The guy in the article engaged three guys with guns. He may have died if he only had 6 or 7 shots out of a revolver. Everything is a compromise I guess.
Reading the linked article, the guy engaged three guys with guns and shot each of them. That's 3 shots before his Glock 19 jammed. He may have died if he only had 15 or 17 shots out of a semi auto....
In this case, he only got 3 shots and his Glock jammed. In this case, I don't see that he would have been disadvantaged let alone killed if he had used a revolver.
Given that the accuracy of media reporting, all we can say with certainty is that the homeowner shot 3 intruders. That means at least 3 shots. It may have been only 3 shots, or it might have been more shots, just not reported on at this time.
I found it curious that the Tampa Bay Times identified the homeowner's guns by name as a "Glock 19 and a Kriss Vector 10mm semiautomatic rifle", and yet made no mention of the gun(s) that the intruders had.
I find that a bit "unbalanced". Not surprising though, considering the source...
As to squibs, and this...
At least the autos usually give you a "hey dummy" clue/warning.
They do, which is a good thing. HOWEVER, people are being
trained to
ignore it!!!
I think the emphasis on
immediately performing the "Tap Rack Bang" failure drill is wrong. I think it is a poor safety practice, in training. and the reason is the "immediate" part.
When a gun gives you that "hey dummy, something is wrong" signal, training is OVER, until you determine what went wrong and why.
ITs fine, even important, to know what to do, and train doing failure drills, I just think that the emphasis on immediately getting the semi running again, in training when no one is shooting at you is given too high a priority.
It would be interesting to know what kind of jam the bad guy had with his gun (after firing one shot) or even what the bad guy's gun was. And I note that, (from what was reported) the homeowner didn't try to clear his jammed gun, he went "immediately"? for another gun.
Was that "poor training"? or prudent action?? In order to judge that, we'd need to know all the actions in detail, and right now, we don't.
Ever hear the story about the cop(s) who did the TapRackBang drill 3 times before realizing he had shot his pistol to slide lock and that the "malfuction" he was trying to clear was an empty gun??
Might not be a true story, but its not outside the realm of the possible.
It's a long proven fact that, if you have training, under extreme stress you are highly likely to do what you trained to do, whether it is right or wrong for the situation you are in.