Rules That May Save Your Life

I have three collections of various “rules” from a variety of places that I use in my CHL classes. The Dry Firing Rules that I covered here last month were from the Texas DPS training academy. The second set of “rules” in one that I cobbled together from articles written by Massad Ayoob and others. I have a third set of “rules” that I have collected from a variety of sources such as psychology texts, first-aid courses, and various fora and mailing lists that I have followed for a long time.

This third set of rules started out as “Five Rules That may Save Your Life”, and gradually grew into “Ten Rules That may Save Your Life.” If and when I come across any more of them (and I welcome reader input), I’ll add them to my list and include them in my CHL class notes (and my NRA “Refuse to be a Victim” course notes, as well). I’ll probably cut it off at twelve or so, or maybe do two or more lists organized into logical sub-categories.

I will be covering the “Ten Rules That may Save Your Life” in the next several blog entries. So that this won’t stretch out for 10 weeks, I will try to post more often than once a week, at least for a while.

Here’s the teaser list:

• Keep it Hidden
• Get Away ASAP
• You Can’t Out-Draw an Already-Drawn Gun
• Lock the Door
• Stay out of That Car
• Listen to Your Fear
• Understand Combat Stress
• You Will Fight the way you Practice
• Clear Your Space
• Break the SEP Field

Extra “points” for anybody who recognizes that last reference. Maybe that would be too easy in the Google Age, so if I do make a contest out of it, I’ll have to find another reference by the same author that is more obscure. And come up with some modest, but meaningful prize. I’ll have to put some thought into what would make a fun contest, and what would make a modest but meaningful prize.