Armed Texas good Samaritan shot dead in front of wife attempting citizen’s arrest of fleeing gunman

[Katashi_itto]

15. Hopefully neither gun was injured. As a Navy vet, I now longer even try to get involved in disputes

Far to dangerous.

Record and get to a safe distance.

Everyone seems to think they are Bruce Willis.

Practicing Iaido it is constantly reinforced how easy it is to die.

In any fight, you have three outcomes.

1. Your opponent kills you.

2. You kill your opponent

3. You kill each other.

So you already have shitty odds to start out with. A 1 in 3 chance of success. Training is everything and even then it may not be enough.

My sensei had a student, very hard to teach, a student who thought he knew it all and after a few lessons, he felt he could learn faster on his own.

Went out and bought a live katana (Sharp...Real sharp)

Was off practicing at his house doing his twirls and other Chanbara (samurai movie) stuff. All these twirls with three feet of razor blade in his hand.

He manages not to kill himself and then sheaths his sword at an off angle.

Problem is Scabbards (Saya) are made of cypress, a Japanese scabbard (Called a Saya) is nothing more a very dry wood meant to protect the blade. Not protect the person from the blade in any real way.

The sword goes in at an off angle out through the side of the scabbard and through his arm and artery.

The ONLY reason he didn't die was his wife was there in the house to take him to a hospital and he didn't pull the sword out. Had he done so he would have bled out in minutes.

People seriously think they are invincible.