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From what I see these days, teens dont seem to think about the results of their actions. They seem to live in the moment and dont think about the future.

No excuse for a crime, but when I think about my childhood, things we did then would get us in trouble these days.
In small towns things were different as a kid.... so maybe I have a little different perspective than city folks. Hard to accept that some kids are just evil, not just stupid.

Either way..... I will do what has to be done to get home safe... be it duck and cover, run, or duck-cover-run-shoot....

My goal is to get home safe every night... no bat man here. That being said, in 1993 my uncle was killed while standing at counter during robbery, video showed that he made no moves to do anything. So that's on my mind also. But killing a 19 year old kid that is making a stupid mistake is not something I would like to do either.

But if it has to be done, better that I make it home to family.
Since the time to decide to draw or not would be a split second one, I hope I never have to make that choice.
But whatever it take for me to be the one going home, I will do.

Here in my little East Texas town, the kinda thing I got my CHL for is happening more often. Just last week a robbery happened at a gass station thatI use often.... So here is how it happened, and what would you do if you happened to be there, Engage or not...
2 collage age males run into gass station, one with hand gun, one with metal pipe. One with gun stood in front of counter holding cashier and a customer at gun point, while man with pipe jumped over counter to get money. They left with out hurting anyone.

So what would you do........ just wait it out and see what happens, or while BG is jumping over counter draw and shoot BGWG while he is distracted? Do we have to give BG a chance to DROP gun... or shoot first, even if he is not facing us?
When only 10 to 15ft away from BGWG, you would not have much time to react if he starts shooting..... so enage at first op? Or wait and hope?