Is a scenario such as this plausible in real life? (Self-defense shootout)?
I know there are countless variables in a firefight, including luck. But I’m writing a story of sorts in which the protagonist gets in a firefight, and I’d like some feedback on the realism of this situation anyway, even just a rough guess on whether it’s realistic or not. I’m particularly interested in the opinions of self-defense experts, cops, or anyone else with knowledge and expertise on close-range urban firefights.
Okay, here’s the scenario:
There’s an alleyway, which leads into the back entrance of a strip club. Three bikers are in the narrow alleyway, maybe a dozen are inside the strip club. They have handguns, but they’re concealed (not drawn – except for one biker in the alley, who has a Colt Python held CASUALLY at his side), and they’re not all that organised or prepared.
The protagonist exits the strip club into the alleyway with his Glock 17 drawn. One biker is next to the entrance and tries to knock the protagonist out with a punch; protagonist (who is well-trained) sees it coming in his peripheral vision, steps back, and within a couple of seconds shoots all three bikers with rapid fire.
The protagonist then spins around, runs a couple of metres into the strip club; a biker and a patron are fighting (the patron is unarmed and the biker has a glass bottle which he is swinging); the patron kicks a chair at the biker, and so the biker is distracted, allowing the protagonist to squeeze off four more shots. At least one of the shot hits the biker in the back of the head.
The protagonist uses up the rest of his magazine laying down suppressive fire while he and the patron escape, forcing the remaining bikers behind ‘cover’ – a stage, a bar, and a few chairs, which the 9mm bullets are capable of penetrating with no problem.
Realistic, or no? Would the protagonist and patron have a good chance of survival?
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How does this question relate to the military???
If he were a good shot, yea. Its hard to hit ppl with a handgun that are moving, however being taken by surprise I think the 3 guys in the alley would have a hard time against someone with his gun already out and ready to kill. I think in real life it would be unlikely that any of them would even have time to draw with bullets flying at them.
Look in the real world.
Decode this lyrics " You’ll see "
"Wonderful world"
"Don’t know much"
"Time after time"
"The Great Commandments"
"The Final Countdown"
"Three little words"
In " God we trust"
"Through the fire"
"Farenheit 451"
"I will make it through the rain"
"I will survive"
"Diamonds are forever"
Luke 21.30-36
Luke 9.25,55-56,60
Luke 8.5-8,10-17
Luke 24.44-45,47-48
Matt 1.17
Exodus 20.1-18
Exodus 12.14,21-27
Leviticus 26.13
What do you think?
eh realistic enough, i know of at least three people, regular law-abiding civilian gun owners, who can do double taps and triple taps accurately on paper targets 25 yards away. double and triple tap means 2 or 3 shots in rapid succession, generally aimed at the torso or the head of an attacker.
this is totally possible. actually alot of pistol shooters can do something like this.
currently I’m still working on putting 100 shots in consistent groups on paper. i’m a beginner to pistol shooting. I start of really accurately but after a few shots my groups get really wide. I have a CZ52 (predates a glock 17 by about 40 years).