ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
Being around guns all your life doesn't mean you have a clue about tactical situations. A shooter only shoots down a hallway for so long before walking, turning, entering rooms etc. The shooter is a 'target of opportunity' and would be stalked, pursued as such...
you're the Athletic Director, you're in your office (front left beside the sign over the door) - you hear shooting and kids screaming for their life .. you open the gun safe in your closet, get your Glock 23 semi auto 9mm pistol and start out the door ... at the other end of the hall theres a kid standing at the bottom of the stairs with a semi auto AR 15 spraying shots down the hall in your direction as fast as he can squeeze the trigger, and bullets whizzing by you one after the other .. lets say those stairs are at least 45-50 steps, probably more... a lengthy shot for a pistol whatever the exact distance ... under those conditions, students running every direction, crowded hallway - could
YOU
leave your room, stay under total control,take careful aim and kill or wound the shooter stopping him from killing students without hitting and injuring any kids yourself?
Ive been around guns all of my life. I started shooting .22 rimfire pistols when I was 6 - .357 mag pistols when I was 12. I rate the degree of difficulty in that exact scenario on a scale of 1-10 .. 100+
what would you do ?
You are correct on this Kaiser. I grew up in the mountains of Montana, hunting and shooting at varmints and thought I was pretty good with a weapon.
Then.....................I joined the military and found out that I was middle of the road at best.
Then, I volunteered for the Security Force and found out that tactical shooting is MUCH different than just pointing a gun at a target. Not only did we have to learn to shoot from behind cover, but we also were trained in ammo control and conservation. After I'd been a member of the Security Force for around 4 months, I got my Expert Sharpshooter Medal, but that was only because we trained in the Security Force 1 week a month, and had 2 of those days for range practice.
Lots of people say what they would or wouldn't do, but when the actual situation shows up, it turns out to be a different situation all together.
Do I think Trump would have ran in? No. Because if the officer who was trained, had a gun and a vest was too scared to go in, I don't think Trump would have done it unarmed with no vest.