Mary Anne Franks, another self-defense expert, urged lawmaker to reject the legislation. Franks is a law professor at the University of Miami who specializes in self-defense law and is also an instructor in Krav Maga, a Israeli form of hand-to-hand self-defense.
"Guns are highly effective in committing crimes. They are rarely effective in preventing them,” Franks said. [More]What a dolt[ress?]. What kind of "expert" presumes to issue sweeping one-size-fits-all pronouncements to anticipate all situations?
I wonder how many actual real world knockdown-dragout fights against enraged males "expert" Mary Anne has won. And what a woman who does not have her physical capabilities is supposed to do.
Whenever these idiots bring up superior "Only Ones" powers and abilities, the immediate rejoinder ought to be to get them to define qualification / requalification standards for police -- how often, number of rounds that must be fired in what time period, minimum scores to pass, how many do-overs they get, and how soon those who fail get to try again.
I know people who do more in a weekend than some cops do all year.
[Via Michael G]
So, why do Israeli's carry firearms in Palestine? They shouldn't need them in the land of Krav Maga. Maybe, it's because such techniques are a back up in case one loses one's firearm or forgets to bring it.
ReplyDeleteI am a student of Krav Maga (the Israeli style, not the American or Canadian versions). I have serious doubts she is even a student of Krav Maga unless its some highly bastardized Canadian version of it. Krav is all about using ANYTHING as a weapon and doing anything you need to do to survive a fight. If you have a gun and the fight has risen to the level where deadly force is required then use it.
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