Street Fighting Moves - How to Defend Yourself Against a Gun - 3 Secrets You Must Know to Survive

On January 17, 1998, I got the call no father ever wants to get. "Hey man, it's Bern," my brother calls me, but with somber tones, so frightening, that I didn't even want to ask him 'What's up?'

"Hey, Bern," I say, "It's a surprise getting a call from you so early in the morning." An audible sigh over the phone. Followed by a long silence.

"David is dead. He was shot to death by one of 3 guys who broke into his apartment."

At 29, my only son, a Navy veteran of two tours of duty to Iraq comes home on leave and is gunned down by 3 thugs with a long criminal record.

Gun violence is real, and there are 3 things you must know to give yourself a chance to survive.

The 3 Things You Must Do To Survive A Gun Attack:

#1 Thing You Must Know To Survive A Gun Attack - Develop Situational Awareness - Don't walk alone in that alley late at night in a strange neighborhood when you see a suspicious individual standing in a corner behind a trash bind. Avoid situations that don't feel right. Trust your gut.

#2 Thing You Must Know To Survive A Gun Attack - Avoid Any Unnecessary Confrontations With Anyone With A Gun Pointed At You - If they want your wallet--give it to them. If they want your watch--give it to them. There is no material thing worth keeping that is worth giving your life.

#3 Thing You Must Know To Survive A Gun Attack - Defend Yourself Only If You Know He Is About To Pull The Trigger - You have given your wallet and your watch, yet he still won't go. You can sense from that nervous crazed look in his eyes, the rapid change in his speech and the quick and agitated sound of his breathing that now he wants to kill you - then you act - and act quickly.

While your hands begin moving up in the air in the typical palms out "I-surrender" or the "I-don't-want-any-trouble" position - with any one of your hands--you hit the gun-hand either at the wrist or hand area, hitting it to the outside, lean your body to the side to make sure you are not in the line of fire. The gun will discharge at this point, so be ready to hear the crack or the pop of his weapon. You must now quickly grab his gun hand at the hand or wrist--with both of your hands--and you bite. You bite the fleshy part of his thumb. You bite the fingers. You bite. You bite. You bite. You bite on that hand like a hungry pirana until he drops the weapon, as well you can slam the hand holding the weapon against your knee, a table or wall to release the gun from your attacker's hand.

Now you must continue your vicious attack. You knee-stomp his knee at a 45º angle. You are trying to break the knee, and if you do the stomp properly, you shouldn't have any trouble breaking it. You elbow to the side of his face using the tip of your elbow aiming for the tip of his chin in a effort to twist his head in the opposite direction creating the high probability of a knock out blow. (This is close-range combat here.) Nevertheless, you continue your attack. You grab him by the ears--you head butt hard into the bridge of the nose. You bite into the cheeks. You growl into his ear. (Psychologically, this will totally freak him out!)

You continue your attack unleashing all of the fury of hell itself--until he goes down! When he hits the ground, stomp the ankles and the knees various times so that he cannot get up. You stomp the head until he is unconscious. Now pick up your cell phone and call the police. End of story.