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Jerry Peacock <bismail@bisusa.com> wrote:
>Aw, you're just being overly sensitive. Didn't your score get marked down
>when you ordered the bad guy to drop the (mock) TV in a defensive
>combat simulation?

Nope.  I don't keep, or give scores in our simulations.  All they are
intended to be are learning experiences.  Frequently we re-run the
action from various decision points so that students will better understand
what could happen.      

>him on the floor" I meant: "Order him to lie down" - not shoot him. "Put
It's awfully optimistic to assume that he'll be that submissive.
In our scenario the bad guy just stepped through the doorway. You
have no idea whether another bad guy (maybe armed) is inches away
from leaning around the doorway and shooting at you.

Are you alone when you are doing this?  How good are you at talking on
the phone to 911 while holding someone at gunpoint, who may have a
weapon that you can't see?  Are you going to open the front door for
the cops when they arrive, or will they have to bust it down, because
you can't leave your position (or the bad guy is between you and the door?)

If there are two armed adults and only one bad guy, no kids to check on,
and no accomplices lurking in the house, you might be able to pull that off.
Even with another bad guy, things don't look too bad if you have
cover and have a second pair of eyes watching.  Because your eyes are
going to be stuck on the guy on the floor - if they aren't his action
may beat your reaction.  

What I like to do is keep running all the worst case scenarios until
we find a basic plan that keeps the good guy alive in most of the really
bad variations.  Since in a real situation you won't know what "variation"
you're in until it's over, you'd like to stick with the plan that gives
you and the family the highest chance of survival.  

Karl