04 October 2017

You Are Not A Soldier

You do not have a legally defensible means of firing back at someone firing from concealment over 600 yards away.

Sorry.

This is because you own every round, and the shooter could easily be within minute-of-panicky-return-fire with innocent people.

Yes, it sucks to have to take fire and not return it.

If you're just responsible for yourself:

Get to cover as well as you can, and stay there!  If you can escape clean, do so.

If you're responsible for someone else:

Get them to cover as well as you can, keep them there!  If you can escape clean, do so.

If you stay and help others, you're going beyond what you have to do.  But remember, we don't call folks who do that heroes because they're doing something safe.  Staying and helping is adding to your risk, and I applaud the attempt.

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