Quote Originally Posted by davedove View Post
I had a friend who studied martial arts for years. He told a story of one teacher who was teaching how to disarm someone holding a gun. The teacher made it clear that you had to be within a certain distance for the technique to work.

My friend asked what happened if you were outside that distance.

The teacher replied, "You get shot."
That seems to be the case with most martial arts. It's very easy to take a gun away from someone if they have it at arms length. When it's tucked tight to their body and they are moving its will go bad.