rcawdor57
Campaign Veteran
The last few days we have been posting about our training or lack of training depending on who is posting. Some have posted very aggressive comments about our training or lack of training. Well, this morning I read in the November 10, 2011 Shotgun News an article by Vin Suprynowicz titled "When Do You Intervene?". It's rather long and well thought out and I could not find it online but I did find something similar posted on the Shotgun News website linked below:
http://www.shotgunnews.com/2011/09/20/what-would-you-do/
Snip: "Well-known trainer Gabe Suarez has a site called Warrior Talk and commented recently on the Sept. 6 shooting at an International House of Pancakes in Carson, City, Nev. If you recall the incident, a man with a record of mental illness shot 12 people, killing four, including three National Guardsmen.
The owner of a barbecue restaurant across the street told the local media he had a pistol at hand, but thought better of putting it up against the killer’s AK-47. “You just can’t believe the amount of rounds coming out of that gun. There was no way that I was gonna go up and try to shoot him. He had too much firepower,” he said."
The article linked above does NOT have as much information as Vin's printed article and one should read Vin's article to get the full Monty. One thing that is missing (I think) from the article linked here is that this guys AK-47 had been modified professionally to full automatic and he had 10 or 12 (can't remember) fully loaded AK magazines of 30 rounds each available that morning.
My question for all of us is: What would you do in this situation based on where you are? Across the street watching VS In the IHOP and let's assume we are armed with our handguns.
http://www.shotgunnews.com/2011/09/20/what-would-you-do/
Snip: "Well-known trainer Gabe Suarez has a site called Warrior Talk and commented recently on the Sept. 6 shooting at an International House of Pancakes in Carson, City, Nev. If you recall the incident, a man with a record of mental illness shot 12 people, killing four, including three National Guardsmen.
The owner of a barbecue restaurant across the street told the local media he had a pistol at hand, but thought better of putting it up against the killer’s AK-47. “You just can’t believe the amount of rounds coming out of that gun. There was no way that I was gonna go up and try to shoot him. He had too much firepower,” he said."
The article linked above does NOT have as much information as Vin's printed article and one should read Vin's article to get the full Monty. One thing that is missing (I think) from the article linked here is that this guys AK-47 had been modified professionally to full automatic and he had 10 or 12 (can't remember) fully loaded AK magazines of 30 rounds each available that morning.
My question for all of us is: What would you do in this situation based on where you are? Across the street watching VS In the IHOP and let's assume we are armed with our handguns.
