I don't imagine that the Security Guard took the job to get into a gun fight with a crazy person with a weapon of war.
#BanAssaultWeapons
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yeah and thats the point. It’s easy for people to jump on him because he signed up for that job but if I had a pistol, I dont think I’d go up against an Ar-15 with no back up. The problem is easy access.
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I tend to agree. A pistol against a military assault weapon? A reason why they should be banned. One problem though-- the deputy probably didn't know what type of weapon the kid had. He froze up. May have made a difference, but maybe not. We'll never know.
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You are correct....I'm sure that he could hear the rapid fire of the AR however.
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The AR-15 is not rapid fire. The M16 variant for the US Army has 3-shot burst and auto-fire, but NOT the AR-15. However, those rounds can easily penetrate damn near anything, including an officer's vest. He would know by the sound that it wasn't small arm's fire. >>>
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to be fair, I think that’s what she meant. Rapid fire as in rapid succession not a firing mode
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Yeah. Very fair. Plus he wouldn't know how many shooters, if they are covering multiple angles ... and it's not like he could check the security feed if he knew it's delayed (any staff member would know that). So he was screwed. :(
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Not to put too fine a point on this, but if an armed deputy didn’t stop it, what’s a history teacher going to do?
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Well, the unarmed coach moved toward the sound of gunfire. Former Navy Man. I'm betting if he were part of an Armed Guardian program the deadly behavior would have been stopped sooner.
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Absolutely or at least a good chance fewer would have perished! The sheriff here states that he found out after watching the video, which means nobody knew this guy hid behind the building until now? Geezus... to say I'm mad as hell is an understatement.
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This was one of the safest areas and maybe this officer was not ready for such a situation. Less training on giving out parking tickets and more training in scenarios like this all over the country! Needs to be training and plans of action discussed!
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A.L.E.R.T. trains law enforcement to get inside immediately. I don't know if BSO utilizes this response protocol or not. The standard after Columbine changed to "get into the building without delay to stop deadly behavior". At 29 yeas in LE I don't know how any leo could wait
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Thank you for your service sir!
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Shame on that trained and armed officer. He should’ve entered the school and addressed the threat as was his responsibility.
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you're kidding, right?
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Nope.
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Is his handgun supposed to stop a mad man with a holographic sight attached to this AR, who is trying to kill as many as possible?
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I’ll take a trained officer all day, whom has spent dozens of hours at the shooting range, over a school shooter. The failure to try to help is grossly unacceptable. What if your kid was in there?
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You're assuming he's spent dozens of hours at a range. Those aren't his children. He's still human = capable of fight or flight response. You haven't defined what "help" exactly means though.
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“Help” means enter the school, engage the shooter if possible. Yes, fight or flight is within all of us. Unfortunately for those kids, that moment called for him to act and he has to live with the knowledge that he did nothing.
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true but none of us were there. We have no idea what the context of "didn't enter" even really means. Was he talking to dispatch? Looking for a possible way to enter without getting killed? who knows. Remember the shooting only last ~ 7 minutes
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