1.) Drop the gun.
2.) Put your hands up.
Bingo! The armed innocent citizen needs to put his/her firearm down and show their open hands to the police when they show up. The citizen’s job is done at that point. It’s up to the police from that point forward.
“1.) Drop the gun.
2.) Put your hands up.”
I posted this hypothetical situation a few days ago and got no response. What about you? This is not a challenge, just a mental exercise.
Hypothetical situation in relation to the recent killing by police of a security guard. You’ve just taken down an armed person who tried to rob you. You didn’t have to shoot them, but in the end you are on top of a face down person who still has their gun under them. They are not moving or giving you reason to shoot them at that moment, then the police show up. If you put your gun down the bad guy is very likely to shoot you or one of the police officers. How much ‘splainin are the police going to listen to from you? They probably won’t even hear it over either their shouted commands at you to drop the gun or their own gunfire directed at you. I could think of several other scenarios where being armed would be problematic. By the way I carry, and I think about these types of situations.
Which is the way subjects act, not free people.
You assume the polices identified themselves and did not come in blazing away as soon as they saw a gun. How is the CCW holder supposed to know who is threatening to shoot him?