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What would you do in these situations?
Mudinyeri:
--- Quote from: MissMichella on October 30, 2013, 12:16:50 AM ---I suppose I should have come up with more specific scenarios :(
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Unfortunately, there are literally millions of variables in each of those scenarios. It's chaos theory. We would need computer modeling on the order of that utilized by the National Weather Service and even then we'd only be as accurate as the weather forecasters.
Speaking in VERY general terms:
1. Remain unengaged if at all possible.
2. De-escalate and dis-engage if at all possible.
3. Resolve without utilizing a firearm if at all possible.
4. As a last resort, utilize a firearm to resolve the situation by stopping the threat.
Of course, any situation can go from 1 to 4 in a split second.
MissMichella:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on October 30, 2013, 05:18:38 AM ---Something to ask might be:
Given a situation where you were in a business and someone was committing armed robbery, what would make you stay and fight versus attempting to immediately escape?
Say that you were in a store (not your own business) where you were one of several customers near the cashier when an armed robbery began to take place.
What sorts of things would trigger the "fight" reaction, as opposed to merely standing quietly through the occurrence, or attempting to escape the situation?
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I've mulled over various scenarios and completely agree with the "it depends" answer. There's a lot of variables that play into a violent confrontation.
With the robbery scenario (thought over due to the rash of armed robberies happening in Lincoln), I guess I was debating fight or flight. I carry to protect my family and myself, but if I felt someone was going to be injured severely or killed, I don't know if I could live with myself if I did nothing. I think I would react in different ways if I were alone or had my child with me as well...At what point in a violent situation do others feel morally obligated to do what they can to mitigate damages? Would stepping in potentially cause the situation to be worse?
As far as the abduction this last weekend goes, if it was me (armed or not)...I would hopefully be describing the creeps to LPD as "the guys with bruises and scratches."
If I saw someone being violently assaulted in the street, what would be the best course of action?
A few years ago, I was the target of a stranger's random act of violence (he was charged with five felonies including felony assault with a deadly weapon...however he was found not guilty by reasons of insanity). I did not carry at that time, and I wonder if it would have made the situation turn out any differently.
This reply does not flow well...I suppose I need to get some more coffee ::)
bullit:
In all cases, I would wet my pants, vomit in my mouth and as a last resort blow my "rape whistle".
RedDot:
--- Quote from: bullit on October 30, 2013, 10:24:41 AM ---In all cases, I would wet my pants, vomit in my mouth and as a last resort blow my "rape whistle".
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Wet your pants? SFG never mentioned or demonstrated that in his CHP course...should I feel somehow cheated? ???
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: RedDot on October 30, 2013, 04:27:17 PM --- Wet your pants? SFG never mentioned or demonstrated that in his CHP course...should I feel somehow cheated? ???
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My training has raised my response to a higher level. I bypass wetting and go straight to soiling myself.
Fly
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