04-28-2018, 10:39 AM
(04-27-2018, 01:54 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-27-2018, 07:27 AM)David Horn Wrote:(04-26-2018, 04:52 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: You don't think I would have been able to hit him with a few rounds at relatively close range after doing the same thing ( taking cover and waiting for an opportunity to use my gun and use it to directly engage with the shooter) as guy at the Waffle House. What he did was actually more risky, life threatening than what I would've accomplished with the use of a firearm and a couple of rounds. All he would have had to do was pick up the gun and lean it up against something some where out of his reach.
The real question isn't 'could you' but 'would you'. that's unanswerable until the case arises. A secondary question, but only one that applies to firearms, would be: could you be both effective and measured? Shooting a guy, while also shooting one or more customers, is not helpful.
As I've told you before, I could and I would without thinking twice about it. As far as my shooting, I'm disciplined and effective with my shooting. I won't fire multiple rounds in the general direction of a shooter with the hope of possibly hitting them with a lucky round. I'd be shooting one or two consecutive rounds while observing and reading signs associated with the shooter and the impact that each of the rounds had on the shooter. BTW, that would all be going on and taking place within a matter of seconds within a matter of a few minutes.
And as I've repeated unendingly: you can't know how you would react until presented with the situation that requires it. Ask our resident shrink, if she's still monitoring the site.
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