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<blockquote data-quote="gerhard1" data-source="post: 3060249" data-attributes="member: 5391"><p>This is my stance as well. Unless things go south in a big hurry, I won't intervene, except to be as good a witness as I can be. I won't do anything that could conceivably panic the bad guy and cause him to start shooting. </p><p></p><p>There are too many variables that are not under your control. A bystander sees you and tries to intervene, thinking that your shooting might make things worse*, or if you warn the bad guy and he takes a shot at you, you shoot back and miss and a melee ensues. The result could be fatalities among the bystanders. Or he shoots you and then panics, and it goes to hell in a handbasket. </p><p></p><p>You might think 'I won't miss' but stress does not contribute to fine motor skills and if you miss and hit a bystander, that will at the least look bad, even without civil and criminal penalties.</p><p></p><p>It is far safer, hence wiser to just let him take the money. </p><p></p><p>Incidentally, the fear of CCW heroics was very often the reason that businesses posted the gunbuster signs in Kansas.</p><p></p><p>*This, to me, was not entirely hypothetical. My late mother hated that I carried when I lived in the State of Washington, and one morning I was taking her to breakfast. As we drove into the parking lot she said how strange it was that nobody was there. She entered the diner and the waitress told her to get down on the floor. My mom stood there, not getting it. Again "Get down on the floor!! We're being robbed!" Just then, I came in and they began to get back up. As we ate, I said to her that if this ever happened in the future and I decided that I had to take the bad guy out, do not interfere, as that would likely get both of us killed. Her response worried me for the rest of our time in Seattle. "Well, you don't just expect me to just sit by and do nothing while you get yourself killed, do you?" Soon after this, I got transferred to Boeing Wichita and Kansas did not get CCW until after she died.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gerhard1, post: 3060249, member: 5391"] This is my stance as well. Unless things go south in a big hurry, I won't intervene, except to be as good a witness as I can be. I won't do anything that could conceivably panic the bad guy and cause him to start shooting. There are too many variables that are not under your control. A bystander sees you and tries to intervene, thinking that your shooting might make things worse*, or if you warn the bad guy and he takes a shot at you, you shoot back and miss and a melee ensues. The result could be fatalities among the bystanders. Or he shoots you and then panics, and it goes to hell in a handbasket. You might think 'I won't miss' but stress does not contribute to fine motor skills and if you miss and hit a bystander, that will at the least look bad, even without civil and criminal penalties. It is far safer, hence wiser to just let him take the money. Incidentally, the fear of CCW heroics was very often the reason that businesses posted the gunbuster signs in Kansas. *This, to me, was not entirely hypothetical. My late mother hated that I carried when I lived in the State of Washington, and one morning I was taking her to breakfast. As we drove into the parking lot she said how strange it was that nobody was there. She entered the diner and the waitress told her to get down on the floor. My mom stood there, not getting it. Again "Get down on the floor!! We're being robbed!" Just then, I came in and they began to get back up. As we ate, I said to her that if this ever happened in the future and I decided that I had to take the bad guy out, do not interfere, as that would likely get both of us killed. Her response worried me for the rest of our time in Seattle. "Well, you don't just expect me to just sit by and do nothing while you get yourself killed, do you?" Soon after this, I got transferred to Boeing Wichita and Kansas did not get CCW until after she died. [/QUOTE]
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