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by thatguyoverthere
Tue May 31, 2016 8:17 pm
Forum: Self-Defense Reports
Topic: CHL Instructor Shoots Aggressor at Gas Station
Replies: 99
Views: 23774

Re: CHL Instructor Shoots Aggressor at Gas Station

LTCTLB wrote:Wow... That was painful to watch with all the pop ups....
Sorry about the pop ups. I have Ad Blocker Plus installed on my computer, so I don't see any pop ups. Works well for me, if you want to give it a try
LTCTLB wrote:... I would like to say if I were the shooter I would have fought him off, but when someone is atacking you and can see the gun and still chooses to attack they must be intent on causing bodily harm or have a death wish.
I would agree. Or the aggressor may have just thought that the guy with the gun wouldn't have the nerve to actually use it. Hard to say what was going through the guy's mind.
WTR wrote:While the patron obviously used poor judgement which resulted in his death, I also fault the clerk for engaging in a war of words with the patron. I have heard no audio but the body language seems to show a verbal battle. The patron exited the store multiple times. The clerk had the opportunity to simply lock the door and call 911. Loss of life was preventable. The clerk seemed to exacerbate the encounter rather than deescalate it.
Yes, it does appear that the clerk and the guy were in a heated argument. Probably no way anyone involved could have imagined that someone was going to lose their life within seconds. I would imagine that these shootings often happen this way - suddenly and unexpectedly.

As for locking the door after the guy went out, I agree, yes, that would have been a very good solution. I couldn't tell from the video, but it may be that the lock on the door was the type that takes a key to operate from either side. Don't know, but agree that would have been a very good solution.
Pawpaw wrote: ..."When seconds count, the police are only minutes away." As someone's sig line used to say, "Carry 24/7 or guess wisely."
Agree. We cannot depend on the police to protect us. We must have the means to protect ourselves. Unfortunately, in this case, a life was lost. Justified, but unfortunate for the man's family, anyway.
by thatguyoverthere
Tue May 31, 2016 5:35 pm
Forum: Self-Defense Reports
Topic: CHL Instructor Shoots Aggressor at Gas Station
Replies: 99
Views: 23774

CHL Instructor Shoots Aggressor at Gas Station

http://theadvocate.com/news/15952052-17 ... as-station

Mandeville, LA.

Aggressive (drunk?) man argues with store clerk. Open carrying armed citizen seems to stay out of it for a long time, but eventually tries to be a "good witness" by getting license plate number of the aggressor after the aggressor walks out of the store after having thrown things at the store clerk. Aggressor turns his attention to armed citizen. Aggressor ends up getting shot and killed by armed citizen. Local DA declines to bring charges on the armed citizen.

All caught on video tape. I'm not trying to judge the shooter's actions, but I think we have to critique these things so we can learn from other peoples' experiences.

Watch the video and let's discuss what you think the armed citizen did right, and/or wrong.

Note for those who do not want to see, the video DOES show the actual shooting at the very end, but camera angle is from directly behind the aggressor, so you don't really "see" anything (at least, I didn't).

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