Men freely believe that which they desire.
Julius Caesar
^This^ if at all possible.
If we are supposed to move to contact and engage the bad guy, why would we back off after having done so?
That said, if a CCW dude is involved then getting a hit and backing off ain't the worst idea I ever heard.
Maybe shooting something more important than a leg would help the process along.
From the video footage in the BBC documentary it appears the terrorist took cover behind a concrete column and the security dude was pretty much in the open at the entrance. It appears that he dumped his mag scoring several hits on the column and the lucky hit on the leg. It does not appear as if he had an advantage in the exchange and probably didn't know he had hit the bad guy.
With the notable exception of a few police and private citizens it seemed as if no one was really prepared to press the bad guys. The final solution was to wait a few days and then bomb or shell the grocery store.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
Julius Caesar
The state of police training and equipment in India is a bit different than what we have going on here.
I was struck by how trigger happy the Army troops were that went in the mall in Kenya. Not only did they shoot one of the cops in the mall trying to rescue folks but they shot some of the folks as well. It was almost as if there was a huge fear of a big bogey man or three based on their reactions. That falls in line with your scenario training and should be a sobering wake-up call for those that prefer intervention as a plan of action.
Last edited by Wheeler; 10-06-2014 at 07:08 PM.
According to Chuck's scenario training, this phenomenon isn't unique to untrained troops. I'm sure there's someone in the group that has a solid handle on the psychology and I'd dearly love to hear from them. My admitidly simplistic take on it boils down to Claude's assertation that people can't think logically with a loaded gun in their hands, even stone cold types.