Well in this particular case, they did not.PhillRoath wrote:
All of us would be making split second decisions, but this is probably what I would do. I have zero faith in these criminals not killing someone.
Were they young thugs? older men? Sometimes, they scatter like roaches when the lights go on, as in that case in Florida where the two young looking perps tried a robbery at a so-called Internet Cafe. One older man pulled his .380 and fired shots, and the two perps couldn't get out of there fast enough. They were armed with a baseball bat and a pistol that might have been either a fake or a pellet gun etc. Once the shooting started, they forgot all about everything but vamoosing on the double.
I don't think you can count on criminals being particularly smart, not smart enough to weigh the consequences of various courses of conduct quickly. You mess up their OODA loop and take the initiative...... "Who Dares Wins!" provided you know what you are doing.
Remember Chris Kyle, the SEAL sniper who was murdered last year? He faced a couple of armed robbers at a gas station with pistols pointed at him close range, acted boldly, with the confidence that comes from lots of top-notch training and loads of experience, and shot them both dead. There has to be some advantage in doing all those hundreds of thousands of push ups in cold water, cold, wet, tired and miserable.