[bladenbullet]

i may be the odd man out but i believe time is what you make it...how you approach it and what you are prepared to do or how far you are prepared to go to achieve a satisfying end...there is no guarantee that anything you do will work...regardles of the amount of time you have spent perfecting it...in most real instances you are up against a complete unknown with no set up time...their reaction...both expected and completely unexpected will determine your ultimate course of action and all of that has to happen in whatever time it takes to win...hopefully little...

speed is of course necessary...but adaptability and creativity are just as important...there are no rules or definites when tshtf...

 

[bladenbullet]

That would seem to suggest the more tricks you've put in your possibles bag that you can pull up and use as situations dictate, the better you're capable of adapting to the dynamics of any given scenario.

That makes sense to me. SD with a handgun is a thinking mans game.

and new tricks you may have to invent along the way...along with the will to carry them to finality...