Comments by "Crazy Eyes" (@CrizzyEyes) on "" video.

@normtheteacher5485 I would highly encourage you to drop the "citizen police officer" mentality. That will get you in a whole lot more trouble than it is worth and possibly escalate situations that wouldn't normally escalate. You don't have the authority to enforce anything, only to protect those you love and yourself. The most dangerous part about that is the mindset without the authority to back it up. Nobody wants to take orders from a cop or a security guard, let alone some random old dude. Most of a cop's job is about resolving disputes civilly and enforcing traffic laws, not shooting or beating people up. The badge and uniform helps them mediate a situation but you don't have those. When I carry I only think about myself and those in my company, and I keep a running list of profiles of the people in the same building (or room if it's a large building). I think about transitional spaces like doors and tight hallways where someone might ambush me. That's it, I'm not looking for trouble or trying to "solve problems." That's a cop's job.
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@dawsonfoster8310 "Calmly pulling over?" Dude, the entire purpose of pulling over is to start a confrontation. You are confronting the other driver; there is no other purpose for the stop. I carry and I encourage all Americans to do so, but the "cowboy mentality" is a plague. Why throw all those tax dollars you spent to waste? The police exist for a reason, let them deal with the guy. It's one of the few damn things the government can help you with. You want to pay tax for the cops, then not utilize them, and then have to pay legal fees on top of that because you really wanted to sate your bloodlust? Come on.
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@normtheteacher5485 Hey cool, maybe I'll check it out as I like videos like that (I've watched a lot of Paul Harrell videos as well). I just post this because I've seen some weird behavior from people who exhibit the "cowboy mentality." A particular one comes to mind of a guy in a convenience store who is a firearms instructor. He was open carrying, had his range shirt on, etc. He was also a rather portly fellow and I'd venture to say not in the best of shape. In the security footage, some guy starts getting aggressively in his face and yells at him. No idea what he was saying because there was no audio, but he didn't even touch the instructor. The instructor kept backing away, backing away, drew his gun, backed himself into a corner, then shot the guy, all without being touched once. The guy died and the instructor got no charges. Now I am not someone who believes that an aggressor should receive no punishment, or that someone shouldn't stand their ground (in fact I think that would have gone a lot better had the instructor not immediately backed himself into a corner) but I do also believe that a person shouldn't be killed just for aggressively yelling. He may have been a drug addict in the worst moments of his life, or perhaps just mentally ill. In that particular circumstance the instructor could have just maced him and both could have come out alive and (relatively) unharmed. But I assume that, in his mind, he didn't "need" to carry mace because he can just shoot people who threaten him. Not the best attitude to have in my opinion. There are different levels of threat and a gun isn't the best solution to all of them. Sadly I can't find the link to this story now.
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This was originally from a Reddit post on r/PublicFreakout and it doesn't seem to have a news story. The homeowner apparently just uploaded this clip from their doorbell because they thought it would be funny and never reported it to the police.
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