Is this, what's called a BLACK HAT?
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There is something called Normalcy Bias that affects how people react to sudden unexpected events. When people suddenly hear loud popping sounds, they think they might be firecrackers, but even though the sounds are gunshots, the people might have very little or no reactions at all. There’s a YouTube channel (Active Self Protection) that reviews videos of self defense/ use of force incidents and does breakdowns of what the people in the videos did well or not. You would expect people who are close enough to witness this stuff to fight or scream for help or run away but you will see people just kind of standing around not doing anything while standing in the middle of a gunfight. It’s crazy but extremely common.
Vincent Fuscia had almost zero reaction for quite a while. Shots start being heard, Trump notices that he’s hit, Trump ducks, SS dogpile Trump, swat guys move in, everyone sits down, then VF’s first reaction is to sit down.
^^^ THIS ^^^
Being former military, my instinct on hearing gunfire is to hit the deck... and nowadays I would try to cover my wife's body. I've gone through this scenario countless times in my head, keep my head on a swivel, and am prepared for the worst as I go about my daily activities.
Yeah, duck and cover is a trained response. It first takes an awareness of the danger. Some people are simply switched off. Also a former mil amd contractor and have to admit I got to the point in iraq where I was so salty I rarely even flinched at an explosion.