What would you do?? A theoretical.

[Bernard_Fokke]

Scenario, you are in Wal-Mart and you hear what sounds like shooting on the other side of the store, you have a ccw and are armed with a 9mm pistol.
What do you do?
Leave as fast as possible in the opposite direction, hunker down and take cover, or go find out what all the fuss is about and possibly get involved.

 

[Colorforms]

Scenario, you are in Wal-Mart and you hear what sounds like shooting on the other side of the store, you have a ccw and are armed with a 9mm pistol.
What do you do?
Leave as fast as possible in the opposite direction, hunker down and take cover, or go find out what all the fuss is about and possibly get involved.

I would like to think I would get involved and help, but I have never been in a gun fight and I would be scared to death

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

I would like to think I would get involved and help, but I have never been in a gun fight and I would be scared to death

I have been and would be as well, it's a very hard question to ponder, fraught with hundreds of possibilities.
I should add not many are good options or safe other than gtfo quickly.

 

[Jen]

Scenario, you are in Wal-Mart and you hear what sounds like shooting on the other side of the store, you have a ccw and are armed with a 9mm pistol.
What do you do?
Leave as fast as possible in the opposite direction, hunker down and take cover, or go find out what all the fuss is about and possibly get involved.

I would never take a gun into a walmart. But I would call 911.

If anyone does find themselves in the situation they described, they should assess their own ability, training, experience, and expertise and take action according to that. It is too easy for innocent casualties to happen if several people start shooting at whoever they think might have a gun. Not a good idea.

If I were in that situation, and was an off duty police officer or someone with training ........ I would definitely take out my gun and proceed toward the shooting.

 

[freyasman]

Scenario, you are in Wal-Mart and you hear what sounds like shooting on the other side of the store, you have a ccw and are armed with a 9mm pistol.
What do you do?
Leave as fast as possible in the opposite direction, hunker down and take cover, or go find out what all the fuss is about and possibly get involved.

I'm leaving and taking any of my people that are there with me. Wally World isn't one of my security contracts, I'm not going up against a gunman for them.

 

[PhilFish]

Leave as quickly as possible

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

Scenario, you are in Wal-Mart and you hear what sounds like shooting on the other side of the store, you have a ccw and are armed with a 9mm pistol.
What do you do?
Leave as fast as possible in the opposite direction, hunker down and take cover, or go find out what all the fuss is about and possibly get involved.

Take cover and wait using my weapon in self-defense

 

[Deleted member 21794]

GTFO ASAP.

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

Take cover and wait using my weapon in self-defense

That's one of the things that crossed my mind too, I'd not draw my firearm unless I saw the perp(s) directly headed towards me, my thought would be that the PD /LEO might pop in quickly and shoot at the first gun they see, as well as another ccw person with an itchy trigger finger. Like I said the disastrous scenarios are endless and the real world reality is you'd have a couple of heartbeats to make the right decision for yourself and quite possibly someone else.

 

[freyasman]

That's one of the things that crossed my mind too, I'd not draw my firearm unless I saw the perp(s) directly headed towards me, my thought would be that the PD /LEO might pop in quickly and shoot at the first gun they see, as well as another ccw person with an itchy trigger finger. Like I said the disastrous scenarios are endless and the real world reality is you'd have a couple of heartbeats to make the right decision for yourself and quite possibly someone else.

The only reason I would engage the shooter in a scenario like this is if they were between me and the exit.
I got do-gooder impulses like everyone else but I have those impulses (and what's left of my conscience) beaten well into submission. WalMart security ain't my job..... they want me to protect them and their customers, they need to write me a check like everybody else.

 

[reason10]

Scenario, you are in Wal-Mart and you hear what sounds like shooting on the other side of the store, you have a ccw and are armed with a 9mm pistol.
What do you do?
Leave as fast as possible in the opposite direction, hunker down and take cover, or go find out what all the fuss is about and possibly get involved.

I'd probably need a change of underwear.

The other thing that crosses my mind was the fact that Broward County deputy sheriff's did not run toward the shooting at that high school. And they had guns and bullet proof vests.

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

That's one of the things that crossed my mind too, I'd not draw my firearm unless I saw the perp(s) directly headed towards me, my thought would be that the PD /LEO might pop in quickly and shoot at the first gun they see, as well as another ccw person with an itchy trigger finger. Like I said the disastrous scenarios are endless and the real world reality is you'd have a couple of heartbeats to make the right decision for yourself and quite possibly someone else.

The problem I see with taking flight is you also put yourself out there to be a target.