Rules For Gun-fighting


1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.

2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.

3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.

4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.

5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred).

6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.

7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.

9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.

10. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an Angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket.”

11. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

12. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

13. Have a plan.

14. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.

15. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.

16. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.

17. Don't drop your guard.

18. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.

19. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them).

20. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.

21. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.

22. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

23. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.

24. Your number one Option for Personal Security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

25. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun the caliber of which does not start with at least a "4."

What about swordfighting?

There are some good tips there - I especially like

Henry Dorset Case wrote:Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

26. Bring a gun.


or ask rachelr

Astoria Paranoia wrote:What about swordfighting?

And cock fighting?

happybaboon wrote:

Astoria Paranoia wrote:What about swordfighting?

And cock fighting?

Ive heard you're the expert.

That cheered me right up.

My DI would have agreed with most of those points

RussS wrote:My DI would have agreed with most of those points

its allegedly from the USMC. I have my doubts though.

I'd have thought this one was key:

27. If you know the location of a gunfight in advance, go somewhere far away from there.

Henry Dorset Case wrote:its allegedly from the USMC. I have my doubts though.

Possible, but I never heard it while I was in boot

OliverBendix wrote:27. If you know the location of a gunfight in advance, go somewhere far away from there.

+1 on this

Henry Dorset Case wrote:

RussS wrote:My DI would have agreed with most of those points

its allegedly from the USMC. I have my doubts though.

I thought that while I was reading it.

20. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.

21. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.

22. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet

These ones especially.

Oh, and if you want to go the other way from a gunfight, you probably arent a Marine!

do you have some rules for assassinating cunzor bosses?? (or in this case ex bosses)

musket wrote:That cheered me right up.

That is awesome. Assume you liked this

10. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an Angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket.”