1. Bring a gun. Preferably bring at least two guns. Bring all your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap, life is expensive.
3. Only hits count, the only thing worse than a mis is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, your probably not moving fast enough or using cover/concealment correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend.(Lateral and diagonal movement is preferred.)
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gun fight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years no one will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics, only who survived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading and running.
9. Accuracy is relative: Most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "Pucker Factor" than inherent accuracy of the gun. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket.
10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it becasue it is empty.
11. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. Have a plan.
13. Have a back up plan, because the first one wont work.
14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
15. Flank the enemy whenever possible, protect yours.
16. DO NOT drop your guard.
17. ALWAYS tactically reload and scan 360 degrees.
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. ( In God we trust. Everybody else can keep their hands where I can see them.)
19. Decide to be aggressive enough, quick enough.
20. The faster you finish the fight the less shot you will be.
21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill EVERYONE you meet.
22. Be courteous to everyone. Friendly to no one.
23. Your number one option to Personal Security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
24. The only calibers that count in a gunfight start with 4.
