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Originally Posted by WarChild
No, trying to disarm somebody holding you at gun point is just a stupid thing to do, period.
If you can see the gun, and you haven't been shot, like you said chances are you can make it out. When it comes down to the choice between handing over your valuables or testing out your "gun-defense", something you've never trained to do in a real situation (how can you?), only an idiot fights back.
Now, not being a woman, I can't speak to rape. I guess I would say in general fight back, but if you're being held with a gun to your head, that's probably not the time.
I've trained most of my life in one martial art or another, and I've been robbed at gunpoint.
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I certainly will not disagree with you on this point. The safest bet, and any sensible instructor will profusely drive this point home to their students, is that it's better to just give up your valuables and let the attacker leave. There's absolutely no reason to risk a gun-disarm when you can hand over you wallet and be done with the situation. No one gets shot, no one gets killed, and you live another day.
However, there may be a time, as in the rape or kidnapping examples, where you feel that to give in to their demands is utterly unacceptable, and that executing a gun-disarm is your last viable option. This is when Krav Maga training, along with many other scenarios, can come in handy.