The shooting at club Pulse in Orlando is an absolute tragedy. No one would ever want to be placed in a situation of that nature.
I’ve seen one too many posts, articles, videos, etc., regarding the shooting that range from outrageous conspiracy theories to “I would have done this if I were in that situation.” I’ll address the obvious first. Is there a problem with extremist in this country? Of course there is. Let’s state that for what it is. It’s a problem. As a country, and especially the leadership of this country, we need to address it for what it is, instead of calling it a lone wolf, etc. ISIS or whatever we’re calling them these days, doesn’t necessarily have to be in your backyard jumping over the gate and placing a breach on the door, just like Special Forces doesn’t need to do that to be effective. They can recruit others within country and have those individuals perform a specific job they need done without being “hands on”. Terrorism is a mindset–what you believe in.
Seeing the posts of “there’s no way one man could have done this because the ammo count doesn’t add up”, are usually coming from someone who’s never shot the .223/5/56 NATO round at human flesh. Two words, terminal ballistics. Terminal ballistics, in an extremely short definition, is the study of the behavior and effects of a projectile when it hits a target.