This reality thing is proving to be a bit elusive for you today. At least I hope it's just today.
False choice and a red herring...
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
No. Real choice. Real smelly kettle of fish to deal with too. Perp dude is inside. So are you. He is coming your way and now entering your room: You take it from there...
...If proper policy is in place, that far-fetched example doesn't occur. But I will humor you for the sake of Uvalde discussion...
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
It was not in place, but I'm confident they had the requisite $30 sign that stated it was a Gun Free Zone proudly displayed, yet now he is inside. So are you. He is coming your way and now entering your room: You take it from there...
...The Killer had body armor, and had fended of Cops as he entered the school.....
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
No, from reports, the only thing he fended off was two unarmed people across the street walking to get coffee or something. BTW: Body armor does not mean they are invincible in the slightest, even class III armor, which I do not believe was the case here. It might mean they survive the first center mas shot, but its gonna rock 'em pretty hard at close range. 2nd round hurts even more, before #3 in the casaba puts the lights out. He fired on the school for 12 minutes prior to entering through an unlocked door. Now he is inside. So are you. He is coming your way and now entering your room: You take it from there...
...Where would our potential armed Hero Teacher have her gun stored? .....
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
If'n it was my kind of teacher with the big juicy tat-tas, sandwiched lovingly right in between. If'n it was Lizzo..well.. you know where.
...Locked up, I would guess, so Children can't access it. Hopefully not placed on her hip.....
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
Actually, it could have been locked up and still accessible as the perp shot at the school from outside for 12 minutes ahead of entering through an unlocked door, meeting no armed resistance along the way. Now he is inside. So are you. He is coming your way and now entering your room: You take it from there...
...I question the idea that an armed Teacher would be of any use in these massacre situations.....
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
Apparently, the teacher would have had about 12 min and 46 seconds to question it themselves. However, now he is inside. So are you. He is coming your way and now entering your room: You take it from there...
...Official Law Enforcement is near-useless....
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
When seconds count, LEO are minutes away and in this case have an hour wait time once on-site. During that time, he is inside. So are you. He is coming your way and now entering your room: You take it from there...
...Of course, the long-term answer is to return to a Society where guns were fewer, schools were open, massacres never happened. 30 years ago....
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
Oh yea, nearly forgot, you never did tell me how much your beloved town of Fucknuckle pays annually to clean up the Unicorn poop there While you ponder it, keep in mind that he is inside. So are you. He is coming your way and now entering your room: You take it from there...
...We seem to have resigned ourselves that this is how we need to live now, that we just have to deal with an occasional school massacre. How did we get like this? Why?...
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
Not I. Great question to ask of your elected officials - including F Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Coons and Ilar Oman who canceled legislation to add funding for armed RSOs at schools, aka Gun Free Zone - thanks F Joe Biden - nationwide.. But as you know, he is inside...
...One piece of it, probably a major piece, is the Internet and Social Media. It's no accident that Columbine occured in synch with the big surge in Internet and Social Media usage.
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
Absolutely agree. Also the gaming aspect, aka no consequence mayhem and massacre as well as violence in movies etc, but mostly parental guidance and moral character (compass).
However, In his case: He is inside -- dead -- thanks to a Good Guy with a gun who rushed in. Thank you good sir! Job well done, because he went inside and got 'er done and did not pause to ponder a whole load of ridiculous, pointless and behind the duck, Unicorn pipe dream bullshit.
Editorial note:
I want to point out one actual reality in the way I wrote this, where I repeatably repeated the phrase
"he is inside. So are you. He is coming your way and now entering your room: You take it from there..." That is exactly the thought that will blare in your mind about every third micro second if you are ever in that situation. During the intervening 2 micro seconds, you may have other rational thoughts, regrets, prayers, tactical assessments, battle plans, Lizzo dreams. But that will pretty much will be the phrase that will keep repeating and hopefully help you focus on the problem at hand.