Posted on 11/28/2013 10:38:32 AM PST by marktwain
Editor's Note: Tactical Defense Institute's John Benner rarely weighs in on issues, leaving that function to others. When John addresses an issue it is noteworthy and well worth the read. This article was originally posted on the TDI Facebook page. Republished with permission.
by John Benner
The official report from the Connecticut States Attorney's office on the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has been released.
This horrific event has had a tremendous impact in many ways. My belief is the impact was so strong, not based on numbers killed, but the age of the 20 very young children murdered.
The interesting and most important section of the report from my standpoint is the timeline of the event. Time is THE important factor in the taking of and hopefully saving of lives. The FASTER the killer is stopped, the less lives we lose.
At TDI we believe without question (and have for a long time) in the arming of school staff (willing, trained and competent). Quite honestly, I considered that a pipe dream until the Sandy Hook Massacre took place. Everything changed, and we had to start asking the hard questions. What is a real answer, because law enforcement is not effective.
After speaking with Jim Irvine and the Buckeye group we partnered with Buckeye Firearms Foundation to do classes specifically for school staff members. Buckeye named it FASTER, certainly a fitting name.
I am not saying that law enforcement does not wish to do their job or will not do it - they are simply not there and the response takes way too long. The Sandy Hook report proves that once again.
(Excerpt) Read more at buckeyefirearms.org ...
Ooooooooooooooh...........
Ickey!
We can’t have guns , because...........they’re ICKEY!!!!
.........AND gross.
bumping
I noticed that when I read the report. The first LEO arrived 6 minutes before he entered the building and reported he could hear the gunfire. Why was his first instinct not to go into the school instead of waiting? I know I wasn’t there and I don’t know how I would react, but I’m just wondering....
“Why was his first instinct not to go into the school instead of waiting?”
When they say law enforcement they mean “code enforcement.”
These are not people to protect us, they’re revenue agents. They have no legal duty to protect anybody. This guy probably signed on to write tickets and collect his retirement.
This article’s timeline is off because it is relying on the inaccurate Sandy Hook Report.
The problem isn’t just having the weapons available to use. It is also having someone willing to use them when the need arises.
He entered the building at 9:35. The first officer was on the scene at 9:37:30 but he parked a quarter of a mile away and waited for his buddies.
Thus a gun was on the scene in time to save some lives but the officer was too afraid to go in and use it.
Though most of the damage had been done within 5 minutes he was still putting bullets in people for another 6 to 11 minutes and none of all those guns arriving on the scene were used to stop him.
Because just as at Columbine they first had to do the old gambit of establishing the perimeter. Never mind innocent lives are being slaughtered, LEO’s must first “establish the perimeter.” The police should act like police and quit trying to adopt military tactics.
Oh, and by the way LEO’s, take off those camo fatigues and wear policeman blue like you’re supposed to. This is the U.S.A., not Afghanistan. Maybe if they started looking like the police they would act like the police.
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