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Deputy assigned to Florida school 'never went in' during shooting, sheriff says
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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3086330" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>Deep discussions here. Very deep. Disturbing too. It sure does make you think though. I have not been shot at <em>as a civilian</em> either. But I have been on the receiving end while on active duty. It is a shizz your pants moment out of your life. Nothing compares to the sudden and immediate realization that somebody is trying to shoot you. But, in that situation, I half way expected it and was prepared for it. I thank the Good Lord all the time that I was either the better shot, or maybe just more lucky than the guy trying to shoot me. </p><p></p><p>Totally different scenario; like the time a year or so back, the bank inside the Walmart on SW3rd off MacArthur had just been robbed, and the perp came running out the door waving his pistol at people as he made a mad dash to the get away car. I missed the happenings by <em>just a few minutes</em>. I was conceal carrying a pistol, and went in the same door the bad guy had just run out of; what if I had been a few minutes earlier, and as I was walking in, he was running out? What if he had shoved his pistol in my face and threatened to shoot me? What if I just happened to see the crook running out with a bag full of money and a pistol, but he wasn't a definite threat to me at that moment? What if I stopped the crime and maybe prevented him from shooting the old lady just getting put of her car with a handi-capped tag by shooting the bad guy...in the back? Too many what ifs...about the best you can do is to be prepared to act, within the scope and confines of the law and your own moral compass and hope and pray that you have the skills, mindset, and luck to win out if push come to shove.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3086330, member: 10465"] Deep discussions here. Very deep. Disturbing too. It sure does make you think though. I have not been shot at [I]as a civilian[/I] either. But I have been on the receiving end while on active duty. It is a shizz your pants moment out of your life. Nothing compares to the sudden and immediate realization that somebody is trying to shoot you. But, in that situation, I half way expected it and was prepared for it. I thank the Good Lord all the time that I was either the better shot, or maybe just more lucky than the guy trying to shoot me. Totally different scenario; like the time a year or so back, the bank inside the Walmart on SW3rd off MacArthur had just been robbed, and the perp came running out the door waving his pistol at people as he made a mad dash to the get away car. I missed the happenings by [I]just a few minutes[/I]. I was conceal carrying a pistol, and went in the same door the bad guy had just run out of; what if I had been a few minutes earlier, and as I was walking in, he was running out? What if he had shoved his pistol in my face and threatened to shoot me? What if I just happened to see the crook running out with a bag full of money and a pistol, but he wasn't a definite threat to me at that moment? What if I stopped the crime and maybe prevented him from shooting the old lady just getting put of her car with a handi-capped tag by shooting the bad guy...in the back? Too many what ifs...about the best you can do is to be prepared to act, within the scope and confines of the law and your own moral compass and hope and pray that you have the skills, mindset, and luck to win out if push come to shove. [/QUOTE]
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