In my time, one of the more cynical bits of advice given for non-specialists carrying personal weapons in the U.K. was , in the event of a confrontation , to throw the damn thing as far away as you could in one direction, whilst legging it in the other.
The closest, that I am aware of , to having been shot on an operation was when the guy standing next to me went down:
having been the victim of an ND from a Sterling being carried by the chap standing the other side of him.
Last edited by Haraka; 22nd Jul 2016 at 10:00.