What say the Hide on this one...
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This has a separate thread on this on another forum, but I'd like to see what member of The Hide thought. There's a lot of contention because the defender inserted himself into a 3 on 1 attack.
I know it seems like a pretty good self preservation tactic to keep out of a mess that's not of your making, but generally speaking, vets (the defender is a veteran) are a bit of a different crowd. Overall, I have observed that us veterans don't normally lose our sense of duty once we're out. We still have that "protector" gene built into us. That's why so many in law enforcement are veterans. Can't say if he saw the start of this whole fiasco, but once it did start... probably just the fact that it was 3 on 1 was enough to help him make his decision to step in, and help out. Weather he helped the right person or not... who knows. Hell, this could be a case of everybody being a bad guy.
All I can say is had I been there at the time, and saw 3 taking on 1, with little or no time to decide... it would be very hard to just stand by and watch it go down.
I'd feel like a POS going home to tell my story of how I saw 1 somebody, get killed by 3 somebody elses, and I did absolutely nothing to try, and stop it.
Probably not a good idea in todays liberal and very litigious society, but there you are.
One of the best quotes of all time.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men do nothing.
Whatever started the argument / fight, taking life to end it... is wrong.
Taking life to save life... less wrong.
Keep in mind... No judgement is gonna be 100%... but standing by doesn't solve anything.
You act on what info you have.
You see 3 guys trying to kill one guy. (NOT a good thing)
Makes sense to help out the target of the gang of 3.
That's a defense you can use in a court of law under what they like to say a "reasonable" person would do.
Thoughts?
Dodge’s shooting: Armed bystander shot 2 suspects who killed man at Clarksville gas station - ClarksvilleNow.com
An Army veteran put himself in harm's way to protect himself and the victim of the Jan. 28 Dodge's gas station shooting when he pulled out a Glock and fired at the suspects.
clarksvillenow.com This has a separate thread on this on another forum, but I'd like to see what member of The Hide thought. There's a lot of contention because the defender inserted himself into a 3 on 1 attack.
I know it seems like a pretty good self preservation tactic to keep out of a mess that's not of your making, but generally speaking, vets (the defender is a veteran) are a bit of a different crowd. Overall, I have observed that us veterans don't normally lose our sense of duty once we're out. We still have that "protector" gene built into us. That's why so many in law enforcement are veterans. Can't say if he saw the start of this whole fiasco, but once it did start... probably just the fact that it was 3 on 1 was enough to help him make his decision to step in, and help out. Weather he helped the right person or not... who knows. Hell, this could be a case of everybody being a bad guy.
All I can say is had I been there at the time, and saw 3 taking on 1, with little or no time to decide... it would be very hard to just stand by and watch it go down.
I'd feel like a POS going home to tell my story of how I saw 1 somebody, get killed by 3 somebody elses, and I did absolutely nothing to try, and stop it.
Probably not a good idea in todays liberal and very litigious society, but there you are.
One of the best quotes of all time.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men do nothing.
Whatever started the argument / fight, taking life to end it... is wrong.
Taking life to save life... less wrong.
Keep in mind... No judgement is gonna be 100%... but standing by doesn't solve anything.
You act on what info you have.
You see 3 guys trying to kill one guy. (NOT a good thing)
Makes sense to help out the target of the gang of 3.
That's a defense you can use in a court of law under what they like to say a "reasonable" person would do.
Thoughts?
