Mass shootings

[GMDino]

(02-23-2018, 12:31 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: No, this officer/deputy wasn't a good guy.  A good guy would have gone in and done something, even if it wasn't their job.  Training absolutely helps, but personality goes a long way in how someone will react in a situation like this.  I can say personally there is zero chance I wouldn't have done engaged the shooter.  I can also virtually guarantee you there is a teacher at that school, like the football coach, who, if armed, would also have done something.  I'm not advocating arming teachers, I'm simply pointing out that there's definitely a teacher at that school who would have reacted more aggressively than the deputy who did nothing.


Indeed.  It's very possible that guy could have saved the lives of numerous students.  Even knowing he was being fired at would very likely have caused the shooter to flee the scene.  This dude froze at the moment of truth and I'm sure it will haunt him forever.  It should.

The fact that he froze he has to live with. I do not envy him in that regard.

It also doesn't take away from HE was the "good guy" who is supposed to do something.  That is no more a simple answer (as LaPierre insists) than any other because humans are, well, human.  That's why we have too look at the other side of it too: The guns, their availability and the requirements to own them. At least in my opinion.