Concealed Carry Stops Mass Shooting in Church

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RIP the good citizens murdered in cold blood.

This incident speaks these lessons to me:

1) It's good to be a good shot. The security guard made a head killshot from, wow, how far away? Looks like about 15 yards to me. Practice for accuracy!

2) Carry concealed at all times and places.

3) It is very difficult to know what to do in the moment. Cut these people some slack.

If situational and tactical awareness can be learned and practiced, it should be.

The perp pulled a shotgun from under his cloak and pointed it at a citizen's belly at close range. The citizen chose to draw on him and got shot. Mistake? Technically, speaking, yes, I suppose. But which of us knows the "right" thing to do in that situation? Maybe he should have fell to the floor and feigned groveling to buy himself some time until the gunman was distracted. The lesson here is train oneself to be alert and tactically minded.

I don't think any criticism is warranted against average citizens taken by surprise in a nightmare scenario, and I certainly don't think it means concealed carry is a poor idea. If the security guard hadn't made such a perfect shot, the other citizens moving into position would have opened fire. Whole thing would've been a lot messier, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have brought their weapons to church.

I pretty much agree with all of that. But, you and Klem seem to have read something into my posts that isn't there. I never criticized any of the church folks for not performing better -- let alone like "Tier-One operators" -- in such a nightmare scenario.