Parents -- may want to give this a read

A Recoil article discusses some research and scenario testing that some folks did with regards to defense when the children are about, particularly with firearms.​Couple takeaways and reasons I decided to post:Recently the concept of mental preparedness has come up a few times, things like the dream thread and "what would it be like after?", " Can I really take a life?" kind of thing. You have to mentally prepare your reactions to stuff like this. You do not want your brain doing a WTF moment when you really need to be acting quickly. I could offer examples, but if you didn't make it past the last sentence a bunch of anecdotal shit from me wont help.Making hard decisions that are contrary to the "sheepdog" mentality. I am worth more to my family intact than partially broken and in litigation, regardless of if I win the gunfight or take care of the bad man. For me, my thought process isn't always to be the one that engages, particularly in public shooting incidents. It all depends on the circumstances individually. There are no bright line rules. The author in this one talks about the following decision process:My husband and I are fairly evenly matched when it comes to our defensive skills. But while I sometimes struggle to carry just one of our children, my husband can collect all three of them in his arms and carry them with ease. He’s also the family breadwinner. He’s capable of getting the rest of our family to safety and can provide for our children long term if I don’t survive a violent encounter. That makes flipping traditional gender roles a smart choice for our family, and it might be for yours too.I found this one interesting, and if you put your ego aside, it makes some sense.Have those conversations with your spouse. I myself am still working on this. My wife wants to go to the range after a bump in the night, but that quickly fades. As many times as weird stuff goes down locally, personal experience wise shes not there yet. It took my dad being a victim until he crossed the bridge.Shooting one handed if you need to move your kids/wife/friend/whatever. We just had a one handed monthly match where some folks have been forced to shoot off hand single hand, so we know we need work (I do too!) and we all see those weak hand qualifiers rear their ugly heads in USPSA that challenge even the M shooters. Ancillary to this do you carry your backpack, bag, groceries, whatever in your weak or strong hand? Have you practiced to drop, not retain the thing you are holding to draw?​Anyway, take a look if not to dissect the content, but to take away some overall defensive lessons. Not as cool as gear/holster posts, but super important.​Enjoy. via /r/CCW http://bit.ly/2R5WhAZ