10-09-2017, 10:51 PM
Let's think this through...Someone is advocating shooting in his direction in the hope it's going to slow him down. Next you'll be saying 'shoot first, ask questions later' is an acceptable active shooter policy. If, in your heart of hearts cannot identify your target and know what's behind it, DON'T SHOOT. I'd hate to have booked the adjacent room and have you behind a gun 300 metres away all fired-up and frustrated. Be interesting to know how much room lighting he chose to leave on during the rampage but I'm thinking that unless you had a scoped rifle you just would not have even seen him inside the room at 300 metres. 'A muzzle flash is a Target', well, frankly that is crazy talk from someone who has a semi-auto, high-power firearm. Good luck later in court explaining why you shot a fellow police officer entering his room. "No your Honor, I could not ID the target 300 metres away so I decided to kill whoever was flashing.' You don't believe iron sights are useless at night? Go out and try hitting a torso at 300M. You might be able to identify a target but looking through an aperture rear sight at a front sight is fraught. We used to use one of those yellow squeezy ear protectors jammed in between the front sight protectors and look over the rear sight down the barrel in an effort to shoot at night. And that was not an urban environment with potential civilians casualties if you miss. Sure, maybe the Las Vegas PD has tritium iron sights but I very much doubt it.
No, unfortunately as DN said, he had all the cards stacked in his favour and there's little the concert authorities could do in 600 seconds except crowd control until the cavalry arrived at his door.
No, unfortunately as DN said, he had all the cards stacked in his favour and there's little the concert authorities could do in 600 seconds except crowd control until the cavalry arrived at his door.