Constitutional Law

ABC on self defense in active shooter cases

The story, or at least the predictable propaganda, is here. At least it has the virtue of unintended humor.

Antigunners "point out that most people are unprepared to handle a gun," because most states don't require a permit that requires formal training. In a fight, bullets will be flying at you, people running, screaming, you get so pumped up that you forget how to do things, can't even draw, get tunnel vision.... it's like trying to fly an airplane without lessons.

Some truth to that ... but if that means you cannot fire... isn't that also a proof that there can be no such thing as an active shooter? He's got all that AND knows to a certainty that he's going to be dead at the end. So he's worse off, can't draw his gun, forgets how to reload. So if the above were truly an bar to useful shooting, there would be no mass killers.

So what's ABC's alternate plan? Play dead. Hide and call 911.

Then they have a scenario with simunition guns in which the prospective students come off badly against a supposed mass killer. Sensibly Progressive takes that drill to pieces.

Oh, and the comments are chewing into them (even while some say they're being deleted)...

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on April 11, 2009 (boomark / email).