da.suxor wrote:Surprise can get you dead to. If I have drawn on someone, and they make a sudden move that I feel is threatening, I start firing COM until that threat stops. Perhaps that is a rational and a lifelong conditioning, but I just think that that scenario was either luck, or some dumb ass criminals (I know, that is a given).
This is actually a "repost". Go down a few threads and read "off duty police officer......"
Without question, there are situations where you would not want to draw your weapon. In this case, the officer is in a vehicle and then the perps. force their way into it. First rule of survival for women (or men for that matter) is: NEVER get into a vehicle with a BG. So, she's got that going against her already, regardless of how it happened.
The fact that they didn't remove her from the vehicle.. tells me that big trouble lay in store for her. After all, they were not there to take her to a surprise party, (at least...not one she's going to like).
I am sure she did not relish the idea of trying to get to her weapon without being shot. I also think she knew in her heart, that this situation was going to have bad ending if she didn't try.
As I said in my post in the other thread: I don't usually advocate drawing against a drawn weapon...BUT in certain situations it can be done successfully. I then went on to give a few reasons why.
In this case, (and in this case only), I believe she did exactly the right thing, at exactly the right time.
Atta GIRL!
They didn't. 