ABC's If only I had a gun

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'If I Only Had a Gun': Click Here for 20/20 Special - ABC News

Shooting Under Fire - ABC News

 

[LPMan59]

was this the "special" from last year? that one was a total hatchet job. the All Barack Channel outdid themselves on that one...

 

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It is from last year, I did a search here and didn't find a thread about it. It just upset me how they portray everyone to be jacklegs. Basically telling you, you're better off being a sheep.

 

[Paco Bedejo]

What a fake "test"...

Why on Earth would anyone draw a paint marker to return fire if they truly think that someone just came into the room shooting real bullets? It's obviously staged, otherwise the "subjects" would have made the effort to flee along with the "actors".

 

[ABCIndy]

That's not...

Oh, nevermind. Headline caught my attention for some reason.

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(No, I'm not affiliated with ABC television)

 

[cosermann]

Let's see, here are a couple of previous threads (the second one has most of the reaction):

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo..._i_only_had_a_gun_--_mark_your_calendars.html

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...20_20_if_i_had_a_gun_post-review_of_show.html

 

[Que]

Bull! How many co-conspirators work together in a classroom. From recent recollection that did not happen at NIU, VT, or any other school, except Columbine. I carry my gun in order to protect myself, if the situation allows. Nobody knows what will happen when/if a gun is pointed at him, but I would rather have mine and not pull it because the situation didn't allow, rather than having a gun pulled on me and not having mine.

I would be willing to allow some type of voluntary class for all CCP holders if there was some kind of discount on homeowners insurance. It wouldn't hurt for some to experience semi-real situations and gauge their reaction.

Bottom line, I have never met anyone who lost a loved one, who said "I'm glad he didn't have a gun."

 

[JohnP82]

It is from last year, I did a search here and didn't find a thread about it. It just upset me how they portray everyone to be jacklegs. Basically telling you, you're better off being a sheep.

Yep, that is what they want. There are too many sheep already if you ask me, but they want everyone to be one to make their lives easier.

 

[r3126]

I guess it would be "morally superior" to die without trying to defend yourself than to go trying.

 

[I Like Firearms]

Its BULLSH*T.. Cmon,, They had no chance at all, the firearms instructor who shoots for a living comes in shoots the instructor and automatically turns and starts shooting at the "subject" BS, And are thugs really that talented with a gun?

 

[wwdkd]

I'm disappointed in ABC. Usually they are fairly unbiased when doing stories, but that was a terrible. They made gun carriers out to be incompetent. Their experiment was also bad for several reasons. First, after the gunman killed the teacher they immediately aimed for the armed student. In real life the shooter is not going to know which student specifically has a weapon. That would allow for the armed student to draw and fire his or her weapon potentially before the gunman even saw him or her. Next, the students in the exercise had a day of training (minus the last guy who said he was experienced) so of course a police instructor is going to be able to kill them in a small room before they draw.

Watching that video makes me want to make my own video to show how well a trained student carrying a weapon can do against a bad guy.

 

[Pami]

Let's see, here are a couple of previous threads (the second one has most of the reaction):

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo..._i_only_had_a_gun_--_mark_your_calendars.html

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...20_20_if_i_had_a_gun_post-review_of_show.html

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