glock27 wrote:bigbigtex wrote:Pretend situation. What can a Texas CHL holder do?
1. Mon. morning TXCHL is dropping off kids at Texas school. TXCHL is driving car in parking lot and is carrying.
Bad Guy appears and opens fire and runs into school. No armed police/security on scene. Can CHL respond by entering
the school? Or must he sit and watch?
2. Same thing except the TXCHL yells out his car window offering assistance to school Principal. Principal
says YES. Can CHL enter the building?
Feedback please.
i would respond regardless of the law... would you really be able to emotionally "sit and watch"??? Its a life and death situation for you bet I am in there, and i aint waitin for permission ether, i will read the fine print of the law later.
Interestingly, this is another situation where I think most of will respond differently because it's a school.
If the same thing happened at a mall or movie theater, the majority consensus on here seems to be, "Use your phone. Be a witness. Defend yourself and those you're responsible for." Maybe even, "Get ready to do some first aid and be ready if BG reemerges."
In the proposed hypothetical, I make eye contact with somebody and command them to "Call 9-1-1 and TELL THEM I'M GOING IN THERE TO STOP THAT GUY!"
Then I go in and pray for God's deliverance.
As soon as I see / hear police (unless I'm actively engaged), I drop my firearm, put my hands up, lie down, and get ready for the knee to the spine and the handcuffs. They'll sort out the details later. I might sit in a car or a holding cell for a few hours. That initial moment is not the time to explain things to them.
*Edit to add: if I see an able-bodied man and I have a spare gun, and I have the mental wherewithal, I make a one-sentence attempt to recruit him. If he's with me, he gets it. If not, I'll keep a BUG. Point and shoot guns are great.