Jeepkid is right the excitement alone will cause all sorts of things to happen. That's why most statistic's of use of handguns in self defense is under 25ft. Because that's point blank range for most people and pistols. After 25ft. the odds of someone getting shot in a typical fast situation is a lot less.

Don't get me wrong there's plenty of shooters out there but there's those that are born of steel and those that think they are. I'll be bluntly honest when it comes to being excited while in a tense situation I've already found out that i'm more like molten lead I'll run away to live another day if I can. Had a instance with a black bear that I'd shot at 5 yards with a handgun. While the initial shot floored him, he rolled down hill right at my feet. As he's rolling down hill I fired a second shot, shooting over him as he fell. Before I could even take a step backwards to get some distance from the bear he was up on his feet and I was in the process of back peddling. The bear was up and off into the brush in a flash. The only thing that saved me from one hell of a fight in my thinking is when the bear was shot and rolled down hill he became disorientated when he came up. The bear weighed about 350lbs and all this happened in less than 2 seconds. I found out that day I wasn't the guy saying well I would of done this or I would of done that. I had a split second to finish off the bear right there but my mind went right into the lets get the hell out of this mess mode. Most of us are not going to stand there if we think we can get to safety. That's called self preservation.

When it does happen your not going to have time to plan it out it's just going to happen. After a little instance with an animal I couldn't imagine the craziness of someone coming in my home in the dark armed with bad intentions. I'd hope to think my protective nature for my family would have more salt than my protective mode for myself. It better.........