Posted on 04/17/2007 7:39:36 AM PDT by freeplancer
First there was Salt Lake City, and now Virgian Tech. Trey Perkins, a 19 year old student who is now on fox News spewed his story about being in the same room as the gunman while he reloaded his weapons at least once. Did he get up and charge the gunman with reckless abandon to save his fellow students? NO
When the SLC shooting took place, the local news broadcast a cell video of the shooter discharging his weapons. While the owner of the cell phone stood there and filmed the shooter, who coincidently had his back to the camera, he did nothing. Cowards, bystanders, and wimps. I am ashamed and disgusted. Maybe it is my military training or having being in a war zone that makes me know I would take action or die trying.
I would not be jumping out of windows or filming a murderer in action, and I hope to God that whoever reads this would not either. Where are all the men?
Where are all the men?
They’re wringing their hands and waiting to see what Oprah has to say about this.
“Trey Perkins, a 19 year old”
Leave the kid alone. American society does not allow men any longer - it is against the rules to be a man.
That said, single out this young man is wrong.
Depens what they mean by reloaded. If he ejected the magazine and was stuffing new rounds into it then you have a point. If he ejected the magazine and inserted a new one then you have no point.
I can shoot a round from a gun and reload a new magazine and fire another round in about 1.2 seconds. Some people can do it under 1 second.
Where are all the men?.....going to Private Schools...........
assault the ambush or die......simple as that, and it will never change.....
Stand by for some Freeper to come along and tell you how insensitive you are—but that was the question my husband and I pondered this morning. Apparently there was one hero, a professor who was a Holocaust survivor, who blocked a door to help his students get away. Young strapping lads, however, didn’t have that “Lets roll” quality.
The libs have fought hard to sissify American males. In some cases, it seems they have succeeded.
But let us not forget the brave men and women in Iraq. There are plenty of real men out there.
They recommend that people always cooperate with criminals so they won't hurt you.
The Police Chiefs Association knows best.
</sarcasm>
I too, am ashamed and disgusted. That doesn't require a military background.
Why have the sheep shunned the sheepdogs while the wolves threaten them??
As my husband said, since you know his intent is to kill everyone, including you, you might as well try to hurt him in the process. You’re going to die anyway, so why not get your licks in.
I wonder? All the real men are at Harvard?
Easy to say, but how many of us know what we’d really do in such a situation? I’d like to think that I would be willing to take the chance of getting killed myself to put a stop to a madman like this, but I don’t really know. I’ve never seen people shot around me and faced being shot myself. And it’s not like this was a war - most people were probably in shock, not having expected their class on rigid body dynamics to suddenly be interrupted by bullets flying, blood spilling, people crying, etc.
I admit though, you’d think maybe a few guys would get together, and with the increased courage that goes along with acting as a group, have jumped this guy and taken him down. But again, that’s easy to say from a thousand miles away sitting in front of a keyboard.
“Where are all the men?.....going to Private Schools...........”
A little snobbery to go with your morning coffee?
Hey!
What happened to “Womens Lib”?
Why didn’t a 5’ 1” 101 pound blond school gurl tackle this guy?
Equal opportunity....right?
LOL
You might be right. He probably expected someone to take care of him. But then again, a hell of a lot of 17-19 year olds have fought many a brave fight over the years. You coddle him all you want.
All the Republican Men are fighting in Iraq....all the liberals are sitting in classrooms turning tail....
—yes—this is reminiscent of the Canadian “masssacre” of some years ago were all the “boys” were herded out of the room so the woman-hating Muslim shooter could kill women-—
I’m not singling out ONE young man, but questioning why NO young men stepped up to the bat. Most of the ones I’ve seen interviewed were young and healthy, but only an elderly man did the heroic thing. Are all the brave men and women currently in Iraq?
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