(Avoiding) Friendly Fire

[alucard0822]

Get to cover, stop the threat if possible.

Or this seems to work LOL

 

[Phoenix_1295]

This incident is an example of a civilian good guy being mistaken for the shooter, by police.

Colorado man who intervened after ambush on officer was fatally shot by police

John Hurley confronted and shot a man who killed a police officer in an ambush. Hurley was holding the gunman's AR-15 when a responding officer shot him, police said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[delaware_export]

vegas case referred to a few times in this thread

Cici's Pizza officers ambush & Walmart shooting: 8 years later

As federal lawmakers debate gun reform in Washington, Clark County is remembering one of its darkest days in recent memory. Eight years ago today, two anti-government extremists walked into a local CiCi's Pizza and gunned down officers Igor Soldo and Alyn Beck. The killers then walked into a...

news3lv.com

2014 Las Vegas shootings - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Biggfoot44]

There are indeed Situations where there is NO Risk Free Option. Literally screwed if you do , and screwed if you don't.

Don't respond , and potentially you ( and/ or other innocent people ) are killed or major bad outcome .

Do respond , and original BG could best you . Unseen Reserve BG could get you . You could be caught in unintentional crossfire . Other GG ( with or w/o Badge ) could misinterpret you as the BG , and do the seemingly at the time appropriate response.

You've got to instantly calculate and compare the probabilities and potential downsides of each ( multiple) option .

Only in those rare , Blatantly Obvious situations will the answer be imeadately plain .

 

[BurkeM]

DO NOT ENGAGE unless the threat is clear and unambiguous. As above - seek cover, know your exit plan BEFORE you are aware of any threat, and stay holstered until you have a need to engage.

Absent an exquisite level of tactical training, RETREAT to cover and be a good witness.

 

[babalou]

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This isn't the only one we have had. But it is one of the schidtiest ones.

My policy is "me and mine first". If you are a threat to those things, or preventing egress/escape, too bad for you if I can get shots on you. If you aren't, not my problem. way too easy to screw up and.shoot the wrong person (happens too often) or get shot by someone else.

truth.

 

[Blaster229]

DO NOT ENGAGE unless the threat is clear and unambiguous. As above - seek cover, know your exit plan BEFORE you are aware of any threat, and stay holstered until you have a need to engage.

Absent an exquisite level of tactical training, RETREAT to cover and be a good witness.

One doesn't have to be an exquisite Tier 1 operator to eliminate a threat.
Closing the gap, moving to shoot, is a basic self defense ritual taught to, and practiced by many. You don't have to "clear" every store in the mall or building to go after the threat. You literally go to where shooting is.
I personally know a pretty good amount of people here who would have no marksmanship issue doing it. I've seen them train.
One just needs to determine their own situation in life and have the willingness to go through with it.
And it's 1000000% ok to not do it.

So refrain from telling people to not engage a threat. They'll know if they can or will at that time.