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And lets not forget the story of John Hurley who shot a shooter and was then shot by cops.
True, tbf it's always a risk like any fight, even just a fistfight you could get knocked out, hit your head on the pavement, and that's all she wrote.
There are some things you can do to mitigate it though, whoever calls the cops should give an accurate description of the shooter if possible, and the defender if possible, including clothes etc. And as the defender, after the defense either reholster if you're sure it's safe to do so or leave as you're under no obligation to stay, call the police and say "there's been a shooting at [location]," hang up, call laywer.
No, it is not always a risk.
It is only a risk if you think you are some damn super hero because you like loud explosions and go to a shooting range once every week, without any other gun safety training what so ever, including knowing how to de-escalation a situation.
Leave it to the professionals who were actually trained in using guns.
Yes it is, every fight is a risk same as every time you drive you risk some idiot T-Boning you after running a red. Even deescalation doesn't always work for the professionals, even that's a risk.
Cute, but no.
Trained to do what exactly? Risk their lives defending others (which they don't actually have to do per warren v dc, gonzales v castle rock, and the other one)? Risk? People die from lesser fights all the time, there's no ref like on the TV.