shrap
Enlightened
I find it strange that so many people on this forum need three cell-Surefires and HOLAs for "self defense" usage. Surefire marketing aside, how many of us are trained well enough to temporarily blind an determined assailant with a flashlight, deliver a barehanded- or flashlight assisted- strike, and make a speedy getaway?
More likely scenarios: You drop the light. You miss the attacker's face. Your batteries die. You succeed in annoying him with your "combat flashlight" and get even more badly injured. There is more than one attacker. The attacker has a knife or gun.
SWAT teams have guns attached to their Surefires. They train every day to be in combat. Don't believe that because you can move 500 lumens of light makes you equivalent to a professional.
I know Minimags can be used as Kubotans, and the TID looks menacing. But in any serious battle, it seems kind of absurd to depend on a little flashlight to save your life, when so many other objects are much more effective as weapons.
I'm worried that someone who reads Surefire's brochures thinks that plunking down serious cash for a "Combatlight" actually thinks he/she is buying actual security, when they should have taken that money and went to self-defense classes, bought a gun and went to a range, or practiced sparring in a dojo somewhere.
Disclaimer: I am not a self-defense expert. In a life-threatening situation, I will use my legs to their fullest potential and get out of there.
Edit: typo
More likely scenarios: You drop the light. You miss the attacker's face. Your batteries die. You succeed in annoying him with your "combat flashlight" and get even more badly injured. There is more than one attacker. The attacker has a knife or gun.
SWAT teams have guns attached to their Surefires. They train every day to be in combat. Don't believe that because you can move 500 lumens of light makes you equivalent to a professional.
I know Minimags can be used as Kubotans, and the TID looks menacing. But in any serious battle, it seems kind of absurd to depend on a little flashlight to save your life, when so many other objects are much more effective as weapons.
I'm worried that someone who reads Surefire's brochures thinks that plunking down serious cash for a "Combatlight" actually thinks he/she is buying actual security, when they should have taken that money and went to self-defense classes, bought a gun and went to a range, or practiced sparring in a dojo somewhere.
Disclaimer: I am not a self-defense expert. In a life-threatening situation, I will use my legs to their fullest potential and get out of there.
Edit: typo