12-31-2019, 10:15 PM
Double Naught Spy Wrote:Geez. First guy killed had a terribly slow and convoluted draw and was killed. A 4 second SOB (it appeared) draw did him no favors.
The armed security guard isn't just some citizen. He holds LEO credentials, owned a gun range, and was a firearms instructor.
Lots of people in the congregation had guns. None of the other people acted in time. Most acted long after the shooting ceased.
Not everyone has it in them to kill.
I knew a guy once who is still in the security industry and even went to Iraq as a private contractor. Luckily for him and his teammates he was never in a firefight. Turns out the reason he was so good on the range yet so bad when hunting animals back home is that he is not who he represents himself to be. In other words, a con artist. Then there are others who willingly admit they like to eat meat but not harvest it.
Not everyone has the mindset of a predator and the first victim might have been in denial, or was hoping it was all a dream that someone else near him would help sort out. Or perhaps he was just a bit slower than others in working up the mindset to kill. Sure, they knew something was not right with this stranger but it's usually solved with quietly escorting them outside. When the gun comes out we are talking only seconds. The perp had the mental and physical advantage and the first victim had probably never fired his handgun from the sitting position. Plus, we're all evaluating this from the benefit of hindsight. We know this guy is a murderer from the start of the video. At the time they didn't.
He had the drop on everyone and used it until they stopped him; it was all over in less than 5 seconds. He was fast and the congregation were fast. Unfortunately two innocent people are dead and that sobers me knowing what can happen when you are bound to react.