{"id":1035,"date":"2009-04-06T08:37:55","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T15:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2009-08-01T00:23:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T07:23:45","slug":"you-cant-win-if-you-dont-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/2009\/04\/06\/you-cant-win-if-you-dont-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignatius Piazza: You Can&#8217;t Win If You Don&#8217;t Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week  provided so much relevant and timely blog material that I am going to tie a  few stories together by their common threads, in order to demonstrate why you can&#8217;t  win if you don&#8217;t fight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There seem to be two choices when confronted  with someone shooting at you:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Retreat to cover.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Take the fight  to your opponent and finish the fight.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The result of these two choices  have been made quite evident in recent mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;float:right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/09-04-cops-waiting.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"cops waiting behind cars at Binghamton, NY shooting\" \/><br \/>\nSWAT-Response to Binghamton-shooting<\/p>\n<p>In the  Binghamton, NY shooting, law enforcement initially showed up within  2 minutes, followed by SWAT and every other emergency service you  could imagine. They then waited over an hour before entering the  building, resulting in the active shooter having all the time he needed to  kill as many as he wished and end his own life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; float:right;clear:right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/corporal_justin_garner.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Corporal Justin Garner\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.policelink.com\/news\/articles\/101877-cop-who-shot-active-shooter-was-only-cop-on-duty\">Hero of Carthage, NC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a  contrast to the &#8220;hurry up and wait&#8221; approach in Binghamton, NY there was a  mass shooting at a convalescent home in Carthage, North Carolina the week  before that had a much different outcome. A lone officer, responding to shots  fired, immediately entered the building and stopped the carnage with  a single center-of-mass hit on the active shooter.<\/p>\n<p>What is  the difference between these two incidents?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mindset of the participants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t win a gun  fight if you are not willing to fight.<\/p>\n<p>I guess nobody every told that  country boy in Carthage he had to wait for the SWAT team to arrive before he  could do what he knew had to be done, and done right now!<\/p>\n<p>Not that  he needs it, but Justin Garner, the Hero of Carthage, has a free Front Sight  Legacy Lifetime Membership waiting for him. He deserves our admiration and  respect.<\/p>\n<p>Want another contrasting example of retreat or  fight?<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video to see what happens when you retreat:<\/p>\n<div id=\"container01\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\">Get the Flash Player<\/a> to see this player.<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/swfobject.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nvar s1 = new SWFObject(\"\/player.swf\",\"ply\",\"480\",\"380\",\"9\",\"#FFFFFF\");\ns1.addParam(\"allowfullscreen\",\"true\"); \ns1.addParam(\"allowscriptaccess\",\"always\");\ns1.addParam(\"flashvars\",\"file=http:\/\/fsblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/cop-getting-shot.flv&#038;image=\/images\/vid\/cop-getting-shot.jpg&#038;title=Cop Retreating&#038;skin=\/include\/nacht.swf\"); \ns1.write(\"container01\");\/\/ --><\/script>Video Not working? Try viewing in <a href=\"http:\/\/fsblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/cop-getting-shot.wmv\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Media Player<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhen  the shooting starts, you cannot win if you are not willing to fight.<br \/>\nRetreating will not stop the fight.<br \/>\nYou cannot return accurate fire when  you are running away.<br \/>\nTaking the fight to your opponent and finishing  him is what stops gunfights.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of having the  testicular fortitude to stand and fight, but not having the proper training  to focus on your front sight when in a gunfight:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"345\" data=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/fplayer\/26017\/robbery_gun_fight.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/fplayer\/26017\/robbery_gun_fight.swf\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And  here is a video where the proper combat mindset and focusing on the Front  Sight all come together. Note that in this gunfight the tide does not turn  in favor of the good guys until a warrior shows up and takes the fight to his  opponent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hWPUqzDq9LM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hWPUqzDq9LM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>As  these videos show you, the best cover in a gunfight is behind a controlled  pair of bullets heading for your opponent&#8217;s thoracic cavity.<\/p>\n<p>So if you do not have a 30 State Concealed Weapons Permit, the world class training Front Sight provides, or a Springfield Armory XD Pistol, then take advantage of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/free-gun.asp\">Front Sight&#8217;s Greatest Course, Gun and CCW Permit Offer Ever<\/a>. (Also known as the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/free-gun.asp\">Millionaire Patriot Offer<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/free-gun.asp\">http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/free-gun.asp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I will be posting a different article on this blog each Monday so I look forward to your visit every week.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an interesting photo, story or tip about a relevant topic of interest to gun ownership, firearms training or Second Amendment issues, please feel free to send it to me at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@frontsight.com\">info@frontsight.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, if you want to take advantage of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/free-gun.asp\">Greatest Course, Gun, and CCW Permit Offer in the firearms training industry<\/a> see this link:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/free-gun.asp\">http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/free-gun.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See you next week.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ignatius Piazza<br \/>\nFounder and Director<br \/>\n<a title=\"front sight\" href=\"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/front-sight\/\">Front Sight<\/a> Firearms Training Institute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week provided so much relevant and timely blog material that I am going to tie a few stories together by their common threads, in order to demonstrate why you can&#8217;t win if you don&#8217;t fight&#8230; There seem to be two choices when confronted with someone shooting at you: Retreat to cover. 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