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It's a fact that "gun free zones" and other such restrictions create a dangerous "fish in a barrel" scenario. Simply lifting restrictions on the natural right and the probability that a responsible adult might be carrying would go a long way towards dissuading attackers and potentially reducing the duration of attacks that do happen. |
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June 9, 2018, 10:58 AM | #128 |
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I would have no problem with properly trained and competent SROs carrying an AR in a school that my children attended.
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Maybe not, especially if you're going up against a BG with an AR.
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Then again, I spent many years carrying both issued revolvers, and then issued pistols (in 9, .40 & .45), and realized that I might face such a daunting scenario at any time, while armed with any of them. That meant I spent just as many years training hard with all of them. Of course, I was lucky in the respect that I started more serious training as the result of my firearms instructor role several years into my LE career. Lots of trigger time and free ammo on a LE Only range, with some pretty experienced and gifted senior instructors to guide me. Now, practically speaking, while my usual "retirement" weapons are often one of my .38 snubs or a diminutive .380, I still practice (and have qualified) using those little guns. That means having used them in the usual 3-15yd courses, of fire, and then taking them out to further distances, to assess basics. I don't have any false expectations that the short .38's/.380's will likely be as potentially "effective" at longer distances, at least compared to my 3"-5" guns in 9, .40 or .45, but neither do I feel like going back to carrying around a bigger and heavier belt gun all the time again. FWIW, if I found myself in the situation of becoming some authorized "church security", I'd probably not go any "lighter" than one of my .38 snubs. I might just as easily go back to wearing one of my 3"-3.5" 9's, .40's or .45's for that role.
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Which gun?
The longest barrel you can conceal with a laser sight.
You can't always get the opportunity to aim in a situation you describe. The sight will allow you to engage at an angle where you just may be under cover or shielded. Just my 2 cents. Your level of expertise will dictate the rest. |
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