tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472522213724665613.post6451073976219323007..comments2023-09-24T08:56:31.091-05:00Comments on The Thinking Gunfighter: The Issue of InterventionDavid Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12232049066525911448noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472522213724665613.post-24908911734653367062012-07-21T12:40:57.389-05:002012-07-21T12:40:57.389-05:00As a quick re-cap in case the article above ages o...As a quick re-cap in case the article above ages out, it starts: "Investigators believe the federal agent who heroically foiled a Long Island pharmacy robbery was killed by friendly fire from a retired Nassau County police lieutenant, sources said Monday." Basically an off-duty ATF agent intervened in an armed robbery and shot the bad guy, and then he (the agent) was accidentally shot by a retired NCPD officer. <br /><br />The thing to remember in interventions is that there is just as much a chance of everything going wrong as there is everything going right, and this story is a great example of that.David Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12232049066525911448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472522213724665613.post-45730632996994365482012-07-21T11:53:29.236-05:002012-07-21T11:53:29.236-05:00dangers of intervention:
http://articles.nydailyn...dangers of intervention:<br /><br />http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-01-02/news/30582541_1_atf-sources-shot-agent<br /><br />Even the trained professional get it wrong some times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472522213724665613.post-89980159886159370012012-02-08T20:24:17.854-06:002012-02-08T20:24:17.854-06:00"Would I do that today? Probably not. I no lo..."Would I do that today? Probably not. I no longer have the deep pockets of the City of Detroit behind me. "<br /><br />I once stopped an argument with an anti-gun person dead it it's tracks on this subject. They said words to the effect "All you CCW holders are just hoping for a bad guy to invade a restaurant so you can come to the rescue and save everyone" I told her. "My job is to to save my family and friends. I'm not intervening unless I'm actively being shot at.. If a bad guy is busy shooting you or your family and I can use that distraction to get my family out the back.. Well too bad for you. You should have been better prepared. I promise to call 911 when I get to a place of safety. That's what you would want right?"<br /><br />You should have see the look...<br /><br />Now, would I really step in? If they were shooting women and kids.. yeah.. but .. Are my wife and daughters there? Then what? It's easy to cook up situations where I would or would not. I suppose it really depends on all those variables that I can't begin to imagine. <br /><br />That's why i totally agree about training. I've been a pistol instructor for 20+ years. I still seek training from other instructors at least once or twice a year, as my budget permits. I'll always be a student training for the worst 5 seconds of my life, hoping that I never get to use it for real.<br /><br />All I know for sure is how little I'm sure I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472522213724665613.post-24379047066755183532011-06-15T20:32:38.068-05:002011-06-15T20:32:38.068-05:001) Great post/ great advice
2) I cannot comprehen...1) Great post/ great advice<br /><br />2) I cannot comprehend why anyone would choose police work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com