NJ-Dirtrdr
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Sad story. With 14 people in the room (8 US Military, 1 US Contractor, 5 Afghans) I'm shocked that this individual was able to kill every American in the room, wound every Afghan, and still have a round left to kill himself.
ABC Evening News was quoted saying the weapon used was a "US issued handgun". Surmising it was probably the M9, or Beretta 92FS (15 round capacity), he either had incredible shot placement, or reloaded mid-rampage. I'm guessing either method would take probably 15-30 seconds to empty the weapon, an eternity when you're watching your team mates getting shot at the hands of a madman.
Just can't believe someone didn't act in that room. As a former military pilot, I can attest we don't get enough time on the range, (read: familiarity with handguns) but I still would have thought there would be enough cognizance to realize that he can only shoot one person at a time, and getting inside his OODA loop would have served to improve surviability odds.
So, to keep this on topic, assume you are unarmed. Has there been enough active shooter episodes in the last decade to prove that inaction leads to the worst outcome? Armchair quarterbacking this one serves little purpose...we don't know the layout of the room, how stable he was before the episode, etc. But is the general populace's opinion that playing possum is the best answer, or have we learned our lesson yet?
Update to this article, all 8 service members have been identified as American
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQ3eg-Ni8BH9JPn8zk15cUgXvDhA?docId=0c3565e0f8c8401197c9b670f2663c38 (Associated Press)
ABC Evening News was quoted saying the weapon used was a "US issued handgun". Surmising it was probably the M9, or Beretta 92FS (15 round capacity), he either had incredible shot placement, or reloaded mid-rampage. I'm guessing either method would take probably 15-30 seconds to empty the weapon, an eternity when you're watching your team mates getting shot at the hands of a madman.
Just can't believe someone didn't act in that room. As a former military pilot, I can attest we don't get enough time on the range, (read: familiarity with handguns) but I still would have thought there would be enough cognizance to realize that he can only shoot one person at a time, and getting inside his OODA loop would have served to improve surviability odds.
So, to keep this on topic, assume you are unarmed. Has there been enough active shooter episodes in the last decade to prove that inaction leads to the worst outcome? Armchair quarterbacking this one serves little purpose...we don't know the layout of the room, how stable he was before the episode, etc. But is the general populace's opinion that playing possum is the best answer, or have we learned our lesson yet?
Update to this article, all 8 service members have been identified as American
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQ3eg-Ni8BH9JPn8zk15cUgXvDhA?docId=0c3565e0f8c8401197c9b670f2663c38 (Associated Press)