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Yes, the old dogma of the "21 foot rule" actually came from a positive defense for a police officer who was alledged to have been "wrong" for shootig a knife wielding suspect who was not "close" to him.
The defense proved that "someone" could close the distance and stab an officer in the amount of time it takes to respond and somehow the whole thing became doctrine/dogma/sacred text. With the right awareness, genetic gifts, tehcniques and training "someone" could get their gun out an stop a threat with a knife who was only 5 feet away when the atack initiated... but we're not going to make that the standard. Again, situation and individual skills. You should not oversimplify the reality of the variables.
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