Train!

[BigMat]

I'm not saying that people should go around trying to be James Bond with little to know training behind them, I'm saying that someone who takes responsibility for their well being by carrying a weapon has absolutely no excuse for not getting the proper training to handle that weapon... something that's far too common of an occurrence.

Agreed, I think the other side of the coin that we are talking about is that there are too many people with guns and training who think they can take on the world, only to quickly find their way to bad results (often with a lot of training see: Pima county SWAT team kills Marine, NYPD accidentally shoots O/O uniform officer, Texas CCW shoots gunman in chest - Dies, etc.).

- A little thinking goes a LONG way, finger on the trigger or not.

Finally I think he handled that weapon exactly right- honestly. He took no oath to protect anyone, their protection was on them. He was responsible for #1, and pulling that trigger gets him shot 8 times out of 10 and the gunman one more hash mark on his rifle. I do not believe there is enough combat training and mindset education on earth to swing the odds in CCW guys favor. Whoever trained him to think trained him right.

-Hypothetical, I see an Apache attacking a school. Do I A.) shoot it down with my CCW gun. B.) quickly leave the situation, call for adequate levels of help, observe as able. The answer is B. While this is more extreme, AK vs. CCW pistol, AK wins unless a dog is on the AK and you have tons of trigger time on that kel-tec.