGN! WOO-WOO-WOO, SHADY SHIT! Dude's don't just stand in a group and not shoot the shit. That's when you start figuring out if they're sizing you up. Carry yourself like you've got dual M134s in your Zap holster.This making sense? No? Fuck.If there's "military-aged" males, either alone or in groups and you can't quite place why they're there, you should be worried. Not quite "hand on my pistol" worried, but you need to be really paying attention now. Condition Orange. So what should you do then? Carry yourself like you're not a target. Make them second guess jumping your ass. If you look like an easy target, you're inviting trouble.If you follow the same path day to day, watch for new shit. New people, new cars, new graffitti, new anything. If something doesn't feel right, that's millions of years of evolutionary advantage telling you "HEY BITCH, SOME SHIT'S 'BOUT TO GO DOWN. GET US OUTTA HERE. ALSO, SWING BY WENDY'S." Listen to it.Say you followed all that, and a crab still gets the jump on you and tells you to run your shit. What do you do? Get his attention off you. Find smething over his shoulder to repeatedly look at. Say "okay, I'mma slowly grab my wallet from my right pocket", and do it. But keep looking over his shoulder. Get him to look away from you. Then step, draw, shoot."Isn't that a very narrow example?"Yes. If by narrow you mean worked on 7 mile, Rawway, and Berks. Yes. Hey, I can just comment on what I know. Will it always work? Probably not. Which is why we learn to...IMPROVISE MOTHERFUCKERS. LEARN TO THINK ON YOUR FEET AND ADAPT. SHIT DON'T GO DOWN LIKE SHOOTING DRILLS. Learn how to come up with shit on the fly.This shit got rambly and is all over the place. Ask questions, I'll answer as best I can. via /r/CCW http://ift.tt/1O4Jtla