Travis,
You are right in principle. And it’s a fact that people don’t think through what ought to be concluded re: massive security around an office like that. Who isn’t lulled into false security by the p.c. of today? What I want to know is what would you accept as an answer from us behind our screen safety? Mothers will react to protect their children and though her reaction is understandable, we can call her a coward, too. So you’re right in principle that to die in defense of liberty is how our Founders and many others decided to behave. In this one example, though, you have made your point, what use is it to divide our forum members which plays into their divide and conquer strategy?
The Westerner
No he’s not right. The mother is not the true root cause of 12 people dying. Travis has identified the true root cause - it’s not the mother.
Really?
If she had responded by saying "Shoot my daughter, I'm not giving you the code", how many lives would have been spared? Would the terrorists have been satisfied with her death and just left the building because they couldn't get in?
I contend that the body count would have increased by at least two if she had not opened the door. The terrorists were not going to be deterred by a security lock. They would have just kept killing people until they got in. Once they were in, the victims who ended up getting killed were all sitting ducks, trapped without firearms in a gun free zone.
It takes a very small man to call a protective mother a coward. If it was your daughter would you have just let them shoot her? Do you think you would have prevented any deaths by sacrificing your own child on the Kingsport chance that maybe you might slow down an inevitable massacre?