Some Peacock

This is going to be a very, very unpopular take of mine - here goes We've all seen this photo by now of the sniper taking his view off of the scope. Hesitating. Honestly? I probably would have done the same in that situation. I will explain. Think about it. You're not in Syria. You're on sniper duty at a political rally in the US. You usually don't have threats. Whatever "threats" you do have are usually an unruly Bernie Bro that venue security can just throw out and Secret Service doesn't even need to get involved Then you see something. Looks like a gun. Better get this right! We all remember what happened to Derek Chauvin. (Sticks head up, looks to confirm) Imagine shooting an unarmed civilian because you *thought* you saw a gun. Seriously, imagine the news stories the next day. You've heard of fight or flight, but there is a third option: freeze. You're not in Syria or Iraq. It's not that kind of rules of engagement. What do you do? Better get this right Then the shots confirm what you saw, and you return fire. All this thought process happens in about 3 seconds if you watch the clip. It's easy to pick about that clip now but at the time...nobody was even watching. They were listening to the Trump speech. That was it. Again, you're probably not going to like my take. I don't really like it either. It's the kind of thing that training is supposed to fix. But I also understand.

My opinion because I’ve been asked so many times. Can’t upload any longer so if you care to hear it all, it’s on my Instagram as well.