rdubreuil Loc: Dummer, NH USA

My bad, typo (shoot Canon)... See there's something to be said for proof reading before posting :)

international architect Loc: Venice FL

Use the best equipment, Nikkor, and you shouldn't have a problem!

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

I use micro four thirds, and you can tuck and run with those cameras really fast.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Even you might get your Nikkors soiled if someone shoves a gun up your butt, and packing a bean bag probably wouldn't you help much!

Although the diaper bag recommendation could be worthy of consideration

insman1132 Loc: Southwest Florida

Actually danger can come up in unexpected places. One time I am across state on Miami Beach with my camera and a couple of macho guys, obviously showing off for their topless dates nearby, came up to me and threatened to throw my camera into the water. They, erroneously, thinking I had a capture or two of their dates titties. Now I ask you, at 80+ what am I going to do with such pics!!?.

Believe it or not Loc: West Virginia

Very few people, born & raised in America, can actually bring themselves to shoot another human being.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

That may depend upon your definition of 'few'. The statistics about shootings in the USA compared with the majority of other countries contradict that. Which means that we have more shootings than most other countries.

Do you have any information to support your assertion?

Just curious...

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

n3, just use your iPhone and you can not only tuck it and run faster....., but you can take better pics with it!!!

Plus, as you run(faster), you can call the wife and tell her you'll be home early and make sure dinner is on the table when you walk in the door!!!!!!!
SS

Believe it or not Loc: West Virginia

During WWII 50% of our troops killed in fire fights failed to fire their weapons. I realize many were killed before given the chance to fire, but many just couldn't shoot & kill another human being. It's easy to say what you can do, but hard to carry out the actual deed.
SMR,III

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

it is not unusual at all. part of intensive training in the military or at quantico is to remove that 1 second of hesitation. once having killed someone, you must realise it will change you for the rest of your life. there will be what you remember before and what you have to live with until your own death. young people coming back from conflict situations often struggle, sometimes unsucessfully, with the ability to continue living as before. the outcomes are often tragic.

i do recall, when taking kung fu classes, early in life, the first thing we did was run for 10 minutes. after about 5 days of this we got a little tired of it and told our teacher so. he responded, if we could not learn the first move in kung fu, then we were wasting our time in his class. he always prefaced each class, after that, the the first move was to run away as fast as possible, if there was any opportunity to do so. if not, well, that is what the continued training was for.