Aussie wrote on Aug 5
th, 2010 at 3:41am:
Guys, I really hope we get away from all this urban survival stuff. A sling is not a viable self-defence weapon in a modern urban context. Despite fairly suspect claims about how deadly it can be it is not really all that easy to use. The sling itself is small and easy to carry but ammunition is not. You can't merely bend down and pick up a stone most places. It is difficult to deploy quickly, you can't easily sling from behind any decent cover and accuracy is low. This sort of discussion sends the wrong message, making slingers out to be some sort of fringe element anarchists or similar. Today slinging is a sport or a recreational activity; lets keep it that way.
If you are unfortunate enough to genuinely need to carry a weapon for your personal defence then do it properly and legally. Get a licenced firearm and the proper training in all aspects of personal defence, most of which is about avoiding trouble not blazing away with guns slings or anything else. If you walk around with a sling and rocks in your pocket on a Saturday night you'll probably just get arrested for carrying an offensive weapon, doubly dumb as you likely wouldn't be able to use it effectively to defend yourself anyway.
1. I agree with both you and Bill ,I was just curious on the topic because I had read it the book not because I was going to sell all my weapons and be a Rambo with a sling (as you can read at the end of my first post)
2. The closest "urban" area is 10mi away from my house so the likelyhood of me being in an urban scenario is pretty much none.
I appolgize if I made you think otherwise and thank you for your input