Slow down, cowboy. Your post indicates that you have no experience with defensive rifle work or the gear. You haven't even considered what you would need for home defense. Statistically speaking, about as many people are killed by lightning (and a lot more injured) than killed or injured in school shootings. After all, you are more likely to need to defend your family in a home defense situation than to go save your child at school as there are about 1 million home invasions each year where the occupants are at home. With that said, the vast majority of shootings are over quickly, either because they were short duration or the shooter was stopped by intended victims or the cops. So what you are talking about preparing for is the black unicorn of situations.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/ascii/vdhb.txt
https://www.inquirer.com/news/texas-school-mass-shootings-nationwide-20220525.html
https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-victims

I don't know what it is that people worry more about the exceptionally rate and grand events than the day to day dangers. None of are are nearly as likely to be involved in a mass shooting event (school, mall, workplace, etc.) as we are to be involved in getting murdered or intentionally injured by a family member/friend/acquaintance. Even if somebody trying to harm you doesn't know you, chances are infinitely in favor of violence against you being a random assault, mugging, rape, etc. than it is that you are in a mass shooting event.

Honestly, how concerned are you about your kids and lightning as that is and equal or greater threat than the possibility of being injured or killed in a school shooting.



Ah, the "never again" attitude. The thing about 'never again' is that it does keep happening. After Columbine, we weren't supposed to be seeing it again. Yet it happened TWICE this year alone, at King Soupers in Colorado and at Uvalde and it happened previously at Parkland. In both cases, the police got their noses blooded early one and said, "Holy crap, I could get shot doing my job. Best to surround and contain and wait it out."

Columbine was the case example for rewriting the book on active shooters. Prior to Columbine, the dogma was 'surround and contain.'

And, RD is right. You run to a school with your gear, you might get lit up. Hell, they cuffed, arrested, and tazed parents in Uvalde who wanted to act. Apparently, they were interfering with the cops NOT doing their job.

Sounds like a suicide mission but

At minimum Aimpoint PRO

Aimpoint t2 or h2

MRO HD

I'm not willing to bet my wife and kids lives that this is correct. A bunch of parents with dead kids made this gamble in Uvalde and are having funerals this week.

No husband or father would think once about it. It's instinctive to do what you're talking about.

Well, apparently a bunch did think twice about it. That is why they were standing outside the school as the kids and teachers were getting killed.

Well, apparently a bunch did think twice about it. That is why they were standing outside the school as the kids and teachers were getting killed.

There is zero chance I'm going to watch police stand there while my best friend is inside.

IF the reports are accurate, I want to see everyone involved run out of law enforcement. No exceptions.

Absolutely

I don't want anyone's life ruined, but you have no business being in law enforcement if what's being reported is true and you had anything to do with this.

Let's start with whoever let him in. Who opened the door, and why?

What happened in Uvalde is an absolute travesty. The Agent that ended it is how 99% of Texans would react....

Based on all the other mass shootings in Texas and the amount of non-gunowners in Texas, that is NOT how 99% of Texans would react. That is just a fact, plain and simple. People may talk a big game, but when it comes to actual action, most can't (due to location, ability, or tools) or won't act.

Back to the original question, a good red dot seems to be the consensus. One on a bull pup like AUG or Tavor would be ideal for close work, you could go pistol AR.

These shooters end up dead. Usually it happens quickly. The Courthouse shooter in Dallas a few years ago got dropped in less than 30 seconds. The most recent church shooter took one in the eye in 4 seconds. The church incident before that ended with locals chasing him down the highway and shooting him (again) in a field.

So I see your point re some adults being unwilling and/or unprepared. That percentage may be more than 1%. But lets not quibble on the math.

I wish I had a pistol AR. My 18" Ruger MPR is less than ideal.

I've had an EOTech in the past and I liked the concept, but the dot was much, much too large. It was easy to see anything and everything happening in front of you though. I'd like something else like that with a smaller dot. Or at least a dot that can change size if you wanted.

I have a 2 MOA dot on a 9mm pistol AR with an 8” barrel. I keep it handy in the house. 2 MOA is easy to pick up but still capable of a longer shot. The sights with a 1 MOA dot and 65 MOA ring are also very good for close and far.

wish I had a pistol AR.

I've had an EOTech in the past and I liked the concept, but the dot was much, much too large. It was easy to see anything and everything happening in front of you though.

What are the velocities like on an AR pistol? Are they reliable?

On the dot, try adjusting the brightness. I turn mine down for precise shots and up when speed matters.

It's been said before, but the Sig Romeo 5 is hard to beat. That Eotech 1x6 is also EXCELLENT. On a 5.56, it will clear a room and still ding steel well beyond 600.

Holosun and Eotech have the Dot and Ring.

There are probably others.

The answer is Aimpoint. Always on so it's ready to roll. Eotech is great until you run out of batteries or have an astigmatism and find yourself using it without corrective lenses.

For pure CQB, a red dot or holosight with “shake awake “ technology is king. Shake awake saves your battery and ensures it’s on without thinking about it when you need it.