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Gun Control in Action: Amtrak Safety Video Suggests Throwing Duffel Bag at Gunman for Protection
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| August 6, 2014
| Cortney O’Brien
Posted on 08/06/2014 8:45:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
I was waiting in line for my train to New York at Washington, DCs Union Station. [
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On the TVs was this safety initiative released last year, which describes what to do if confronted by a gunman in the train station. The videos three suggestions were as follows:
- Take Flight
- Take Cover
- Take Action
It was the third option that caught my attention. As opposed to fleeing the scene or hiding, Take Action suggested you take matters into your own hands to try and disrupt or incapacitate the intruder. In the video clip associated with Take Action, a woman and a gentleman are talking, when they suddenly realize a gunman is in the building. Thats when the male bystander jumps into action. What does he do to try and incapacitate the intruder? He throws his duffel bag.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: amtrak; banglist; duffelbag; safetyvideo
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:45:52 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Never bring a duffel bag to a gun fight.
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:50:34 AM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(If Obama hated America and wanted to destroy her, what would he do differently?)
To: Olog-hai
Oh sure, throw your duffel bag at the gunman and p*** him off even more. Then what do you think will happen next?
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:51:08 AM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:52:29 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:56:50 AM PDT
by
samtheman
To: Olog-hai
I wonder what one is advised to do if attacked by a man with a duffel bag?
Oh sure, throw your duffel bag at the gunman and p*** him off even more. Then what do you think will happen next? Reminds me of that picture of the penguin about to crash cymbals an inch above the head of the sleeping polar bear.
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:57:01 AM PDT
by
USCG SimTech
(Honored to serve since '71)
To: USCG SimTech
How did the penguin get to the wrong pole?
I know some auk species are referred to as “penguins”, but they are all generally capable of flight as well as brief spurts of underwater swimming.
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:59:39 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
Your flying full body tackle had better be 1/10th of a second after that duffel bag.
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:59:45 AM PDT
by
USCG SimTech
(Honored to serve since '71)
How did the penguin get to the wrong pole? Your not supposed to think about the science behind the validity of the picture, just the comical point of it. It was a "shopped" graphic.
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:03:24 AM PDT
by
USCG SimTech
(Honored to serve since '71)
To: Olog-hai
I work at a military base, and we’re forever having “active shooter” drills. I usually tell the younger troops, “if he gets in here we’ll take him out together ... you charge him and I’ll be right behind you!”
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:03:56 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Olog-hai
Will I be restricted to carrying only five duffel bags?
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:13:59 AM PDT
by
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("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:14:25 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Olog-hai
AMTRAK? Throw the chickens that are wandering the aisle at them.
To: Olog-hai
I like the first one -
"Take Flight"
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:15:44 AM PDT
by
ForYourChildren
(Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool])
To: Olog-hai
Throwing my panties at them would probably be more useful. *rolls eyes*
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:18:10 AM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Illegals Are Getting Flat Screet TV's....NOT TB Screenings!)
To: Olog-hai
Throwing items and improvising weapons, yelling... "What the hell are we supposed to use man? Harsh language?"
/Aliens
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:22:13 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Six o'clock in *Berlin*. They were having lunch in Cleveland.)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Only if the shooter is Tom Jones. :-)
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:23:17 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Six o'clock in *Berlin*. They were having lunch in Cleveland.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:23:49 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Six o'clock in *Berlin*. They were having lunch in Cleveland.)
To: Olog-hai
Wait a minute. How can there be a gunman in a gun free zone?
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:23:53 AM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Truth is the enemy of our dysfunctional government.)
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