Derf's Grotto

[fung_derf]

This would bring up an interesting discussion if anyone were here. Perhaps long after I'm gone, Archaeologists will dig up IHUB and be enthralled with Derf's Grotto....
So, while in Las Vegas I visited this place

https://themobmuseum.org/

Being a history buff I found this very interesting. Thought perhaps I'd find some stories on some relatives in there?
Anyway, they also had these...
https://themobmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/interactive-experiences/

I found these all really cool (did that just age me? What word equals "cool" today?)
Moving along, the firearm training simulator was I guess a day in the life of a police officer.
You strap on a gun, shoots small pellets I think and enter scenarios. First is a husband holding his wife at knife point, then there's one with two suspects robbing a convenience store, then a home intruder and you're supposed to go in and take down the bad guy.
However, the most interesting one was the last one, it's a real person who is supposed to be an innocent home owner and you're supposed to
go in there and talk them down (he's very agitated).
In Las Vegas it's legal to carry alcohol open bottle, marijuana is legal, and open carry for weapons.
I walk in and this guy is pacing with a baseball bat. I ask him to put it down and he complies, but then I see he is carrying a weapon.
I tried calming the guy down or even getting him to put down the gun without success. Every time he turned away from me
I didn't know if he was going to pull his weapon, and again, my job is to calm him down.
After shooting other people in the other scenarios and walking into this high stress situation, I thoroughly have a
new appreciation for the police. I'd say every citizen should have to go through this training. It makes you totally
understand how someone innocent can get shot. It's incredibly stressful.
BTW, I totally failed (but didn't shoot him).

Oh yeah, the crime lab experience was great as well. 4 pickles to this museum!