re: #241 Dark_Falcon

Yes, it was. If you are dealing with someone close in with a knife you’ve got to keep you full attention on him and that makes walking backward very risky. You can’t see if there is a area of road lower or higher than where you are nor if there is something your feet need to avoid. And given that the safe distance is generally held to be 21 feet, not being able to see those things could be deadly. Because if you trip and fall while moving backwards, you’re dead: The man with a knife is going to close and cut you up before you can recover.

Oh FFS. The mental gymnastics it takes to justify that shooting is simply astounding.