Good guy one was not armed but from the news articles posted he does seem to have an LTC. Good guy 2 was armed and stopped one threat. It is unfortunate that one good Samaritan had to lose his life, prayers to his family. We do need to know what is behind our target and what is around us.NotRPB wrote:The good guy with a gun stopped 1 half of the murderers, too bad there weren't more good guys with guns to stop the other half of the murderers; if the 1 good guy didn't have a clear safe shot at the other murderer due to people behind him or whatever.
Know your target and what's behind it.
It's hard to say, "I would have stayed out of it," in this sort of situation. I applaud the two Good Samaritans for stepping in to save the day. Once the bad guys started shooting I probably would have drew my weapon as well. Once bullets start flying my family could be in danger. I would not have been outside of the mall without them.
When we go to the mall we stick together, I am always armed. I have gotten into the habit of carrying at least one extra mag when we go running errands and two if we go to the mall.