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Deputy assigned to Florida school 'never went in' during shooting, sheriff says
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<blockquote data-quote="Frederick" data-source="post: 3086307" data-attributes="member: 17825"><p>I don't know. You know, that's the thing. It's easy to sit here behind the monitor and condemn this man for his inaction. Surely, he should never be a law enforcement officer again.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, human survival instinct is very strong. We don't always control all our mental faculties. I'm sure we've all had that emotional situation, we just couldn't control ourselves. To push yourself into possible death to save others is not a natural act. Self-preservation is how we're programmed.</p><p></p><p>So i don't condemn the man. I think he definitely shouldn't be a law enforcement officer, and i think it is tragic he discovered he simply doesn't have the mental ability at the worst possible time.</p><p></p><p>I would like to think that i would jump heroically to help defend others in such a situation, but i can't say. First of all, i've never been shot at in my life. My first instinct would be to protect my family and myself. Of course, i'm not a law enforcement officer.</p><p></p><p>But it's one thing to sit here and ponder what i would do. It's another thing entirely to do it.</p><p></p><p>A good example is my fear of heights. I can imagine in my head being that high, no problem. But if you actually put me up on that crane, with nothing supporting me, i would probably freeze up and be unable to act. I'd possibly panic.</p><p></p><p>Even though i can imagine being that high, and convince myself it would be no problem to be at x height, i know myself better. I've experienced being high, i've flown in planes and i've been on water rides hundreds of feet in the air. I've even repelled off of a 150 ft tower in Georgia. It is a known quantity, my fear. My reaction is predictable.</p><p></p><p>But i've never been shot at. I've never been in a situation where i had to use my gun to defend myself. Will i act? Or will i simply panic and make the situation worse? Will i freeze in fear? Run away? I don't know. Because i've never been in that situation.</p><p></p><p>i feel that sometimes people are too quick to judge others in situations they've never been in, and did not experience first hand. It's one thing to read the facts dryly, another to experience the event.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frederick, post: 3086307, member: 17825"] I don't know. You know, that's the thing. It's easy to sit here behind the monitor and condemn this man for his inaction. Surely, he should never be a law enforcement officer again. Having said that, human survival instinct is very strong. We don't always control all our mental faculties. I'm sure we've all had that emotional situation, we just couldn't control ourselves. To push yourself into possible death to save others is not a natural act. Self-preservation is how we're programmed. So i don't condemn the man. I think he definitely shouldn't be a law enforcement officer, and i think it is tragic he discovered he simply doesn't have the mental ability at the worst possible time. I would like to think that i would jump heroically to help defend others in such a situation, but i can't say. First of all, i've never been shot at in my life. My first instinct would be to protect my family and myself. Of course, i'm not a law enforcement officer. But it's one thing to sit here and ponder what i would do. It's another thing entirely to do it. A good example is my fear of heights. I can imagine in my head being that high, no problem. But if you actually put me up on that crane, with nothing supporting me, i would probably freeze up and be unable to act. I'd possibly panic. Even though i can imagine being that high, and convince myself it would be no problem to be at x height, i know myself better. I've experienced being high, i've flown in planes and i've been on water rides hundreds of feet in the air. I've even repelled off of a 150 ft tower in Georgia. It is a known quantity, my fear. My reaction is predictable. But i've never been shot at. I've never been in a situation where i had to use my gun to defend myself. Will i act? Or will i simply panic and make the situation worse? Will i freeze in fear? Run away? I don't know. Because i've never been in that situation. i feel that sometimes people are too quick to judge others in situations they've never been in, and did not experience first hand. It's one thing to read the facts dryly, another to experience the event. [/QUOTE]
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