kb 1984
William Gallas
Agreed the difference being the military are trained to stay calm when all hell is breaking loose. I have my doubts these guys are sufficiently trained to deal with the situation they were confronted with.I don't want agents to be in the wrong, this has nothing to do with some hopeful agenda. This is about trained personnel acting as such.
He is, or at least hopefully is, firearms trained. He is also trained, again hopefully, to assess situations and how to control himself in said situations.
He has exercised no restraint at all, simply just gone for the gun the second the wheels started to move. He had enough time, imo, to move and handle the situation differently.
If he was being driven at from 100yds away at high speed then yes, I would expect shots to be fired - and sure as brick he would not stand in the way of the vehicle but seek cover to fire from. She has started to move from a standing position, on fairly poor road condition, from about 5-10ft - that is not being driven at in any manner of speed.
Do you remember the two British lads (Army) dragged from their car in Ireland by a baying mob who thought they were loyalists?
Those lads were armed, those lads were trained, and they were certainly in dire peril - they didn't shoot anyone, they did discharge their guns into the air in a vain attempt to get out of the situation.
That is control/restraint.
I remember those soldiers they took a wrong turn & found themselves in the middle of a an IRA funeral. They were beaten & shot all filmed if my memory serves. RIP some of us won't forget