This was advertised in my America’s First Freedom (NRA) magazine, thought it may be of some interest here. I am not certain of the actual potential accuracy of the test process, especially if you don’t have a CCW, but some of the questions do make you think about what we all should be aware of. I especially like the question about which way to run if being shot at by a right-handed person. I answered to his left, but don’t know if that was the correct answer.
Interesting survey. I thought I’d do better but I scored a 80%,:eek: despite the fact that I do 3 or more advanced tactical pistol courses a year, shoot for several hours every weekend, practice martial arts and in pretty good physical fitness. I guess there is always room for improvement.
:eek: I got a 78% . I’m staying home today…
Living in Wisconsin we know how to protect ourselves with a Snow Shovel.
I don’t get the propane tank though?? Must be a Hank Hill or Macgyver thing.
I scored an 80
Interesting but arbitrary.
I scored 77%, but I wouldn’t change a thing.
holy crap I scored a 60. Although to be fair I do not have my CCW licence yet. Planning to get one very soon.
My score of 76% is higher than 77% of the people who have taken the test. I chose the broom for everything. Maybe I should practice my propane skills more often…and oh yeah loose some weight.
Being that I can kick the crap out of 33 five year olds I’m not too worried about it.
79% but I don’t think it took in to consideration my prowess with a broom.
39%
I think that is fairly accurate.
77 here…I went through Army Advanced Broom Training a few months ago 
Who didn’t pick the broom?
I honestly thought it was the best option for keeping distance between you and an unarmed or knife armed assailant.
24 inch chain… Deter the attacker with violence of action
B
That was my second choice…but I thought the broom might open greater distance between you and attacker.
Vigorously tapping the forward assist on the attackers brain housing group with the chain should clear his malfunction and quickly end the attack…
B
That’s priceless.
I was basing my choice on my martial arts days I was much better with a staff than the manriki gusari. YMMV.
It takes pretty significant skill to wield a chain effectively without hurting yourself. Still the chain was a strong second choice for me.
Got an 88 I picked the screwdriver for the unarmed attacker, and the atacker with the baseball bat, other than that I picked the broom.
I think consistency of weapons selection matters in the score. Somehow, I managed an 89.
72%. Ouch. I really wonder what the “right” answers for those improvised weapon questions are. I picked the screwdriver for the unarmed guy, broom for the knife, and chain for the bat. Seems like there’s a lot of room for subjectivity on those.
I’m sure the fact that I don’t practice an unarmed martial art or exercise enough hurt me, though.
I’m really tempted to sign up for the detailed analysis, though…gmail has some pretty kick-ass spam filters, i just might do it. Maybe we can get their answers…
Here’s their same answer to all 3 weapon questions:
11) Which of these devices would make a better weapon for hand to hand
combat against an unarmed man?
The true value of this question is that it introduces the concept of thinking about makeshift
weapons before you need them. Just having gone through the process of “thinking about”
potential makeshift weapons found in your garage will make your implementation of such a
weapon much, much faster should you ever find yourself in the situation of needing one. The
BEST makeshift weapon is the one that you are more comfortable with. That said, each of these
do have their own advantages and disadvantages. For example, the snow shovel and push
broom would allow you to keep some distance between yourself and an attacker, whereas the
chain would be a slightly closer‐quarter weapon, and the screw driver, closer yet. The empty
propane tank, as long as you could muster the strength needed to wield it, could be a
devastating bludgeoning weapon or an efficient shield from an impact weapon such as a knife or
club. The key here is to spend some time now to think about what kinds of weapons would be
most comfortable to you, and also, how you would wield certain objects to turn them into
weapons if you needed to do so.
I guess those didn’t factor much into your score.
Oh, and for the person wondering about this one,
5) If a right‐handed person is pointing a gun at you and begins shooting, the
best movement to make would be…There are two important ideas in this question. The first and most important idea is whether you
have ever thought about this type of question before. If you have not, it means that you may
need to sit down and do some thinking about these matters. The second idea is simply that in
most situations, you will be much better off to move to one side or the other, not simply straight
ahead or straight back (12 o’clock or 6 o’clock). Whether you move toward the threat or away
from it is very situationally‐dependent, but in nearly every case you will be better served to step
off the “line of force,” the direction upon which your opponent’s momentum is moving. By
forcing your opponent to change direction, you may slow his reaction times down and regain
the advantage.
A lot of the time the best makeshift weapon is whatever happens to be closest to you.