04-25-2018, 03:12 PM
(04-25-2018, 02:44 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-25-2018, 09:58 AM)David Horn Wrote: Have you heard from the Waffle House guy himself? He said that he didn't think (an necessary precursor to effective action, by the way), but acted to save himself. He doesn't consider himself a hero, merely a survivor. At the time, all he could think was: this guy intends to kill us all. Failing to act on impulse, which is the normal human response, might have lead to everyone in the restaurant either dead or wounded.
I've tried to make this point with you in the past. The presence of a 'friendly gun' is much less important than the instinct he showed at the time.
I heard what he had to say about it on the news the other night. The only point you've made to me is basically that doing nothing and waiting for professionals is best for survival. What he did and the result contradicts the point that you've been making to me and others for a long time and strengthened my point.
The ACTUAL point I made is much simpler. Most people in a crisis situation don't act. They freeze. That's something that can't be taught ... not reliably anyway. Having a gun doesn't change that. Desmond Doss won the MoH. He refused to carry a gun.
Another great example is the Toronto cop who refused to shoot the road-rage guy. He was looking for suicide-by-cop and didn't get it. The cop, on the other hand, showed an impressive degree of control by not shooting.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.