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You have to have at least a 2 man team to cover all angles. Running to the sound of gun fire as a citizen is crazy enough but the killing(s) has to stop. You are leaving yourself open if alone. I'm not saying don't do it but it's a HUGE risk you take.
As harsh as it sounds, I would stay back unless "trained". Let the pros deal with it but again, if the situation was still active, would you just sit there and do nothing? It's a choice only YOU can make if law enforcement isn't there yet. Just make sure you tell someone what you are wearing and what your intentions are and hope to God they relay that to dispatch. You don't want to be placed in the bad guy category.
I agree on your first point and 2 man teams are definately prefered. But if I am the first on scene, my backup is some distance away and kids are dieing, I will be going in solo, trusting God to watch my back.
John 15:13 (New International Version)
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
As to your second point....... right on the money. If you are not a properly uniformed LEO or cannot be identified as one of the good guy in a micro seconds glance, then you are a DEAD man standing in front of me or my partners. The extreme degree of difficulty in Target Discrimination is bad enough on the streets, add in the factor of a school of running screaming kids and adults popping around corners etc...... OMG!!!! If you are an armed citizen in that scenario you had better worry more about the Trained Shooters mistaking you for a bad guy, than the bad guy getting you. When I am off duty I carry my M4 with me often, and in the case right next to it is my "SHERIFF" raid vest for identification.
Last edited by CAPT KIRK; 03-09-09 at 19:54.
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