https://tridentconcepts.com/2020/10/24/fear-and-brandishing-a-weapon/ Where Concepts Meet Reality Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://tridentconcepts.com/2020/10/24/fear-and-brandishing-a-weapon/#comment-34214 Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:38:58 +0000 https://www.tridentconcepts.com/?p=14364#comment-34214 Great post, Jeff. When I was in this class with you I noted that in my head when my brain crossed that “oh crap moment”, there was sometimes an instinct to prepare to draw the weapon. For me this often manifested itself in a weird half flinch for the weapon (it didn’t usually end up in a firing grip but it got awfully close sometimes). In every case the bad actors noted this action and would typically reciprocate but they rarely went so far as to draw their own gun. I think in real life this would often preempt and escalate the encounter to a deadly force situation (where that might have still been able to be avoided).

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