6 people killed in Texas campsite attack
LINK PALESTINE, Texas – Six people, including a family of recent transplants to Texas from Maine, were murdered over the weekend at a rural campsite southeast of Dallas, and authorities said a ...
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Thank you Majorgator (The "They were shot" info)
Folks I keep hearing from some folks how more guns is the solution..Texas is a state with lots of guns.
Here's the progblem.. Average reaction time is 1/4 of a second, Assuming I'm on the alert it will take me 1/4 second to see you as a danger.. Average.. of course if I'm not on "Red Alert" it might take one second or more to HEY' HE's pointing a gun at me" and with a semi-automatic weaping he's already fired 3 or 4 shots. I'm dead (or dying) and not able to draw my weapon and shoot back.
(on the other hand if I have a weapon he'd better shoot me first cause I tend to shoot straight and I drink coffee, not booze) But still. Odds are even as a teen I'd not have been fast enough.
That is 1/4 second to see the danger.. and then you have to put your hand on teh gun, draw, on some models release the safety, aim and fire... no way are you fast enough.. not possible.
That said. in a campground situation if it is your next site neighbor's family that's getting shot.. You may be fast enough to put a stop to it since the shooter is not focused on you. (You are still covered by "Self Defense" since it's defense of others in this case. but.. Well.. I know folks who are highly trained, and even they have issues with shooting a real person. I **THINK** I know how I'd respond.. But I'd rather not test it.
Folks I keep hearing from some folks how more guns is the solution..Texas is a state with lots of guns.
Here's the progblem.. Average reaction time is 1/4 of a second, Assuming I'm on the alert it will take me 1/4 second to see you as a danger.. Average.. of course if I'm not on "Red Alert" it might take one second or more to HEY' HE's pointing a gun at me" and with a semi-automatic weaping he's already fired 3 or 4 shots. I'm dead (or dying) and not able to draw my weapon and shoot back.
(on the other hand if I have a weapon he'd better shoot me first cause I tend to shoot straight and I drink coffee, not booze) But still. Odds are even as a teen I'd not have been fast enough.
That is 1/4 second to see the danger.. and then you have to put your hand on teh gun, draw, on some models release the safety, aim and fire... no way are you fast enough.. not possible.
That said. in a campground situation if it is your next site neighbor's family that's getting shot.. You may be fast enough to put a stop to it since the shooter is not focused on you. (You are still covered by "Self Defense" since it's defense of others in this case. but.. Well.. I know folks who are highly trained, and even they have issues with shooting a real person. I **THINK** I know how I'd respond.. But I'd rather not test it.
