Active shooter (video) @ UML's south campus... - Page 2

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In reply to YokelRidesAgain • 1:13p, 9/4/25

YokelRidesAgain said:
El Gallo Blanco said:
If you have a rifle with scope and you see this on A&M campus from your dorm room...do you take the shot if he is just brandishing and acting like a mass shooter but hasn't actually fired any shots?

I feel like this is a very stupid question, but genuinely curious. I mean, I would insttinctively feel like lives are being threatened 100%.

Define "brandishing". Open carry is legal. If he's pointing the gun at someone, sure, shoot him.

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18 USC, 924(c)(4)

brandish

(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term "brandish" means, with respect to a firearm, to display all or part of the firearm, or otherwise make the presence of the firearm known to another person, in order to intimidate that person, regardless of whether the firearm is directly visible to that person.

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In reply to El Gallo Blanco • 1:14p, 9/4/25

El Gallo Blanco said:
If you have a rifle with scope and you see this on A&M campus from your dorm room...do you take the shot if he is just brandishing and acting like a mass shooter but hasn't actually fired any shots?

I feel like this is a very stupid question, but genuinely curious. I mean, I would insttinctively feel like lives are being threatened 100%.

No, you don't shoot.

You can put yourself in a position to shoot if necessary, but you don't shoot until there is an unmistakable reason to do so.