redundantbassist
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If the doctor had not intervened, the bg would have continued to run through the facility slaughtering innocent people.After reading the story redundantbassist posted, I am even more concerned with the "self protection through firepower" suggestions being offered. And if the offending individual had gained possession of the firearm? This is a very real scenario that may-and has- led to the arming of an individual who is already intent on causing great bodily harm on persons other than himself / herself.
It would seem to me that there were a number of "missed" opportunities that might have circumvented this incident prior to the administration of lethal force. Waiting until a confrontation is imminent is taking scene control from your hands and relying on many other new factors that you have NO control over. For example: it is legal to blow through intersections running code ( an extremely foolish maneuver under ALL circumstances) in my state. If you take that option ("due regard") and give control over to the individual hidden behind the bus and impatient that traffic has stopped for an unknown reason, control now resides in the hands of a driver who legally has the right to the intersection. Simply put- learn to diffuse, prevent, and plan for these situations and you will remain in control.
EMS/Fire demands a conscious and deliberate effort to familiarize ourselves with "What Ifs'' prior to engagement. Be smart and don't rely on an offensive attitude being used as a moral, legal, ethical and "best practice" reaction for poor pre-incident defense.