I'm standing right beside my better half? She's going to be immediately covered by taking one step into the line of his muzzle with my body. She gets to use me as a shield and move away quickly from the threat to the safest cover per my orders.
I'll not allow her to be muzzled for one second longer than necessary and deal with this puke myself. I've covered EP clients the same way during a potential threat. Once she's covered and continuing to move away, he gets to play with me [ I'll be talking to him and keeping his attention on me. She doesn't have the money, I do, stuff like that.
It'll play out from there however it plays out but my better half isn't going to be muzzled by anyone while I'm standing right beside her.
Good call. In my case, I am going to move forward and to an angle slightly away from the threat mouthing calming words of encouragement to him, if possible. This should draw my opponent's muzzle away from my wife and toward me. This does two things.
1) It transfers the BG's attention from my wife to me, getting her out from under the gun, so to speak, and provides distance between her and I.
2) It moves me closer to my opponent.
The second is important, because at that range, I am going H2H to attempt to disarm the BG or control his weapon. The first is important, because my wife is also always armed in public and has no compunctions about ventilating a deadly threat.
As Brownie has pointed out, it is very difficult to outrun a bullet. If I go down, my delicate little woman is going to neutralize the threat with extreme prejudice. And she favors headshots.
As a well known comedian said when advocating running to escape a threat, "train your woman to run too, so you don't have to go back for her." The same applies to arming them.:thumsup
But, that is just me. This may not work for you. You have to make a decision based upon the reality of your particular situation. Keep your options open and think.
