Sunday, May 04, 2008

The Matrix

John Hardin presents "The Law Enforcement Officer's Guide to Identifying Spree Shooters and Distinguishing Spree Shooters from Responsible Citizens Engaging in Armed Self Defense."

Candidly, this doesn't work for me, but it is encouraging to see activists thinking creatively and trying new things. That's what moves us forward.
Posted by David Codrea at 5/04/2008 08:27:00 AM

3 comments:

John Hardin said...

It's more intended to be a response to those people (worst of all Law Enforcement spokespeople who should know better) who spout the "how will responding officers tell the difference between a concealed carry holder defending himself and the nutcase" objection to allowing students to carry concealed.

I do have a higher opinion of most law enforcement officers than this would seem to indicate; it's just that objection always struck me as totally idiotic (and insulting to the officers!) and thought this would be a succinct way to point out that idiocy.

5/04/2008 11:40 AM
David Codrea said...

John, I have no problem believing many "Only Ones" need to be spoon-fed--we just reported on one the other day who is complaining he shouldn't lose his job because he was never trained not to hang and repeatedly savagely kick his K-9 "partner". My concern is with the behaviors you expect of people like me in a defensive situation if we are to prove ourselves "responsible citizens" and not be shot. I may or may not have more than one weapon--perhaps one or more is not a pistol. I may or may not be shouting your recommended phrase--I may just be firing. I may be shooting at multiple assailants rather than "one armed person only." I doubt I'll holster my sidearm until I verify the target is incapacitated, which may not be until someone gets close enough to examine it. And I may or may not obey an order to surrender--it depends on my perception of still-existent danger and the lawfulness of the order.

I just don't believe there can ever be a "one size fits all" solution for any fluid dynamic situation where anything can happen.

5/04/2008 5:21 PM
Anonymous said...

If the "Only Ones" are so carefully trained and are so superior to the rest of us due to their superior training, why is it that they have so much trouble distinguishing the good guys from the bad guys? Reason dictates that their superior training should make them more adept at spotting bad guys. Unless, of course, the argument that the Only Ones' training makes them superior is a myth.

The gun prohibitionists are habitual liars, and there is a funny thing about habitual liars. Eventually they start getting tangled up in self-contradictory lies and arguments, thereby exposing their own falsehoods. We are well beyond the beginning stages of catching the gun prohibitionists in contradictory lies. This makes it much easier for us to catch and expose them, and as a result, it is all the more important for us to do just that. Go for the low-hanging fruit. They are really making this too easy for us.

5/04/2008 8:50 PM

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