SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.

American Handgunner | July 1, 2001| | Copyright

Few sane human beings desire to be dominated by outside events, forces and unknowns. By choosing to arm yourself, you've obviously faced this reality and are determined to direct and control the environmental variables during a confrontation.

The extent to which you can adapt to and direct the course of a conflict within an ever-changing volume of space is what I term your "sphere of influence." Perceiving, understanding and influencing this space is critical if you wish to neutralize a wide variety of attacks. ...

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