I'm just saying the poor fool is there by himself probably no body armor with a crappy 9mm and he has no idea how many shooters there are and where they are and you expect him to go charging into a building. That's a bunch of TV malarkey.
But of course the aashole elected sherrif has to blames someone not him of course. He needs to worry about getting elected.
Must piss you off that I support giving the kids and teachers a fighting chance at least instead of just letting them be slaughtered.
actually you support chaos and the more probable chance of vastly increasing the body count by arming teachers, when it is shown that those charged with these duties tend to actually suck when they are needed, and pros (cops) have an 18% hit rate on their targets in actual gun fights.
But yeah, let's arm teachers. Because that's what idiots would do.
Maybe we should employ our combat veterans from the USMC and US Army as school security. I am sure they won't hesitate to get into the fight.
It doesn't feel right attacking this officer for not rushing in. It doesn't feel right tossing the officers name up in the headlines next to "coward".
Sure. Face to face or will a phone call do?Tell that to the parents of slain teens who paid for this guy to be there protecting their kids.
Tell that to the parents of slain teens who paid for this guy to be there protecting their kids.
Ok. I'm not sure how that would help bring back their dead kids but if it makes them feel better to think this one guy could have stopped the shooter, I'll tell them whatever they want.
No, silly, it's not. Lot s of good data out there that puts a conservative estimate of crimes prevented with a gun at about twice the rate of gun deaths (number includes suicides).So much for the "good guy with a gun" argument.
Sure. Face to face or will a phone call do?
Do I initiate the conversation or should I wait for them to bring it up?
How do you want your internet forum conversation to play out?
Ok. I'm not sure how that would help bring back their dead kids but if it makes them feel better to think this one guy could have stopped the shooter, I'll tell them whatever they want.
How do you know he couldn't have stopped the shooter? He didn't even try. You talk in absolutes like you know wtf you are talking about.
However you feel you want to do it is fine. You go tell them that this man was not a coward for hiding and not doing his paid job while your child was being slaugthered. Im sure your feelz for the coward will go over very well with them.
Its funny that as soon as I posted this, one of the kids from the school was on tv and she said its pointless to pick on the officer as it doesn't change anything and it ignores the bigger issue. She also acknowledged other failures that occurred but again said the focus should be how to prevent future acts of violence from happening.
Its amazing how smart these kids are compared to some of the posters here.
The officer was near the school. The shooting lasted about six minutes from what I read. You can acknowledge that the officer could have made a difference while noting that the bigger issue is guns with detachable magazines and the relative ease of obtaining one.
I'd bet that if the posters in this forum would've had children slaughtered at that school they'd have a different opinion of things right now.
Of course he could have made a difference, he also could have been added to the body count or he could have added additional kids to the body count.
Lots of hypotheticals, none bring back any of the dead. If it makes you feel better to take your anger out on this guy then knock yourself out. I won't fault anyone for not being a hero in such a situation but that's because I understand human nature and how fight or flight response takes over and how there is little guarantee to force one or the other to take over in people.
Officers. Trained police officers, not Ms. Marple the math teacher. Knowing how and when to engage goes a long way toward protecting bystanders, and it's something you're *TRAINED* for.Come on now. How many friendly fire incidents have we had with officers engaging with school shooters? It's far more likely that the shooter offs himself or does less damage if engaged.