re: #251 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

It may have been foolish of him to confront the guy. I don’t know; it probably was, I doubt many cops would say that’s what they’d like a civilian to do. But foolishness and bravery go together a lot. It’s like a civilian going into a burning building to rescue someone: it’s undeniably brave, and foolish as hell. I wouldn’t judge anyone who did that badly, even if I think they shouldn’t do it.

I think we need to start getting the message out that this is the wrong thing to do. Because it is. This guy may have thought he was doing the right thing, but he wasn’t trained or prepared for what he was facing, and it got him killed.

The concealed weapon gave him a false sense of competence.