Well, interesting response. This incidence happened near my house. No one wants to consider how they would react? This is the more likely situation we might find ourselves in, and we don't want to consider what we would do? I think this type of scenario should be taught in CCW classes. Why silence BS?
It has been almost three months since I politely asked, and I guess that's enough time for you to forget how to address someone respectfully, but....
If you think I'm full of BS, then call out my words as BS. If you need a shorthand for my user name though, I would prefer "Blues."
Thanks,
Blues
We'll chalk it up to a RAM-dump this time, but not again, so maybe keep that in mind if you're at all interested in conversing with me.
Otherwise, the reason I recommend silence to the way you presented your query is two-fold: 1) You turned a news story into a hypothetical by saying "apparently" and "let's assume" the attackers weren't armed. You also failed to source the story so that those of us who might consider replying to it could see if what you posted was the totality of information available, which, as far as I could find, was at the time I posted. I try to stay away from saying what I would do in a hypothetical scenario. Almost every time I've ever indulged such questions, the questioner comes back to move the goal posts when he doesn't like the limited answers he receives. Being as hypotheticals are almost always limited in details and scope to begin with, it gets frustrating trying to chase down a constantly-changing set of circumstances, so I just stay away from them generally-speaking.
2) I think it's careless, maybe even reckless, of people to say on a public forum what they themselves would do, especially when the bad guy(s) are unarmed. Prying eyes are watching all the time, and if, God forbid, someone who posted semi-detailed answers to a question like the one you posed and ended up shooting someone during a robbery or whatever, everything said in public that even remotely resembles parts of the actual shooting scenario can come back to bite you. I'll evaluate and give my opinions about what the victim/shooter actually did if there's enough information available to speak intelligently about, which there isn't in this case BTW, but I won't make it about what
I would do.
I'll give you an example. Making general statements about a shooting for which many or most alleged facts are known could go something like this:
"Assuming the facts as we know them now turn out to be accurately reported, it seems like Mr. Shooter is on solid legal ground."
Putting myself in place of Mr. Shooter, I've changed from assuming a reported set of facts to acting on the facts I accept as facts, and so the bottom-lined sentence is going to be much more conclusive, assertive and potentially harmful in a legal sense should I ever find myself having to account for shooting somebody.
In short, when it comes to the legalities involved in carrying a gun, and when the question(s) posed make the scenario about me personally, I stay silent just like I do with not handing my permission slip over to a cop unless and until he asks if I'm armed, because I view every public statement I make just like I'm talking to a cop, because believe me, if a cop thinks I screwed the pooch legally-speaking if I ever have to pull the trigger, he/she is going to track down everything I've ever said about shooting someone from a personal perspective if they can find it. This is a very easy place to find on the internet, so I don't do personal-perspective hypothetical scenarios, and will always recommend that others refrain too.
Hope that answers
that question. I still decline to answer your first one.
Blues
