Armed Movment in Crowds

[AK103K]

Im a member of CCW Safe and get some pretty good reads in my email from them on different things. Got this yesterday and thought it was something you dont usually see talked about.

This is part 1, Ill post up part 2 when it comes in. Probably the next day or so.

https://ccwsafe.com/blog/31474

 

[Coyote3855]

Good read with common sense. A gunfight avoided is a gunfight won.

I would add, and maybe this will be covered in part 2, that an armed citizen who deploys a firearm in an active shooter situation risks being mistaken for a bad guy when the cavalry shows up.

 

[AK103K]

Hey, sorry got distracted and dont have the email thing turned on.

Just got part 2 today. And again, a pretty good read....

https://ccwsafe.com/blog/31490

Personally, Ive always preferred the SUL ready, or a slight modification of it (more concealment). Will have to look into a couple of the others that Im not familar with.

 

[Jenrick]

Position sul (it's Portuguese for South, it's not an acronym), is about 7/8ths of the way to a gun takeaway, all it takes is someone to give it a little more twist and your gun is out of your hand. I am not a fan of sul for that reason. In a large dynamic crowd, someone turning and catching you with their elbow by accident could be all it takes to lose your gun. Let alone if someone is actually trying to snatch it before you can react.

We teach it to be used around friendlies only. Unknowns, no, but if i need to dip my muzzle around a friendly a brief use of position sul is fine.

 

[40-82]

It's an interesting read, if the language is purposefully academic.

Were the writer to find himself in an active shooter situation in a venue where neither the police or the courts were sympathetic with the idea of a private citizen protecting either himself or his loved ones, nothing that I could see in these articles could be dredged up and used against him.

I kind of prefer this fictional account. https://medium.com/@ejennings53/a-hab-6f5577f714cc

The character responding to the threat takes some actions that--how can I say this gently--aren't to be recommended. Nevertheless, he is effective once he sees the necessity of overcoming his reluctance to have anything to do with the situation. Although it's never stated explicitly, it's unlikely that this is the first time this character has faced a life and death situation. I'll warn you: some of his views are political and perhaps won't be received well by the faint of heart. Sometimes, the man needed in certain circumstances may exhibit characteristics less than what we might call the acme of nice. As a further warning, were this story ever dredged up in a courtroom in conjunction with an accusation that the writer acted too forcefully or too precipitously, I suspect in too many venues, a conviction could be almost a foregone conclusion.

Don't you write this kind of thing in the attic in the dark.