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joshcryer

(62,270 posts) Fri Feb 23, 2018, 12:03 PM Feb 2018

ABC news staged an active shooting scenario with random individuals and it went as expected: [View all]

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ABC news staged an active shooting scenario with random individuals and it went as expected: [View all] joshcryer Feb 2018 OP

I wish I could make every person I know with a gun (or who I suspect has guns), watch this. hlthe2b Feb 2018 #1

I've seen it many times. Straw Man Feb 2018 #4

Your screen name seems... hlthe2b Feb 2018 #8

Really? Straw Man Feb 2018 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Roland99 Feb 2018 #22

I think the baggy shirts are OK. joshcryer Feb 2018 #11

Given the revealing video of the "safety officer" who shot himself in the foot just re-holstering... hlthe2b Feb 2018 #12

Yeah, I don't see the need to nitpick. joshcryer Feb 2018 #15

That is the situation they were in treestar Feb 2018 #26

Not to mention the fact that the "shooter" is a trained officer. 7962 Feb 2018 #29

Which is why so many of them LoveMyCali Feb 2018 #34

+1. meadowlander Feb 2018 #55

Very informative. femmocrat Feb 2018 #2

+1000 Freethinker65 Feb 2018 #3

Thank you for posting this. most timely, indeed. n/t dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #5

This is well-done. k&r, nt. appal_jack Feb 2018 #6

I remembered seeing that years ago, but couldn't recall which network. Glad you found the video. highplainsdem Feb 2018 #7

As said above, a totally ridiculously set up scenario Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #9

yep - I agree azureblue Feb 2018 #16

Just like in real life .... VMA131Marine Feb 2018 #30

Nope Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #31

You got lucky VMA131Marine Feb 2018 #32

No I was prepared Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #33

Millions of cases a year? NoMoreRepugs Feb 2018 #35

Provide some evidence for your claim of "millions of cases a year" please. nt. Mariana Feb 2018 #36

Here is an article discussing a CDC report Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #39

I'd like to read the actual report, rather than a summary Mariana Feb 2018 #44

Here you go: friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #47

Thanks! nt. Mariana Feb 2018 #49

Well, it is down to half a million from millions. "Use" of gun is not defined, and no link to report Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #48

Here's the link at the National Academies Press, with "use of gun" defined: friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #51

Link? Not NRA...millions..lol. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #42

"Not NRA" The Centers for Disease Control, actually: friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #46

And for each person who "gets lucky" meadowlander Feb 2018 #57

Based on the stats posted earlier a lot less Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #60

Unfortunately, gun humpers will watch this and say ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #10

and the gun humpers are out in full force azureblue Feb 2018 #18

Kindly point out these purported 'gun humpers' to us friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #37

Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #13

Staged sarisataka Feb 2018 #14

No more and no less than the creative fiction of movies and heroes that is referenced LanternWaste Feb 2018 #17

I don't really understand sarisataka Feb 2018 #19

It is actually possible treestar Feb 2018 #25

It is very possible sarisataka Feb 2018 #40

How set up? treestar Feb 2018 #41

As others have pointed out sarisataka Feb 2018 #43

She was going to have died in the scenario treestar Feb 2018 #52

Only a moron sarisataka Feb 2018 #53

Why would they tell them that in the scenario? treestar Feb 2018 #58

. sarisataka Feb 2018 #59

For those saying this was rigged to fail, why don't you get sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #20

Surprise is the biggest factor in ANY situation. 7962 Feb 2018 #28

How many lectures have audience members wearing work gloves? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #50

Gunhumpers. The imagery is LOL. nt Blue_true Feb 2018 #23

It is real life and not like the movies treestar Feb 2018 #24

Old video, and staged for failure from start to finish. They got the result they wanted. 7962 Feb 2018 #27

I agree PatentlyDemocratic Feb 2018 #38

53,000 down votes? LOL folks are mad... Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #45

I saw this when it first aired. I wish I could rec this more than once Josh. Turn CO Blue Feb 2018 #54

The odds of such an occurrence happening as depicted are about zilch Kaleva Feb 2018 #56

You hear more stories of concealed carry people "being on the scene but not firing..." joshcryer Feb 2018 #61