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The nuance is that competition is being used as an added negative. Larry Hickey had his training (civilian case) brought up against him. In some of the research we did, we found that gun negative folks looked at training as a negative in an SD case. Gun positive people were neutral or positive.[Daniel] Hernandez’s parents and 14-year-old daughter argue, through their attorneys, that McBride could have done more to deescalate the confrontation. She might, for example, have stepped behind a bystander’s car to buy time, they say. They contend that she responded like the competitive shooter seen on video, racing to get off shots.
“She loves to shoot all these things as fast as she can,” said Casillas, the lawyer for Hernandez’s family. “That certainly is in stark contrast to the measured, cautious police officer, exhibiting a reverence for life. This isn’t a movie.”
Discussing this with BBI, it is obvious that attorneys will go for whatever they think will support their case.