https://www.local10.com/news/crime/...fter-workers-park-in-front-of-home-police-say
A buddy of mine showed me this video tonight. He's not a concealed carrier, I am. We started talking about what we would do in this situation if we were armed; My response was that I would draw to low ready, retreat to cover, most likely behind an engine block of a nearby vehicle, call 911 leave them on the line on speaker phone let them know I have a CHP and there's an active shooter. I'd let dispatch know he's not yet threatened anyone, he's only shooting at a vehicle. I would then give verbal commands to the suspect to drop the weapon.
My friend said he wouldn't do anything because the old man appeared to be calm and only interested in the vehicle. I agree, but I also disagree in that he's not in a rational frame of mind, is firing a deadly weapon in a residential street, and even if he's only intending to damage property, you never know what his next target will be. I'd feel responsible if I didn't intervene, and he decided to make his next objective an innocent human.
I don't live in Florida, and I'm not familiar with the laws there. I know in my State of Colorado that it's considered Felony menacing if you draw your weapon only in protection of personal property. However, does the suspects use of a deadly weapon against a vehicle in a populated residential area warrant your giving verbal commands and matching deadly force in return?
Chances are, as civilians we will never encounter something as zany as this, and luckily it ended peacefully. What are your thoughts?
A buddy of mine showed me this video tonight. He's not a concealed carrier, I am. We started talking about what we would do in this situation if we were armed; My response was that I would draw to low ready, retreat to cover, most likely behind an engine block of a nearby vehicle, call 911 leave them on the line on speaker phone let them know I have a CHP and there's an active shooter. I'd let dispatch know he's not yet threatened anyone, he's only shooting at a vehicle. I would then give verbal commands to the suspect to drop the weapon.
My friend said he wouldn't do anything because the old man appeared to be calm and only interested in the vehicle. I agree, but I also disagree in that he's not in a rational frame of mind, is firing a deadly weapon in a residential street, and even if he's only intending to damage property, you never know what his next target will be. I'd feel responsible if I didn't intervene, and he decided to make his next objective an innocent human.
I don't live in Florida, and I'm not familiar with the laws there. I know in my State of Colorado that it's considered Felony menacing if you draw your weapon only in protection of personal property. However, does the suspects use of a deadly weapon against a vehicle in a populated residential area warrant your giving verbal commands and matching deadly force in return?
Chances are, as civilians we will never encounter something as zany as this, and luckily it ended peacefully. What are your thoughts?
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