I am often told that people “cannot” do certain things under the stress of a real life armed threat. Usually, the people trying to tell me this are using it as an excuse not to train.
Here is a video of a surprise gunfight, with 2 armed robbers initiating a sudden armed robbery against a single armed security officer. There are three different surveillance cameras involved, so we get a good idea of what transpired. Please watch a couple of times, then see my comments below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MPM...ature=youtu.be
First, the robbers run into the building. Both have guns already in hand, plus one has a bag for the loot they anticipate getting. As they burst through the inner door, they have the advantage of already having their guns out, plus surprise.
The security officer does NOT exhibit any so-called “startle response”, such as throwing his hands up. His hands go DIRECTLY to his holstered pistol, which he presents immediately.
The officer goes to two hands, at eye level, and shoots carefully, getting hits. Oops, I forgot… we can’t teach people to do that.
The two armed offenders are thoroughly disconcerted and demoralized by this immediate, violent and resolute response from the officer. They are rendered completely ineffective and flee clumsily. One drops his gun on the way out the door as he frantically tries to escape. I’d say their OODA cycle was disrupted a bit.
The officer used simple lateral movement (side-steps) to accomplish several things:
1. He used his security station as a visual barrier, allowing him to engage one offender at a time while blocking the other’s view.
2. He kept moving, further confusing and confounding the bad guys.
3. By moving, he was able to keep the offenders in his sight.
As soon as he was able, he moved to a corridor opening, giving him a somewhat concealed position as he covered the door, in case they came back in. This shows he kept his wits about him and continued to think tactically, despite having been attacked completely by surprise.
This is how it’s done.
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Originally Posted by ford.304
