Good guy 1, Bad guy 0, CCW in action unedited

I don't get any sound on the video, so I might be missing some important points. I couldn't see what the "bad guy" did, but I'll assume that he had a gun & was threatening with it. Kudos to the mom for having the where-with-all to get the heck out of the way, most people would have froze. As fast as the action took place, I guess the good guy could get off from a "shooting a fleeing suspect in the back" charge because he was trained to fire multiple fast shots until the threat was down & was firing as he turned away, or that the perp could have spun around at the door & returned fire. The good guy did look like he had good training and responded VERY well.
 
Yep, seen it before but it's still a good one. The CCW holder (shooter) was a NRA intructor and has had some good training. I think it was a good shoot, but from the video angle it looks as if he was firing a little close to the little girl, but the mother did a great job of getting outta the way...but then again from a different angle it might actually not be that close. All in all, I say good job on all parts.
 
It looked to me like the balaclava dude fired a shot right as the ninja guy cleared the lady at the cash register, and then he fired back as the badguy dipped sideways to make his escape.

It's all pretty much simultaneous. I'm not going to screech "bad shoot".

Does anyone have a link to a newsreport or otherwise know how this turned out? I didn't see any obvious injuries in the video, it looks like everyone avoided nasty flying metal things.
 
As indicated, this is not new. What you can't, hear because of the lack of audio, is that Bubba came in shooting. The citizen/manager used his employeee for concealment while he accesses his weapon unnoticed by Bubba. Yet, another reason not to discrimminate against heavy set hotel employees:D .

I think the citizen was cognizant of how far he needed to move to get clear of Mom and her little one. It may look from our angle that he was shooting close to them but the only thing hit by bullets was Bubba.

Since Bubba had a gun in his hand and represented a danger, I don't think the citizen should have been required to wait and see if he was going to fire shots at them as he left, especially when he got to the door.
 
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As for legality, it probably depends on jurisdiction. In some places, that would definitely be a good shoot.

As for the safety of the child, I think that the clerk is very careful about not shooting in her direction. It's very fast, but he only points the gun at where she "was" after the mother moves her over.

Some YouTubers make comments like "he almost killed the kid!", etc. As defenders we have to sometimes make tough calls on the fly. What if the clerk decided not to shoot because of the baby and the robber just starts shooting everyone in the head? Sometimes, in these situations, an innocent being wounded or killed is not only a possibility, but a necessity that will reduce the overall number of deaths. It's scary to have to admit that, but we don't create these situations, the bad guys do. (Of course, I'm not advocating sacrificing people, just stating the obvious.)

Some possible alternate outcomes:

1) Clerk decides not to engage, robber just shoots all of them with one shot to the head. All four dead.

2) Clerk engages, hitting the bad guy AND the baby, wounding him, killing her. One dead.

3) Clerk engages, misses all or most shots, and bad guy returns fire killing some or all of them.

There are endless other possibilities.

Based on the video as I see it, the clerk made some good, tough calls in just seconds, and made excellent use of the training he had previously acquired. I'm not inclined to second guess someone who, while staring down a barrel, manages to stealthily unholster his CCW and hit the bad guy with 100% of shots fired.
 
This happened in Ohio in 2006. The clerk was an NRA Instructor as well as an active member at AR15.com and discussed the shooting in some detail. The Arfcom thread is archived now; but you can find snippets of that discussion here as well as an expired link to the Arfcom thread.
 
I can't tell exactly what happened by watching that video.

Just going by what I see on the video, I would question the shoot.

You see the bad guy come in, but I see no reaction from mom and baby that he ever fired a shot...they didn't startle or jump.
The video has no audio so maybe he was waving a firearm around and threatening to shoot everyone.
Maybe the BG raised his pistol to fire...just can't tell.

The mother COULD have reacted differently and moved INTO the line of fire by accident and sheer panic....either way, he fired past the mother and baby in very close proximity...he took a chance.

If ALL I had to go on was the Video posted here, I would question the reaction of shooter.

I would need a lot more information before calling it a good or bad shoot.
 
The mother COULD have reacted differently and moved INTO the line of fire by accident and sheer panic....either way, he fired past the mother and baby in very close proximity...he took a chance.
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We "could" this one all day long. But in the end, a hit is a hit...and a miss is a miss. Good shoot based on that.
 
Whether a hit or miss, that is NOT the criteria for a good shoot....never has been.
The only thing that makes it a good or bad shoot is if the shooter is justified in using deadly force---that's it.
The second and third shots were very close to the mother and baby...in fact, if the mother froze and had not moved, it could have turned out differently.
Like I said, just from the video, I think it is hard to make a call.
 
Here is a link to the CCW guy posting about it. His link to the video set to music has apparently expired. His userid is "rooftop voter".

Word to the wise...the Site linked doesn't set the same high standards for language that we observe here.

Click Here.
 
You see the bad guy come in, but I see no reaction from mom and baby that he ever fired a shot...they didn't startle or jump.
The video has no audio so maybe he was waving a firearm around and threatening to shoot everyone.
Maybe the BG raised his pistol to fire...just can't tell.
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As indicated, I saw the video before quite some time ago. It isn't new.

The robber came in shooting. As in "BANG"--he fired his gun. Had he not fired a shot, the gun in his hand displayed his intent whether he was waving it or not. Having already fired his gun, the citizen was correct, IMO, not to wait for him to fire it again, and the fact that he was headed for the door did not preclude him in the least from firing--AGAIN-- as he fled.

As for tactics, the citizen wisely used his clerk to cover his draw, got her out of there, moved far enough away from the innocents to expose his target, fired until the threat went down and then he stopped firing. He then ordered his clerk to call 911.

And don't forget another important tactic. Hitting the target--fast and often.
Every one of us should hope that we could handle a situation as well as he did. Perfect? Perhaps not, but what shooting is?

While most on the board are generally supportive of the clerks' actions, we're still taking many thousands of seconds (between us) to second guess what he had mere seconds to decide, and the lack of audio hides the effect of Bubba's shot firing grand entrance that instantly changed the dynamics of the robbery. In retrospect, that shot that alerted the armed citizen may have been a disguised blessing.
 
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Nnobby45, I just read what the actual shooter had to say at the link posted by
2Cool in post #14.

Shooter says the BG DID NOT FIRE his revolver...he did not come in shooting but raised his weapon AFTER the shooter pulled his.

Again, not saying it was a bad shoot....but we should get all the facts straight to discuss this properly.
 
Nnobby45, I just read what the actual shooter had to say at the link posted by
2Cool in post #14.

Shooter says the BG DID NOT FIRE his revolver...he did not come in shooting but raised his weapon AFTER the shooter pulled his.
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Apparently the error is mine, but that was the one detail I thought I remembered, except for him using the clerk for coceallment. My oppologies. My vivid recollection remains a mystery--maybe confused it with another similar innci:odent.
 
Nnobby45, I just read what the actual shooter had to say at the link posted by
2Cool in post #14.

Shooter says the BG DID NOT FIRE his revolver...he did not come in shooting but raised his weapon AFTER the shooter pulled his.
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Apparently the error is mine, but that was the one detail I thought I remembered, except for him using the clerk for concealment. My oppologies. My vivid recollection remains a mystery--maybe confused it with another similar inncident.:o I'd better go have a Red Bull.
 
IMO the only tatical point I see in this shoot was he used the laddy at the register as a human shield why he open fired over her right shoulder,if you want to call that tactical. Sending bullets by a mother and child looked to close for comfort to me.Did he even hit the perp at all.Some might disagree with me but IMO it looks of a reckless shoot and he is very very lucky he did hit the child.
 
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