On Being John McClane

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The people who perform the best when under stress are the ones who can assess the environment, identify the single most important cue, then act on that cue.

You are as good at doing this as anyone else so how about identifying the one or two most critical cues you personally would focus on given you believed a number of citizens were armed and there was some sort of anarchy breaking out around you in a public place.

Then, your actions based on that or those cues.

I can get into the training part once you can answer these questions somewhat clearly.

Okay, Gene. I'll give it a shot, although it remains to be seen how clearly I can answer.

The fact is that I have only thought of the rather obvious cue which has also been noted by others here: Were I to see somebody shoot one defenseless person, then another, and another, it would be reasonable to conclude that said shooter is a bad guy.

But, what if I see one person shoot another armed individual, and then he turns to aim at me. That person could be the bad guy shooting a CCW who was trying to stop him, and intending to do likewise to me. Or it could be a CCW shooting the bad guy, and then taking aim at me, thinking that I might be a second bad guy. With no way to identify who is who, I honestly cannot think of a good method to deal with the situation.