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One of my students from CA returned for more advanced training. He is quite proficient, having been instructed by Jeff Cooper, and being retired CA Hwy Patrol. Currently he is an attorney and has an avocado farm in southern CA. Recently, he was jogging in an upscale neighborhood at 1:30am, when the temperature had cooled to 85 degrees. He heard footsteps behind him. A young African-American man passed him by two paces, turned around in front of him, pointed a gun in his face and said “give me your money.” Our friend said he had no money. “Give me your wallet!” the BG demanded. At that point our friend appeared to comply, reached into his pocket, pulled out his S&W 360sc, and shot the BG. Because the BG had changed his focus to anticipating a wallet from a submissive victim, the sight of the 357 so surprised him that he just instinctively twisted his body away from the gun as he was being shot. He was only in “intimidation” mode. Our student was in a determined “firing” mode. In fact, the first thing that went through our friend’s mind when a gun was pushed into his face was ‘this is a dead man.’