When seconds count, the police are only minutes or hours (and appropriate orders) away.
Arm up, people. Carry wherever you are able to do so, and seriously consider NOT going where you’re not permitted to carry...and then keep working to get that law changed.
This is utterly shameful. Here you had 7 officers on the scene, LITERALLY INSIDE the bar...and then they were told to leave. Someone should not only lose their job, but their pension and benefits. It took SWAT 3 hours to stop this guy - how many people bled to death on the floor of that bar in the last 2 hours and 45 minutes before that?
There are 2 causes for this massacre: Islamic terrorism and rank stupidity. One we can do something about...and the other we obviously can’t fix until it is too late.
Cowardice and stupidity.
Or, perhaps the police wanted the gunman to murder as many as possible.
A truly moral policeman would have disobeyed orders and stopped Mateen.
This is a scary example that the police will follow orders not do what is obviously right.
The police official giving the stand in place order should be charged with the deaths of all those who were killed or died for lack of help.
The Orlando PD responders were clearly operating under “Active Shooter” protocol (implemented nationally after the teacher at Columbine bled out), until they got the Stand Down order. Who gave that order and why needs to be pursued hard.
I’m wondering if cities accepting military weapons, ammo, gear and vehicles have to accept a little fine print that goes along with the “gift,” namely loss of local control.