marshaul
Campaign Veteran
Note that the victim, by his own admission, planned and trained with the explicit assumption that "if the BG knows I am armed he will shoot me first."
Given his expectations, given his tactical approach, and given that he luckily came out on top, it's no surprise whatsoever that the event played out to confirm his preconceptions.
But what does that tell us? I can report that, around the country, the vast majority of gun store and shooting range employees OC. Most places, everyone on staff is visibly armed (or they make little effort to conceal).
Clearly, most gun store and shooting range employees feel that a visible deterrent is a good idea given the attractiveness of their merchandise to criminals. They probably suspect that pretending to walk around unarmed will only attract people looking for easy guns.
In this case, if he's so sure the guy thought they were all unarmed, would he have attacked at all had he known he would face at least three armed employees (as any responsible gun store would require most of those present to be armed, IMO)? A gun which he knows to be susceptible to jams is OK for corralling "human cattle", but not confidence inspiring if your notion is to start a gunfight.
Given his expectations, given his tactical approach, and given that he luckily came out on top, it's no surprise whatsoever that the event played out to confirm his preconceptions.
But what does that tell us? I can report that, around the country, the vast majority of gun store and shooting range employees OC. Most places, everyone on staff is visibly armed (or they make little effort to conceal).
Clearly, most gun store and shooting range employees feel that a visible deterrent is a good idea given the attractiveness of their merchandise to criminals. They probably suspect that pretending to walk around unarmed will only attract people looking for easy guns.
In this case, if he's so sure the guy thought they were all unarmed, would he have attacked at all had he known he would face at least three armed employees (as any responsible gun store would require most of those present to be armed, IMO)? A gun which he knows to be susceptible to jams is OK for corralling "human cattle", but not confidence inspiring if your notion is to start a gunfight.