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Use common sense. Be prepared with the correct tools for the job.

Go home at a decent hour. Do not visit restaurants on Main Highways day or night. Stay away from convenience stores and gas bars at night. Make sure your spare tire is inflated and your jack equipment is operational. Carry 2 gallons of gasoline in your trunk. Keep you cell phone charged. Keep your wits about you and maintain situational awareness.

Train hard, Muscle Memory will keep you alive, your second thoughts will kill you.

If they had not fired a shot upon entering and their actions during the robbery were not overly aggressive, I would let them walk out.

The firing of the shot upon entering is what would have put my actions in motion and it would have been over (one way or another) before I had a chance to think about anything else.

Thanks for your Kudos......it was a long time ago but you never forget the training and the live fire during the action. With CHL and plenty of range time, I keep my skills honed.

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That is why I said "I am sorry to say". It would have been done automatically without any other thought considered.

Nothing personal taken.

O6nop wrote:
Circumstances like these make me wonder - were there any CHL holders present? Aren't there ever any CHL holders in situations like this? are the percentages that low? Maybe I don't read enough news, but it's always off-duty cops.
Also, what would have happened if a CHL was there and acted before the cop did? Would they easily have recognized each other as 'good guys'? this has always been one of my worries and don't hear many people discuss it.

Good questions......
I actually believe that you will see more bad guys go down at the hands of CHL holders in Texas after Sep 1st of this year.

I believe that if a CHL holder was there and acted before the cop, that based on where he was shooting, the cop would have recognized him as being friendly.

Having read all the posts in this thread I have my comment......

I believe your friend is a very well disciplined, competent officer. I also agree that he did the right thing based on the outcome.

That being said, no one can forsee what the outcome is going to be in a situation like this.

Therefore, I am sorry to say, that had I been in your friend's shoes, I would have engaged the moment the shot was fired.

Hopefully everyone would have already been down after that first shot. And since I carry a .45 and 2 spare mags, I would not have felt under gunned.