If you think that a gun-free zone is safe, or if you think that placing armed staff/teachers in our schools/businesses is a bad idea, here are some facts that you may have forgotten about previous mass shootings:
Columbine lasted 49 minutes and even tho there were 100+ police OUTSIDE the school, NONE came inside until the shooting stopped. Kids continue to be shot while the police waited.
The Pulse shooting in Orlando lasted over three hours. Again, hundreds of police around the perimeter and they did not go in. They poked holes in the wall to get at the shooter, but did not enter for three hours. People died while they waited for the shooter to die.
The Parkland high school shooting again had police on the outside who did not enter until it was all over. Not sure how many died because the police did not enter until it was too late.
Sandy Hook school ended in less than 2 minutes. There was not enough time for police to respond.
The Aurora Colorado movie theater shooting left 12 dead and 52 injured from gunfire. By the time the police finally arrived, they found the gunman sitting outside in his car. It was already too late to save anyone.
The Las Vegas shooting was ended by suicide just before the SWAT team entered the room 72 minutes after it began. How many more people were killed during the 72 minutes it took SWAT to arrive?
The San Bernadino shooting only lasted a few minutes before 14 were dead. It was not until 30+ minutes later when police and EMS entered the building. Some people that died might have been saved.
The facts are that when a police officer arrives at an active shooting, they are conditioned to wait for back-up and do not want to enter to confront the armed shooter/shooters. In many areas of the country, police officers will wait for their own SWAT team to arrive, which happened in Orlando, Las Vegas, Columbine, and San Bernadino. Without people on the INSIDE, that are armed, there is no reason to believe that the NEXT shooting won't follow the same police procedures used in the past, which will result in a greater loss of life.
I sent this info to a few local journalists who felt that the protection of the citizens is the duty and responsibility of the police. If you believe that, you may die in the next incident without the means to protect yourself.
The situation in Great Mills HS in Maryland ended the way it did because there was an armed resource officer already in the building.
Columbine lasted 49 minutes and even tho there were 100+ police OUTSIDE the school, NONE came inside until the shooting stopped. Kids continue to be shot while the police waited.
The Pulse shooting in Orlando lasted over three hours. Again, hundreds of police around the perimeter and they did not go in. They poked holes in the wall to get at the shooter, but did not enter for three hours. People died while they waited for the shooter to die.
The Parkland high school shooting again had police on the outside who did not enter until it was all over. Not sure how many died because the police did not enter until it was too late.
Sandy Hook school ended in less than 2 minutes. There was not enough time for police to respond.
The Aurora Colorado movie theater shooting left 12 dead and 52 injured from gunfire. By the time the police finally arrived, they found the gunman sitting outside in his car. It was already too late to save anyone.
The Las Vegas shooting was ended by suicide just before the SWAT team entered the room 72 minutes after it began. How many more people were killed during the 72 minutes it took SWAT to arrive?
The San Bernadino shooting only lasted a few minutes before 14 were dead. It was not until 30+ minutes later when police and EMS entered the building. Some people that died might have been saved.
The facts are that when a police officer arrives at an active shooting, they are conditioned to wait for back-up and do not want to enter to confront the armed shooter/shooters. In many areas of the country, police officers will wait for their own SWAT team to arrive, which happened in Orlando, Las Vegas, Columbine, and San Bernadino. Without people on the INSIDE, that are armed, there is no reason to believe that the NEXT shooting won't follow the same police procedures used in the past, which will result in a greater loss of life.
I sent this info to a few local journalists who felt that the protection of the citizens is the duty and responsibility of the police. If you believe that, you may die in the next incident without the means to protect yourself.
The situation in Great Mills HS in Maryland ended the way it did because there was an armed resource officer already in the building.