DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier on active shooter: Take them down

[Pinecone]

She needs to be challenged on this. We know the Press has long stopped being the 4th estate, and is now the 5th column. However, some citizen needs to call her on this the next time she is on a radio call in show.

Is she really suggesting an unarmed citizen should bum rush an active shooter but she does not support armed citizens?

So you suggest that the victims do nothing? And die?

I do agree, that going along with this advice, CCW is the the other part of the equation.

 

[JOESTEELER]

Thought I heard this morning on wtop that Rand Paul wanted to introduce legislation that DC would have to honor CCW permits . May not have been Paul

 

[danb]

Thought I heard this morning on wtop that Rand Paul wanted to introduce legislation that DC would have to honor CCW permits . May not have been Paul

"If I am a Senator running for President, I must have introduced a bill to repeal D.C. gun laws."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...tial-candidate-to-take-aim-at-local-d-c-laws/

Won't pass, and even if it does, will get vetoed. Pure showmanship for the voters, sadly. Maybe in 2017.

 

[Minuteman]

Get your training here:

http://www.naturalnews.com/048291_gun-free_schools_child_militias_soup_cans.html

Excellent article! It perfectly explains what happened, and how absurd this notion of telling kids to have a can of soup as a weapon is. The satire and humor was spot on, that was funny!

One of the two links from that page takes you to another that shows an armed police Sgt giving a class on how to respond to a mass shooter. The asinine to think that no one be armed with a gun to defend themselves.

The solution to the 'would be' problem is literally right in front of you, train teachers and faculty members that volunteer, those that pass a background check; let them carry on premises. When there is a mass shooting in a school we should be outraged; outraged that there was no armed adult in that school to defend the children.

I can understand that a lot of teachers are very 'liberal' minded and brainwashed that guns are evil or whatever. Ok, so lets try this as an interim step - Give them all the training, they should all already have the background checks; then those that volunteer, encourage them to carry on their person a less lethal, like a Taser, or PepperBlaster or something else that is pretty effective. Of those that pass all the checks, and have or get 'handgun carry permits' (Maryland term for CCW, etc.); specifically allow those teachers to actually carry a firearm. Or at least have a gun vault in the principals office, so if they hear shooting, a few of them can quickly grab a gun and try to stop the perp.

All I'm saying is that guns in the hands of responsible adults is part of the solution.

 

[good guy 176]

Cathy is as gay as her stupid ideas. The intelligent in DC all have pieces for home defense and the number of armed folks on the streets would likely astound all of us. Both DC and Baltimore have suffered immensely under female leadership.

Lew--Ranger63

 

[swinokur]

I don't agree. In fact it's misogyny. But you are welcome to your opinion. It's not her gender that's the problem. It's her politics. Cities run by men (Chicago) have the same or worse problems, and they are not run by women.

 

[Applehd]

...Both DC and Baltimore have suffered immensely under female leadership.

Lew--Ranger63

Are you sure they are female?

 

[E.Shell]

Pffft...You won't catch me with a Taurus...

 

[Minuteman]

Pffft...You won't catch me with a Taurus...

LOL, good one. I can see it now.


Yep, I don't care for the external/manual safety either.

 

[Armati]

So you suggest that the victims do nothing? And die?

I do agree, that going along with this advice, CCW is the the other part of the equation.

No no, not at all. Far ambush disengage and seek cover, near ambush - assault into the ambush.

It's just incredible to hear someone in public safety, especially in DC govt, to come out and encourage self-defense.

Yet, she can't go all the way and put some better tools in the hands of the citizenry.

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[magnetic1]

We discussed this in my carbine class. Larry, my instructor, has actually done live active shooter training in schools.

He had s student act as the gunman and come into the class room and shoot the other students with air soft. First time, he walks in and shoots a number of students.

He is sent out of the room, this time the instructor hands the kids tennis balls and tells them to throw them at the shooter.

This time, the shooter walks in, and the other students start throwing tennis balls. The shooter is ducking to try to not be hit and shoots no one.

Learn from the lesson or not, I am going to fight back.

what happens when you run out of tennis balls?

 

[BeoBill]

All I'm saying is that guns in the hands of responsible adults is part of the solution.

This is the exact opposite of the position of most school administrators across the country it seems.

Responsible? Adults? In schools?
Never!!!

 

[BeoBill]

Cathy is as gay as her stupid ideas. The intelligent in DC all have pieces for home defense and the number of armed folks on the streets would likely astound all of us. Both DC and Baltimore have suffered immensely under female leadership.

Lew--Ranger63

But watch the number shift from armed good guys to armed bad guys as the end of the workday approaches and all the armed Feds go home to the Burbs.

 

[hodgepodge]

what happens when you run out of tennis balls?

Then you throw desks. You throw chairs. You throw laptops.

At the recent college shooting in Washington, the students sat there and waited as the shooter shot them one by one. It made me sick to read this.

 

[Gryphon]

I don't agree. In fact it's misogyny. But you are welcome to your opinion. It's not her gender that's the problem. It's her politics. Cities run by men (Chicago) have the same or worse problems, and they are not run by women.

Agreed. It's not a male female thing, just a general lack of intellect.

 

[fidelity]

If the Wrenn case moves beyond the Frederick Scullin assignment fight, Lanier's statement is another arrow in Gura's quiver.

 

[Armadillofz1]

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On your car seat? For all to see? Son, do you have a permit for that???

 

[BeoBill]

Agreed. It's not a male female thing, just a general lack of intellect.

Not intellect. It's something less definable that's lacking: morals, backbone, grit, etc. And a fervent "I've got mine, so fsck the rest of you" attitude.

 

[Bob A]

Not intellect. It's something less definable that's lacking: morals, backbone, grit, etc. And a fervent "I've got mine, so fsck the rest of you" attitude.

Politicians In Uniform don't have the option to buck thier masters.It's a matter of what's more important, the job and money, or your principles. Most positions of power, at least in the middle ranges, don't leave one with much wiggle room.

 

[remodeler1]

Agreed. It's not a male female thing, just a general lack of intellect.

Seems like a case of women's equality. A liberal, progressive, left wing lady can screw up a city as good as a liberal, progressive, left wing man.