Would you have felt capable?? POLL ADDED!!!

[sovietak474u]

How many people think they are going to make an accurate shot in a dark theater, after a flash-bang, and through tear gas?

How many innocent people would get hit by return fire? The suspect had the advantages of surprise, superior fire power, and proper equipment to deal with the environment.

Yep. I'm going to leave it at that!

 

[Jester7]

There has been research into crowd behavior. I remember a woman being beaten to death with a crowd watching. No one tried to help and the whole crowd was just frozen. Then there have been cases where something similar happened but ONE person acted and the freeze broke and others jumped in to help. I can't remember what term they used but it is a valid phenomenon. It happened on Flight 93 on 911. Of the four planes hijacked that day, one on one was any action taken. SOMEONE tried. And that made a HUGE difference. Did they die any way? Yes. But they saved an unknown number of lives on the ground.

In this theater CC was not an option. But even so, had ONE person rushed the guy, maybe, MAYBE it would have triggered the FIGHT response in another. In Georgia, if one of us aramed citizens had been in the audience and had ACTED, perhaps that would have been the catalyst required to get others to TRY as well. If nothing else, it would have FORCED the murdering SOB to focus on the one shooting at him for a few seconds possibly distracting him from murdering one more innocent.



Well, he shot 50 innocent people, killing 12. How many LESS would get hit is the question I'd be asking.


Sometimes I just have to shake my head in amazement at the idea of carrying, but being completely unwilling to actually USE it if it can save lives. I'm not talking about playing hero or cop, just being a man.

And I'll leave it at this!

 

[chucklenut]

id do my best to not get shot, if that meant shooting him then maybe

i dont know, personally i probably would have been to busy trying to keep my soda from spilling

 

[Junior_357]

How many people think they are going to make an accurate shot in a dark theater, after a flash-bang, and through tear gas?

How many innocent people would get hit by return fire? The suspect had the advantages of surprise, superior fire power, and proper equipment to deal with the environment.

I have to agree with this. But I'd like to think that I would be prepared enough to engage him from a reason distance where I had the drop on him. I also agree there is no purpose in training and carrying a CW if you have no intent to use it should the right situation develop. This was definitely the right situation, but could I do it efficiently? I dunno. I hope so...but can't be sure without actually being there - and I am really, REALLY glad I wasn't there.

 

[Chris86]

Alright, let me put it this way:

In such a situation where there's a good chance of me getting killed or injured whether I try to shoot back or not, If at all possible I would definitely try to take out the threat. If I'm gonna go down, I'd much rather go down fightin than cowering behind a seat.

That being said, I rarely ever go to the movies because there's always gotta be some loud obnoxious people either right in front or right behind me, but this just gives me even more reasons not to go... I'll wait for the DVD.
I also try my best to avoid places that don't allow carry.

 

[passdaboolits]

110%

 

[Sagan]

There has been research into crowd behavior. I remember a woman being beaten to death with a crowd watching. No one tried to help and the whole crowd was just frozen. Then there have been cases where something similar happened but ONE person acted and the freeze broke and others jumped in to help. I can't remember what term they used but it is a valid phenomenon. It happened on Flight 93 on 911. Of the four planes hijacked that day, one on one was any action taken. SOMEONE tried. And that made a HUGE difference. Did they die any way? Yes. But they saved an unknown number of lives on the ground.

In this theater CC was not an option. But even so, had ONE person rushed the guy, maybe, MAYBE it would have triggered the FIGHT response in another. In Georgia, if one of us aramed citizens had been in the audience and had ACTED, perhaps that would have been the catalyst required to get others to TRY as well. If nothing else, it would have FORCED the murdering SOB to focus on the one shooting at him for a few seconds possibly distracting him from murdering one more innocent.



Well, he shot 50 innocent people, killing 12. How many LESS would get hit is the question I'd be asking.


Sometimes I just have to shake my head in amazement at the idea of carrying, but being completely unwilling to actually USE it if it can save lives. I'm not talking about playing hero or cop, just being a man.

So far, this is my favorite response. My question would be, how can you NOT shoot??? I don't care if you've got a good backdrop or not. This dude shot 71 people.

Please keep in mind that this is assuming you cannot escape. If you can safely exit, I'd say run like the devil is after you. .380 vs 7.62 doesn't usually end well for the .380.

 

[captdave77]

I hate "I would of..." BS.

 

[captdave77]

So far, this is my favorite response. My question would be, how can you NOT shoot??? I don't care if you've got a good backdrop or not. This dude shot 71 people.

Please keep in mind that this is assuming you cannot escape. If you can safely exit, I'd say run like the devil is after you. .380 vs 7.62 doesn't usually end well for the .380.

Theaters have multiple exits by fire code. My job is to keep my wife safe not engage the nutcase. I hope I would get her to the exit as quickly as we can low crawl.

 

[Gunfighter]

I like to think that in that moment, I would have answered his threat...
Having never been in that situation, I can't definitively say.
Been shot at before, but never in that scenario.