I don’t think it’s healthy to go off on some CCW fantasy about blasting these people. It rarely turns out to happen that way. These type of incidents are increasing everywhere and nothing is being done.
Sure it feels good to sit here on the board and talk about how we all would have blasted them. It’s not reality though.
We need to stay focused on what is real and realize that criminal behavior is not being punished in this country in an effective way, “unless you defend yourself with a weapon” then you get the book thrown at you and you lose your life’s savings defending yourself.
The civlized are paralyzed. This is bad.
So, instead we should sit around and wail loudly about the state of the failed court systems?
The more you think about what should have been done, the more prepared you will be if it ever happens to you.
“Sure it feels good to sit here on the board and talk about how we all would have blasted them. It’s not reality though.”
Oh yes...it is reality! If we do as you seem to suggest and wait for our elected representatives or do-nothing law enforcement system to deal with the issues, then nothing will happen. My hope is that more folks start taking responsibility for their own safety...sometimes in the most drastic of ways.
That will be a message that these animals will hear.
Militant
who said anything about being civilized?
i’m talking about standing up and protecting your family. this isn’t a duel, its not a fair fight. this is your family being attacked. watching your husband getting beat down and not either helping or removing your child from the situation is irresponsible and does nothing to protect your child.
they could have been next.
Years ago, Jeff Cooper delineated the “Color Code” and the “Principles of Personal Defense” in an effort to provide us with a logical model for one’s thinking on the subject of mental preparedness.
Layer One: Nonattendance. The best way to handle any potentially injurious encounter is:
Don’t be there. Arrange to be somewhere else. Don’t go to stupid places. Don’t associate with stupid people. Don’t do stupid things. This is the advice I give to all students of defensive firearms. Winning a gunfight, or any other potentially injurious encounter, is financially and emotionally burdensome. The aftermath will become your full-time job for weeks or months afterward, and you will quickly grow weary of writing checks to lawyer(s). It is, of course, better than being dead or suffering a permanently disfiguring or disabling injury, but the “penalty” for successfully fighting for your life is still formidable.
Crowds of any kind, particularly those with an agenda, such as political rallies, demonstrations, picket lines, etc are good examples of “stupid places.” Any crowd with a high collective energy level harbors potential catastrophe. To a lesser degree, bank buildings, hospital emergency rooms, airports, government buildings, and bars (particularly crowded ones) fall into the same category. All should be avoided. When they can’t be avoided, we should make it a practice to spend only the minimum time necessary there and then quickly get out.
“A superior gunman is best defined as one who uses his superior judgment in order to keep himself out of situations that would require the use of his superior skills.”
(From “Layers of Response” by John Farnam)
Not saying this guy had any other option, but it is something to consider. Especially if you’re carrying where it is prohibited.
Do you own any guns?
The value of concealed carry is that it evens the odds without ever having to "blast" someone else. If the father had pulled out a weapon, the thugs would have run.
Sure it feels good to sit here on the board and talk about how we all would have blasted them. It’s not reality though.
I don't know about your reality, but mine has a .38 in it wherever I go. Can't carry -- don't go. it is just that simple.