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I love all the unrelated stories at the bottom...
What the CCW holder did was courageous, and I can see why he might want to pursue a fleeing felon who had just discharged a firearm into another human being. However, I've rethought my strategy on all this stuff. My number one mission is the care and defense of my immediate family; my wife and my daughter. Part of that mission is to come home, as I am the sole financial support for the family, and I am important to the life of my wife and my daughter. I will not intervene in a situation where that mission could be compromised. I have training, and EDC an IFAK and trauma supplies that I would use on them first, then myself, then any injured bystanders, or myself first, if I was bleeding out and need to survive to render aid to them.
Being responsible for every round I send down range, I would be very unlikely to discharge my weapon to stop a crime that was being committed against someone other than myself or my family. People should be responsible for their own defense - not rely on others to bail them out when the get in trouble. In Massachusetts, the risk is huge. If you hit a civilian, even while attempting to stop a mass shooting, you are very likely going to prison for a very long time. Not worth it.
I have to disagree with your statement about him being courageous. There are so many variables involved, what he did was stupid and irresponsible. He paid the ultimate price.
I have to disagree with your statement about him being courageous. There are so many variables involved, what he did was stupid and irresponsible. He paid the ultimate price.
he had slapped the gun out of Antell’s hand and shot him
Bad training, or no training at all.Awful. He got close enough to be disarmed and shot.
That Sucks. But if the guy was trying to leave, I would let him go and try to help the person he shot. And I would not have had to run to my car to get my gun if I had decided it was time to stop him.
Antell, a father of three and CrossFit gym owner, retreated to his vehicle, grabbed his own gun, and approached the shooter, Arlington police said.
Instead of abiding by Antell’s commands to stop, police said the shooter climbed out of his truck and fired his gun again.
Guy did the noble thing, but chasing after him was wrong IMO.
"The right thing" would have been ****ing him up with bullets as soon as he got a clean shot. Or not intervening at all depending on circumstances.
-Mike
The entire point of the article is to bolster the fallacious argument that citizens who are armed will either be killed or kill civilians. Everything else in the article is window dressing.
The arm chair quarterbacking by people on this and other forums merely serves to further that narrative.
It's not a fallacy if they are killed. Are you going to go down to this guy's funeral and yell "FALLACY!" ?
That being said, yes the media and police and Dems like to always say that armed citizens will get killed or will shoot the wrong person. This is only the second time I've heard of an armed citizen getting killed and the other time was the guy in Nevada who was killed at a Wal Mart McDonald's by that Neo-Nazi couple that went on a rampage.
Examining the evidence and thinking "what would I do" is being a smart person. It's looking at facts and drawing logical conclusions from facts like a person with critical thinking skills would do.
You missed the point. The WaPo is an enemy of the Second Amendment. They NEVER write a story where the armed civilian is the good guy. It's always a story like this. Towards the end of the article, there are more instances where the armed citizen was hurt, ineffective, or hurt someone else.
This guy was killed which is a shame. At least to us. To the WaPo, it's a starting point to attack the Second Amendment and gun owners.
the comments are disgusting.