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The people you're trying to rob may be armed as well.

Now, a few things jump out at me here, the most being that the lady and her child were awfully close to the shooter's line of fire. Of course, a camera distorts distances with it's focal length and single vantage point so the distance could be a lot further than it appears.

The other thing that gets me is that supposedly the goblin brandished a gun and demanded money. If I was carrying my child I would have stepped as far away from the guy as possible. Without audio, it's hard to tell though if the lady knew what was going on. And shots fired? I'd have dropped and covered my kids!

According to the YouTube page, all three shots hit. The employee had his CCW and from the video he does appear to know how to use it. Look closely and you'll see he shoots isosceles. I've heard that you tend to go to that position under stress. I'd like to know more about that since I shoot modified weaver and if I'm more likely to end up strutting my arms out, I might want to practice that more often.

Now, I wonder how many anti-rights people would say the employee should never carry a gun because it's too much risk? I'm sure the mental gymnastics that people like Robyn Miller and Paul Helmke have to do to support their positions are exhausting, but luckily this guy doesn't care what those idiots say.

rolled out on Friday, September 21, 2007 9:31 AM
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# re: Why armed robbery is not a good idea - SayUncle

Rolled Out On: 9/21/2007 9:47 AM

That guy was a regular at arfcom. He posted the vid there. Seems the video helped at the court case. He confirmed all shots were hits.

Also, he stated that the angle of the camera made it look like he was closer to the mom & child than he was.

# re: Why armed robbery is not a good idea - Robb Allen

Rolled Out On: 9/21/2007 9:57 AM

I figured he made the decision to shoot knowing he'd not hit the two innocents, but I still can't comprehend why that lady didn't move out of the way with a little more "oomph".

# re: Why armed robbery is not a good idea - Stacy

Rolled Out On: 9/21/2007 10:24 AM

Because she's a sheep, maybe? Far more of them than there are of us, my fren.

# re: Why armed robbery is not a good idea - DirtCrashr

Rolled Out On: 9/21/2007 12:25 PM

I was just reading an article about shooting stance and eye dominance, (in one of the big gun-mags) and it seems that if you're cross-dominant then it's easiest to go into a modified isosceles - or something like that... I dunno, I hardly shoot pistols and spend my time with rifles - but I'm cross dominant.

# re: Why armed robbery is not a good idea - Robb Allen

Rolled Out On: 9/21/2007 12:28 PM

Interesting. I'm cross dominant as well, but I only stand in modified weaver.

# re: Why armed robbery is not a good idea - SayUncle

Rolled Out On: 9/21/2007 1:43 PM

BTW, I'll say what I said when I first wrote about the vid a year or two ago, nice frackin' draw.

# re: Why armed robbery is not a good idea - Nomen Nescio

Rolled Out On: 9/21/2007 4:03 PM

that vid made the rounds of a number of bulletin boards a while ago. the shooter did keep stressing the weird camera angle making it look like he had a less clear shot than was the case, and i guess it's fairly credible.

i can also believe the lady being too shocked and confused to take any action. seems she was soundly in condition white, and let's face it, most non-gunnies never stop to think about situations like that. much less train for them.

# re: Why armed robbery is not a good idea - Turboguy

Rolled Out On: 9/23/2007 3:04 PM

Good for him! Means I won't have to show up to a quadruple murder/bank robbery just in time to collect forensics.

Since I'm soundly lamenting getting to chew Kelli up on the Brady Blog, I wonder what she'd say about this one...

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