USMC Rules For Gunfighting

I was reading a post by Bob Owens about concealed carry of fire arms for self defense. Bob suggested that the first thing to do was to have a look at the US Marine Corps rules for gunfighting. Here are the first few rules:

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. Your 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.

And as I was going through the rest of the list I saw an addendum at the bottom called Navy Rules to Gunfighting which was a much shorter list.
1. Go to Sea

2. Send the Marines

3. Drink Coffee

Being a Navy man it cracked me up.

H/T Instapundit

Cross Posted at Power and Control

posted by Simon on 12.02.08 at 03:50 AM





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I don't even want to know what the Air Force rules for gunfighting are :-)

Donna B.   ·  December 2, 2008 05:33 AM

In The Corps, officers lead from the front.

In the Army, officers lead from the rear.

In the Navy, officers lead from the bridge.

In the Coast Guard, officers lead from on shore.

And in the Air Force, the officers fly off to war in their pretty airplanes while the ratings go out for a long cool one.

This is how it has always been at Bien Hoa.

Academy Dad   ·  December 2, 2008 09:31 AM

Tell the Navy to secure a building and they'll lock the door at close of business.

Tell the Army, and they'll post an armed guard.

Tell the Marines, and they'll blow a hole in the wall, storm in and kill everyone inside.

Tell the Air Force, and they'll take out a five year lease on it.

Steve Skubinna   ·  December 2, 2008 12:24 PM

Greetings:

Back in my infantry days, I used to tell my new soldiers this parable.

Two young riflemen were having the age-old philosophical discussion about where to shoot those who would oppose them. One was a "head-shooter"; the other preferred the "center-mass" (torso). The head-shooter asserted that if you hit him, he's done. The center-mass guy liked the larger target area. As they were going back and forth, their Platoon Sergeant came by."Hey, Sarge," called out the head-shooter, "where do you like to shoot the bad guys?"

"In the back," he replied.

As many as you can, as often as you can, anywhere and any way you can.

11B40   ·  December 2, 2008 08:59 PM

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