Author Topic: Footage of Armed Citizen - Thoughts and Feedback appreciated  (Read 1431 times)

Paraguy

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Here is a link to someone who was filming a disturbance and the people being filmed turned hostile.  The cameraman was armed and used his voice and his possession of a gun to protect himself, with no shots fired or anyone harmed.  He also recorded his interaction with the police afterwards.

How did he do?  What could he have done better?  The language is NSFW but IMHO his language helped show how serious he was and may have helped convey how determined he was about protecting himself and that he expected them to stay away or there would be consequences.

http://www.break.com/video/armed-cameraman-nearly-shoots-belligerent-drunks-2855937

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Re: Footage of Armed Citizen - Thoughts and Feedback appreciated
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2015, 01:50:48 PM »
I don't have a camera so I wouldn't be in that situation filming people who don't want to be filmed. If I did have a camera I probably wouldn't be filming them anyway.
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