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Originally Posted by shinerbock
As most gun owners will admit, adrenaline and stress is different for each person, and who knows how well they'll perform. But a moderately trained individual can make head and center mass shots from 30-45 feet, and well placed (or enough) rounds from a Glock or any other pistol would have a very good chance of impairing the assailant. So I'm surely not saying it is a certainty, but I do wish one of those students at VT or NIU had been a well trained individual carrying a gun. Perhaps some of the loss could have been avoided.
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I do not know about folks responses, even those who are moderately trained.
I would like to hear from my former and current combat military GCers and law enforcement GCers to hear their take on the situation since they are probably the best to answer a very highly inflammatory and lethal situation...
All I know is I could probably EASILY get a weapon, but because I cannot visualize my target, even after breathing, I would miss it by 1 foot. It is the oddest thing that I have. So, I would be one in danger when a person would lose it.
My opinion, at best, the poor untrained folks stay calm to not draw attention to the assailant and/or play dead; and if possible SAFELY AND QUIETLY attempt leaving the premises. Of course I know it is 20/20, but IMHO...
Now, the universities and colleges could impose a lockdown of the school with restricted access through their streets and everyone has to show an identification, also they can impose a neighborhood curfew around the surrounding area... That is a Homeland Security kind of thing and everyone would feel they are part of an "institution"--yes, just like prison... I am not saying that I would advocate that, but a university or college could do that...
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