It seems like a lot of people seem pretty critical of this exercise. I'm wondering if they read the article or watch the video, in which the armed citizen killed the attacker 4 out of 8 times and hit the attacker 2 more times (which probably would have stopped most of them, even with a vest). The two complete failures were the woman just missing completely, which is a call for more training, and one guy choosing to open carry in one of the scenarios, so the shooter targeted him first immediately.
Yes, this isn't a perfect scenario, since the people participating were ready for an attack. On the other hand, the shooter knew exactly who and where the concealed carry holder was each time, so that gives them quite an advantage (plus having 22 years of effective combat training).
This is better than previous simulations which were run by anti-gunners, where they pitted a trained SWAT team member against a college kid with no training whatsoever, and ran the scenario in which somehow the shooter always knew exactly where the concealed carrier holder was sitting (which lead to basically a wild west quick draw) and then magically shrugged off multiple hits as being "not fatal" while declaring any hit on the CCH as lethal.
A Texas news station set up a training demonstration with licensed concealed carriers at varying levels of training to test the adage "The only thing that stops a Bad Guy with a gun is a Good Guy with a gun."
The test could have been a bit more scientific. While they may not have known what the threat was, they knew there would be one, so situational awareness wasn't tested here. Still an interesting read/video.
Ready. Aim. Truth: 'Good Guys' vs. 'Bad Guys' Part 1
It seems like a lot of people seem pretty critical of this exercise. I'm wondering if they read the article or watch the video, in which the armed citizen killed the attacker 4 out of 8 times and hit the attacker 2 more times (which probably would have stopped most of them, even with a vest). The two complete failures were the woman just missing completely, which is a call for more training, and one guy choosing to open carry in one of the scenarios, so the shooter targeted him first immediately.
Yes, this isn't a perfect scenario, since the people participating were ready for an attack. On the other hand, the shooter knew exactly who and where the concealed carry holder was each time, so that gives them quite an advantage (plus having 22 years of effective combat training).
This is better than previous simulations which were run by anti-gunners, where they pitted a trained SWAT team member against a college kid with no training whatsoever, and ran the scenario in which somehow the shooter always knew exactly where the concealed carrier holder was sitting (which lead to basically a wild west quick draw) and then magically shrugged off multiple hits as being "not fatal" while declaring any hit on the CCH as lethal.
Interesting video, thanks for posting
I think I saw the same video you did, by ABC. That was such BS. Giving the college kids oversized t-shirts that fouled the guns almost every time they tried to draw from concealment. There was so much fail in that video it wasn't even funny. I had to look it up in case anyone else wanted to laugh at it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QjZY3WiO9s
Yeah, it is the most ridiculously staged failure scenario. Every single time, the active shooter zeros in on the CCH, even when they aren't really doing anything noticeable (also they are in the same spot). It would have been fun to run that same exercise and move have the CCH shooter switch seats with a student by the door. If you watch, the shooter completely ignores basically everything to his left when he is locking on to the CCH. I'll bet he'd have shot the wrong the student and ended up with a couple rounds in his guts after that.
Plus, you see the girl in the second scenario hit the shooter basically directly in the femoral artery in his thigh. Maybe he would have taken her out after that, but he certainly wouldn't have gone on to execute anyone else before he bled out on the floor. So, I'm not exactly sure what's that supposed to prove.