So, a friend who also carry's told me that one of those news magazine shows (Dateline, 60 Minutes, etc) did a segment about a year ago where they brought in 5 or 6 people who carry and put them in a scenerio where they were in a classroom and an armed intruder came in and they had to shoot apparently NONE of them did a good job, most even missed the target.
Anyway, I thought I gotta see this (to laugh at it mostly) but can't find it, does anyone know what I am talking about or where to find it?
Providing a link would be awesome. thanks.
Gimpy
I know of the segment you are referring to. Trust me, this WAS NOT a scenario where ANY of the individuals involved were experienced in concealed carry. Not by a long shot!
In fact they had all received a rushed firearms training course with paintball sim-rounds from an open carry stance. Keep in mind that the media specifically selected the participants for the video, it WAS NOT RANDOM! Then they were placed in a concealed carry stance for an exercise, take note of the firearm position at the appendix and under the shirt which IS NOT what they were trained on. One thing to note is that the video clearly illustrates that the person with the defensive capability was intentionally placed in the same seated area (within 1 chair) for every scenario, regardless of who the shooter was.
The BG's were trained SRT/SWAT officers who already had the above information, which is VERY important to note...highly trained individuals with an informational advantage...duh. What's also a red flag is that the rest of the audience IS NOT randomized from the population, they are in fact confederates intentionally selected and informed to respond in chaos rather than to protect their lives. It was a skewed scenario from the start...intentionally so.
Trust in this: You put EVERY one of those SRT members in the same situation and randomize how BG's will be entering, how BG's are dressed, when the BG's are entering, what room it will occur in, and give the BG's the knowledge of where a defensive shooter will be... you can bet your paycheck for the next year that EVERY SRT member WILL fail and be shot.
There's a huge difference in taking untrained individuals off the street and giving them confusing training and taking a trained individual off the street for this type of application.
Know this, I had tried and still have yet to receive a response to requests to have a follow-up version of this with my fellow firearms instructors up against SRT members and the untrained public to illustrate that everyone will fail when a BG is given information prior to on the exact location of a defensive shooter. Granted, it could have went to a junkmail or spam folder, so who knows.
ABC and anyone responsible for the production and airing of this totally biased video, especially the anti-2A LEOs that were involved, should have been chastised for their involvement and intent to disarm lawful carry through such garbage propaganda.
