I came into the thread a bit salty, and I apologize. I know that you posted this with the best of intentions, and I respect your enthusiasm OP. I'm a skeptical mother****er. Don't waste your money on this video series imo... You want to blow roughly the same amount of $$ and get way more value in my opinion? Here's how to get a shit ton of info in a few easy steps, and it's probably what I'm going to do shortly
1. Buy the 'Gift of Fear' by Gavin DeBeckr'. Read it MULTIPLE times. The information in that book is single-handedly some of the best material I've read in my entire career (spanning teaching martial arts full-time, working for DYS, and Law Enforcement) regarding predictive violence and human behavior. I still use his concepts in my work and personal life. I've probably read the book 5 times now.
2. Get an online subscription to Panteo (20$ a month) and watch a crap-ton of videos from pretty much every big name in firearms/tactical stuff right now. Some good... some bad... but I bet you get your moneys worth.
3. Did I mention to get Gift of Fear and read it?
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4. Take some kind of class with force on force (airsoft), or verbal descalation techniques, or something with role playing. Get comfortable with how it feels to have someone not listen to you, scream at you, put their hands on you. You can't experience any of this through DVDs... or Tactical daydreaming.
RD: the enthusiasm wasn't really enthusiasm, just that I had never seen this and thought I'd share with anyone who,like me, hadn't seen the video and who, once they did, realized "Damn", this poor man's panic cost him.
I didn't post this with thought that I'd buy the thing or recommend it to anyone for purchase...in fact, I basically stated "I know this guy is hocking or huckstering some program, or DVD, or website subscription for $$ " etc...
I actually didn't sit all the way through it ether, but what I did glean from it was what I teach young, inexperienced gun carriers with regard to "what if" situations...
That when the sh*t hits the fan, whether it's in a gunfight, a knife fight, a fistfight, or any stressful "situation"...the number one thing you need to do, need to remember, need to focus on is....DO NOT PANIC.
It was PANIC that killed this poor cop, plain and simple. He panicked ...part of his stress undoubtedly in apprehension over being on tape always, and the threat of prosecution for manslaughter/murder (and/or civil suit) by some lawyer/DA, etc (I can well imagine what a cop in a Massachusetts town or Statie has flash through his mind when reaching to draw his weapon, the "consequences" etc. Hell, most legal gun owners in CommieWealth of Mass would probably (undoubtedly?) have the "ramifications" of a decision to use lethal force in their mind somewhere, given this hellhole, pinko-liberal, criminal-coddling, puke state we live in, should they ever draw their weapon.
I honestly and sincerely would NOT let it cloud my mind of hinder my actions (and yes, YES, I know this would be the case, that I'd be calm, I'm 100% sure because I've already been in "situations" and many of them), but I can't help but think that this cop MIGHT have been tried, convicted, and sued in civil court had he killed this guy, on videotape.
That probably entered this cop's mind at some point, so now he's even further jammed up mentally, and prone to making a bad decision. In this case, his bad decision was to...panic. He sprayed his entire mag in panic, and the act of reloading gave the perp the time needed to kill this (probably) fine, good man, parent, husband...
I posted it more for the actual incident video part of it, to give people the advice to be cool, clam, collected, and act accordingly. That panic will kill (YOU, potentially!). And I should have posted this as a segment on "what NOT to do in an emergency/sh*t hitting the fan moment" and then I should have followed it with a link to the video reenactment (plus actual video) of one of the absolute best examples of how TO act under pressure, the US air jet landed by Chesley Sullenberger...in the Hudson River, barely missing one of the bridges that crosses it, landing it perfectly without flipping it, and saving the lives of ALL the passengers, plus his own.
And what struck me and still does, to this day (I work in a job very similar to air traffic control) was the absolute calm and relaxed, confident tone in the pilot's voice.
Contrast that with the way the cop in the video was screaming, his heart rate increasing rapidly, blood pounding, mind racing, bang-bang-bang-bang - round after round (his entire load, all but one) missing everything. One shot (surprisingly, given how hyped up he was) hits the attacker but doesn't drop him (or even seem to affect him in any way). He - wildly - emptied his weapon, and cost him his life.
Sullenberger was so amazingly calm and collected. "Nah, Teterboro's not an option. Not gonna make that....Have to set it down in the water" (and at that point you can hear the incredulous air-traffic almost wet HIMSELF with a "Um, US1549 - repeat that please"...)
I always bring up Sullenberger when teaching or advising anyone "What to do IF..."
First thing to do is to take a deep breath, exhale, and stay friggin calm. Second thing is....repeat number one!
It can save your life.
