onearmedbandit
Newbie
I am curious what Law Enforcement and other experts impressions are of the famous/infamous 1988 training video "Surviving Edged Weapons".
I heard about this mythical video when I was younger and later while working at a prosecutor's office. I was not able to see it until a recently when "best of the worst" on "red letter media" highlighted it and then magic of the internet happened in producing a copy.
The main reason I bring this up is the part of the attack range of individuals with a melee weapon - 21 feet. That part of the video gives a good overview of threat distances in regard to a melee attacker. Do such distances still apply? And more importantly should governments (or even a NGOs) produce modern campaigns targeting the general public to explain/show the reasons behind ROE at certain distance?
Link to video:
Link to RedLetterMedia watching with joking commentary (Skip to 32 minute for episode but earlier parts are also funny)
Link to IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3439314/
I heard about this mythical video when I was younger and later while working at a prosecutor's office. I was not able to see it until a recently when "best of the worst" on "red letter media" highlighted it and then magic of the internet happened in producing a copy.
The main reason I bring this up is the part of the attack range of individuals with a melee weapon - 21 feet. That part of the video gives a good overview of threat distances in regard to a melee attacker. Do such distances still apply? And more importantly should governments (or even a NGOs) produce modern campaigns targeting the general public to explain/show the reasons behind ROE at certain distance?
Link to video:
Link to RedLetterMedia watching with joking commentary (Skip to 32 minute for episode but earlier parts are also funny)
Link to IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3439314/