USMC Rules For Gun Fighting

  • Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.
     
  • Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
     
  • Only hits count. A close miss is still a miss.
     
  • If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.
     
  • Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movements are preferred.)
     
  • If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
     
  • In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
     
  • If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.
     
  • Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
     
  • Use a gun that works EVERY TIME.
     
  • Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
     
  • Always cheat = always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
     
  • Have a plan.
     
  • Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.
     
  • Use cover and concealment as much as possible.
     
  • Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
     
  • Don't drop your guard.
     
  • Always tactically reload and threat scan 360 degrees.
     
  • Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them).
     
  • Decide to be AGGRESSIVE enough, QUICKLY enough.
     
  • The faster you finish the fight, the less shot up you will get.
     
  • Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
     
  • Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
     
  • Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4".