2012-07-31, 09:20 AM
KhainiWest Wrote:Okay let's say someone has a pistol, a .45 DX. The position of your target is at the front of the room, on the right aisle, shooting directly into the crowd, while everyone is running to the left to get to the exit. You pull out your gun and yell down. You bring attention to yourself along with the followed gunfire. You end up with two circumstances;
1) Both you and your opponents adranline is flowing, so any pain would be easily masked over initially. Assuming you end up hitting him, he has more fire power than you, he's also in the midst of gas and the most you can leave him is a heavy bruise, depending on the distance, hopefully not hitting anyone below you in error from a richochet or what have you.
2) You headshot and kill him, thus leaving a dead sack of meat, who has already killed a few people (he did instantly upon arrival) and leave a lot of familes, a lot of media, and the whole world going "Why did he do that". Lesser than the evil that we have now? Perhaps, but that's the best case circumstance you're going to get.
This doesn't include the fact it's dark, there's people constantly moving around you, and there's f`ucking tear gas.
You want an actual solution? Have f`ucking security at the back entrance, or at least lock it so someone can't waltz in.
edit:Unfortunately the A 3D digital reconstruction of the Colorado Theater shooting
was taken down recently because of the courte case I assume, so you'll have to take my word for it.
If I recall he had a gas mask on. I don't know if you've ever trained with a gas mask on, let me tell you, it takes some serious getting used to and I doubt he had any training with it.
I agree with the Tear gas. When we did the gas chamber it fucking sucked. Very hard to fight in it with no mask. Scenario Number 2 would be difficult. It takes some serious training with a sidearm to head shot someone from even a good distance when adrenaline is flowing. As for Body Armor....I have no idea what kind of body Armor he was wearing. If it was just Kevlar alone a few shots would of definitely knocked him down. If he had ballistic plates, then that's another whole story.
But any weapon than no weapon at all would be better in that kind of situation. IMO.
As for restricting guns. Most bad guys use illegally acquired weapons (I'm going to assume that this guy bough these weapons legally, so there is there is the exception), unlike we law abiding citizens. It would hurt those who genuinely want to own a weapon for the sake of protection.
Either way my opinion is biased. Coming from a military background, I feel safer with a weapon, not just because it can kill, but because I know how to effectively and safely use it to eliminate a threat and protect the good people I care about.