Small Bank Branch

[bignflnut]

Illinios ya'all...few armed citizens...all employees at the premises.

Rockford, Illinois

Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea said that Turner also robbed at gunpoint Rockford financial institutions and a retailer: Mincemoyer Jewelers on Nov. 23, when a laptop was stolen; Harvard State Bank on Nov. 28, when an undisclosed amount of cash was taken; and Members Alliance Credit Union on Dec. 16, when money was stolen.

The surveillance footage from Alpine Bank shows a man wearing a ski mask and gloves entering the bank, firing into the ceiling and then at Harrison, as Harrison fires back.

So a man walks in with a gun...
return fire 4 seconds after first door opens.

RKBA / self-defense is right, just and moral.
Accept no substitutes.

[Brian D.]

From other sources I read that the good guy/guard also happens to be retired LE. Doesn't look like one of those officers who skipped requalification or barely passed, and I'd further venture he'd been in harm's way before. He even instantly cleared a malfunction during the shooting, everybody else here noticed that, right? Probably caused by firing the gun from an odd, unsupported angle. That can happen with even the very most reliable firearm. He did great, in my opinion!

[M-Quigley]

From other sources I read that the good guy/guard also happens to be retired LE. Doesn't look like one of those officers who skipped requalification or barely passed, and I'd further venture he'd been in harm's way before. He even instantly cleared a malfunction during the shooting, everybody else here noticed that, right? Probably caused by firing the gun from an odd, unsupported angle. That can happen with even the very most reliable firearm. He did great, in my opinion!

That never happened with a certain lady I know. Oh wait that was a revolver.

[Sevens]

Oh yes, for sure I know the comment was all in fun, but I have dedicated (an immeasurably small percentage of) my life to fighting against the long held myth of revolver reliability.

Generally... yeah, fine, if you wanna think so. But in reality when a revolver stops (and for sure, bet your life, revolvers STOP ALSO), it is almost never ever a quick recovery, EVER.

I have never found myself in an armed confrontation -and- I have also never put any of my revolvers through mistreatment or neglect or a harsh environment and yet I have had revolvers stop and they stop dead. You effectively clear them and continue under good lighting and a work bench, sometimes with tools.

You can't tap/rack to get back in the fight.

Bottom line? "Six for sure" had far more merit in the 50's, 60's and 70's. For the good of the folks newer to handguns and defensive carry, this nonsense need to find the same fate of the oft-told story of the cop who was found with six pieces of empty brass in his shirt pocket. It's bad info.

Oops...
I am way over here on a tangent. I'm sorry about that. (uhhh kind of)

[carmen fovozzo]

From other sources I read that the good guy/guard also happens to be retired LE. Doesn't look like one of those officers who skipped requalification or barely passed, and I'd further venture he'd been in harm's way before. He even instantly cleared a malfunction during the shooting, everybody else here noticed that, right? Probably caused by firing the gun from an odd, unsupported angle. That can happen with even the very most reliable firearm. He did great, in my opinion!

HE also checked to see if there was another BG outside after the shooting..

[M-Quigley]

Oh yes, for sure I know the comment was all in fun, but I have dedicated (an immeasurably small percentage of) my life to fighting against the long held myth of revolver reliability.

Generally... yeah, fine, if you wanna think so. But in reality when a revolver stops (and for sure, bet your life, revolvers STOP ALSO), it is almost never ever a quick recovery, EVER.

I have never found myself in an armed confrontation -and- I have also never put any of my revolvers through mistreatment or neglect or a harsh environment and yet I have had revolvers stop and they stop dead. You effectively clear them and continue under good lighting and a work bench, sometimes with tools.

You can't tap/rack to get back in the fight.

Bottom line? "Six for sure" had far more merit in the 50's, 60's and 70's. For the good of the folks newer to handguns and defensive carry, this nonsense need to find the same fate of the oft-told story of the cop who was found with six pieces of empty brass in his shirt pocket. It's bad info.

Oops...
I am way over here on a tangent. I'm sorry about that. (uhhh kind of)

The comment was strictly related to "firing the gun from an odd, unsupported angle.", NOT the reliability of revolvers in general. Perhaps you can provide a link to when and where a revolver ever jammed strictly due only to this?

[Brian D.]

My comment about "unsupported, odd angle" was in reference to semi autos. (I sometimes forget that we still have some revolver-toting geezers that are not only alive, but still able to type up posts here. )

Years ago a couple of police officers in my town got in a shootout with robbers just as they were fleeing a bank holdup. This was in the revolver era. Afterwards their chief was at the firehouse discussing particulars of the incident. He was disturbed that in one cop's revolver, there were only five rounds out of six that went off before the officer reloaded and re-engaged the robbers, who were actually trying to charge AT that officer.

As it turns out, under stress the cop had not let the trigger reset completely forward before pulling it again. In a S&W revolver, that may cause the cylinder to be turned, but the hammer is not engaged. So, you "roll by" that chamber, in fact that's the term for it. The chief had no idea that could happen, and made me demonstrate with his emptied revolver. He was always a pretty stoic guy but my little trick made his chin hit the floor.

Under stress it seems like we can foul up with even the simplest tools.

[Sevens]

Provide a link...
Surely you jest.

[M-Quigley]

My comment about "unsupported, odd angle" was in reference to semi autos. (I sometimes forget that we still have some revolver-toting geezers that are not only alive, but still able to type up posts here. )

Geezer eh? I should run over your toe with the wheel of my walker, if I could remember where I left it.

[schmieg]

My comment about "unsupported, odd angle" was in reference to semi autos. (I sometimes forget that we still have some revolver-toting geezers that are not only alive, but still able to type up posts here. )

Geezer eh? I should run over your toe with the wheel of my walker, if I could remember where I left it.

Don't worry. He's catching up to us.

[glocksmith]

It'll be interesting to hear about the shot fired at 0:25. The gun fell clear of the BG's hands after he was hit by the first shot and he rolled away from it. Not saying the guard did wrong...IMO you should finish em off so they can't testify against you .

[Brian D.]

It'll be interesting to hear about the shot fired at 0:25. The gun fell clear of the BG's hands after he was hit by the first shot and he rolled away from it. Not saying the guard did wrong...IMO

Maybe the vermin had a BUG, pardon my wordplay. Or, more seriously, the good guy had a bit of tunnel vision going on and didn't see the robber had lost his gun? Given the video, I'd sure hate to be a prosecutor whose bosses demanded I take the case to a grand jury hearing, forget about putting the guard on trial!