leadcounsel
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I'm 100% carry, and do so on a regular basis. I choose a high capacity handgun most of the time (subscribing to the theory that more well placed shots is better, especially against numbers).
Like any other emergency, the risks are extremely low but one must know how to respond. Plane crashes, building fires/explosions, car accidents, muggings, car jackings, etc. Armed robbery, home invasion, mass shootings and terrorist attacks are in that category of rare, but possible.
Thinking back to any of the mass civilian shootings in the news (the actors are irrelevant), my thought always returns to if I was there and armed, could I have saved lives and ended the threat or if not at least survived/evaded/escaped. Generally, I feel the answer is yes.
If an competent and armed civilian were at the Aurora theater, or Columbine, or Sandy Hook, Paris, etc. or the others that litter the news reels and the shooters opened fire, perhaps he could have saved lives. Even putting supressive fire - likely unexpected by the shooters - might distract them from their plan.
Well it's hardly a fair argument if every post provided the response is some exclusion. Off duty cop, civilian, another country, whatever it doesn't matter.
The point is that these tactics are the same. One or more armed bad guys versus one armed individual. In Garland TX two terrorists apparently armed with longguns and body armor were killed by a lone officer.
I posted a video on another link and will repost it here. It doesn't require a terrorist attack or mass shooting to easily need 7+ immediate rounds of firepower. This happened in Brazil, but could have just as easily happened in anytown USA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S7SPrb6oj4
A couple pulls their car into the garage and 3 thugs follow; at least one has a gun. The man saves his life and the life of his passenger by immediately opening fire. I counted 10 rounds shot by the man. If he had gone "click" at shot number 5 or 6, it could have ended differently.
The odds of my ever needing my gun (or the emergency exit on a plane, or fleeing a bombed building, etc.) are slim-to-none. But I'm still ready with a plan in my head and hopefully the tools I need.
For ME, a semi-auto is much faster with much more ammunition and faster reloads.
For ME, for daily carry, a revolver isn't my top choice. But if it were, I'd practice my reloads to become more proficient.
Like any other emergency, the risks are extremely low but one must know how to respond. Plane crashes, building fires/explosions, car accidents, muggings, car jackings, etc. Armed robbery, home invasion, mass shootings and terrorist attacks are in that category of rare, but possible.
Thinking back to any of the mass civilian shootings in the news (the actors are irrelevant), my thought always returns to if I was there and armed, could I have saved lives and ended the threat or if not at least survived/evaded/escaped. Generally, I feel the answer is yes.
If an competent and armed civilian were at the Aurora theater, or Columbine, or Sandy Hook, Paris, etc. or the others that litter the news reels and the shooters opened fire, perhaps he could have saved lives. Even putting supressive fire - likely unexpected by the shooters - might distract them from their plan.
Deaf. Not trying to start an argument but you cant use police, and one was in brazil, and some of the ones you listed were not attacked per se but they put themselves in that position.
Well it's hardly a fair argument if every post provided the response is some exclusion. Off duty cop, civilian, another country, whatever it doesn't matter.
The point is that these tactics are the same. One or more armed bad guys versus one armed individual. In Garland TX two terrorists apparently armed with longguns and body armor were killed by a lone officer.
I posted a video on another link and will repost it here. It doesn't require a terrorist attack or mass shooting to easily need 7+ immediate rounds of firepower. This happened in Brazil, but could have just as easily happened in anytown USA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S7SPrb6oj4
A couple pulls their car into the garage and 3 thugs follow; at least one has a gun. The man saves his life and the life of his passenger by immediately opening fire. I counted 10 rounds shot by the man. If he had gone "click" at shot number 5 or 6, it could have ended differently.
The odds of my ever needing my gun (or the emergency exit on a plane, or fleeing a bombed building, etc.) are slim-to-none. But I'm still ready with a plan in my head and hopefully the tools I need.
For ME, a semi-auto is much faster with much more ammunition and faster reloads.
For ME, for daily carry, a revolver isn't my top choice. But if it were, I'd practice my reloads to become more proficient.
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