Andy Stumpf

I'm not even gonna say I am more proficient with firearms than other people.

I have more experience probably with firearms than most people, but proficiency and experience are two very, very different things.

So these are things you have to consider though.

And these are questions that you may be forced to answer on the stand.

And that can be a real, real tough environment for anybody to navigate and live in.

And I would also say this.

You need to have the answers to these questions before you find yourself in these situations to help you reduce anxiety.

You need to understand and know your go, no-go criteria to the best of your ability before you find yourself in one of these situations.

It will help you act quicker.

and it will help array for you potential options that you have.

So standing in front of your wife, not a bad idea.

I don't have too many suggestions for you.

I would not advocate for pulling your pistol out of the holster.

I don't think it rose to that occasion.

If you were thinking about already standing up and standing in front of your wife,

Sure, that might shield her a little bit.

Depending on if you were sitting in the middle of the row or on the edge of the row, you might have considered closing the distance a little bit.

So maybe you would have had, if it had come to a ballistic exchange, you would have had a shorter distance to cover with that.

Maybe a better ability to visually identify what was or was not in somebody's hands or their intent as they were coming into the theater.

So those, I mean, you can think about it from that perspective.