[spd2918]

I can't tell what happened from the limited information, but i believe the victim was on the wrong place at the wrong time.

A lack of situational awareness is one of the top things criminals look for. They choose victims that are looking down, not paying attention, not looking at others in the eye. They like easy pickings. Walk and act with authority. A scowl towards someone you don't trust means you will fight back.

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Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

Disagree. As usual. One does not need to first be warned in order to be prepared. If one "is" always ready, one does not have to "get" ready. I have no warning an emergency is coming, but I am already prepared with a "To-Go" or "Bail-Out" bag and my vehicle parked backed in. Just an example.

Warnings do help:

If a hurricane comes, it pretty much does what it does irrespective of our actions. The buildings that were going to be destroyed are still destroyed no matter our efforts. However, when we are fore warned, we can take precautions that save lives because we know a threat is out there.

Now, when you are in a neighborhood just outside The Villages pumping gas in route to Walmart from south of 44, you know there is a person in an area that has shot an innocent retiree and is still very much in our populace. The threat is still there and still exists because no one was caught. What may be more concerning is there is the callous of these perps that it is OK to shoot others.

I will look forward to there apprehension.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

Disagree. As usual. One does not need to first be warned in order to be prepared. If one "is" always ready, one does not have to "get" ready. I have no warning an emergency is coming, but I am already prepared with a "To-Go" or "Bail-Out" bag and my vehicle parked backed in. Just an example.

If you aren't warned that a hurricane is coming, you won't know that you need to go/bail out.

The only way you can TRULY be prepared for a hurricane *without* being warned that one is coming, is to already be evacuated to a place that never gets hurricanes.

I'm sure you'll be missed. Good fortune to you on your journey.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

If you aren't warned that a hurricane is coming, you won't know that you need to go/bail out.

The only way you can TRULY be prepared for a hurricane *without* being warned that one is coming, is to already be evacuated to a place that never gets hurricanes.

I'm sure you'll be missed. Good fortune to you on your journey.

I’m so sick of this TV Rambo commentary.
‘I would’ve done this’....’I do this’ narratives. It’s like after 9/11 actor Mark Wahlberg saying ‘if I was on that flight it wouldn’t have gone down like this’ (paraphrasing)

Maybe...maybe not.

Fight or flight is a real human condition. All these purported retired LEO know this. Every situation is different as is the response to said.

Yes, always being prepared, vigilant and aware...especially in this society...is a must. But it will always be only half the equation!

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by spd2918

I can't tell what happened from the limited information, but i believe the victim was on the wrong place at the wrong time.

A lack of situational awareness is one of the top things criminals look for. They choose victims that are looking down, not paying attention, not looking at others in the eye. They like easy pickings. Walk and act with authority. A scowl towards someone you don't trust means you will fight back.

Let me argue that actually it was the criminals that were in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the wrong thing.