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D.C. police Chief Cathy Lanier urges public to ‘take down’ active gunman if they can
The Washington Times ^ | November 22, 2015 | Carleton Bryant

Posted on 11/22/2015 10:51:40 AM PST by jazusamo

In a surprising comment, Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier is encouraging ordinary citizens to subdue or even kill active gunmen if they can as the "best option for saving lives before police can get there."

During an interview Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," Chief Lanier was asked what should people do if they are in the vicinity of an active shooter like the ones who terrorized Paris on Nov. 13, The Washington Examiner reported.

"Your options are run, hide, or fight," the D.C. police chief said. "If you're in a position to try and take the gunman down, to take the gunman out, it's the best option for saving lives before police can get there."

The District for decades had outlawed handguns until the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ban in 2008. Since then, city leaders have enacted restrictive laws that are still being challenged in court by gun owners and pro-gun activists.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; cathylanier; cathyllanier; ccw; chieflanier; districtofcolumbia; guncontrol; jihadinamerica; lanier; secondamendment; terrorism; washingtondc
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Well Chief Lanier, it might be a big help if you'd start issueing concealed carry permits.
1 posted on 11/22/2015 10:51:40 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Yeah, that’s more than likely gonna take a gun, sweetheart.

Something you don’t allow in D.C.


2 posted on 11/22/2015 10:53:23 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: jazusamo

Of course, if one is taking down a gunman, it would be nice to have a gun in one’s hand.

I guess she wants people to take down a gunman with their bare hands.


3 posted on 11/22/2015 10:55:42 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: jazusamo

So you want the public to do what you don’t allow the police to do. Nice. Let the public be sued. Nice.


4 posted on 11/22/2015 10:55:46 AM PST by Hildy
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To: SaveFerris
Yeah, that’s more than likely gonna take a gun, sweetheart.

Something you don’t allow in D.C.

Trump's "stupid politicians" remark is proven right every day.

5 posted on 11/22/2015 10:56:47 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

Yep.

Just like “throw a shoe” right after 9/11.

Stupid. And dangerous, frankly.


6 posted on 11/22/2015 10:57:50 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: jazusamo

It’s more than likely that she’ll arrive just in time to arrest the good citizen for a weapons violation . This sounds like a setup, as much as it does an excuse for her unwillingness to do anything in a terrorist scenario.

It’s win-win for the loopy leftist chief: If the citizen wins, she gets to swoop in and protect the public from the gun-toting white christian lunatic, and if the terrorists win, she has someone to blame.


7 posted on 11/22/2015 10:58:22 AM PST by DPMD
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To: SaveFerris

Idiot DC City Council. Do they suggest wrist rocket sling shots? Maybe long bows or cross bows, but that would require open carry of weapons, an anathema to liberals who can protect us better than we can. After all, DC cops are just a 911 call away.


8 posted on 11/22/2015 10:58:25 AM PST by Sasparilla
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To: jazusamo

Chief Cathy L. Lanier is encouraging ordinary citizens to subdue or even kill active gunmen if they can catch bullets with their teeth.


9 posted on 11/22/2015 10:59:00 AM PST by bunkerhill7 ((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firep Myower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))))))
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You know, if ISIS winds up going after D.C., you’re gonna see a lot of stunned liberals wondering what happened.

I read this as she thinks they’re coming and wants civilians to sacrifice themselves.

Much like the med student shot by the thug in New Orleans yesterday (on yesterday’s news, anyway).


10 posted on 11/22/2015 11:00:36 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

11 posted on 11/22/2015 11:01:36 AM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: jazusamo

“Your options are run, hide, or fight,”

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Submit, convert or die.

Those are your options under Islam.

Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace


12 posted on 11/22/2015 11:03:28 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo
"best option for saving lives before police can get there."

But I thought police prevent crimes.

13 posted on 11/22/2015 11:03:57 AM PST by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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To: jazusamo

Cat wants you to go to bring your bare hands to a gun fight. How brave of her to suggest that.


14 posted on 11/22/2015 11:06:55 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. .)
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To: jazusamo

Talk about stuck on stupid.

L


15 posted on 11/22/2015 11:07:33 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: DPMD

Someone to blame and something to blame: guns.


16 posted on 11/22/2015 11:07:51 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Carter...Reagan...Bush...Clinton....Bush....Carter....BUSH? / CLINTON? STOP THE INSANITY!)
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To: Lurker

Amen to that!


17 posted on 11/22/2015 11:08:55 AM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Poll: White D.C. Residents Favor Gun Ban, Black Residents Don't


18 posted on 11/22/2015 11:14:14 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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D.C. police Chief Cathy Lanier urges public to ‘take down’ active gunman if they can

This from one of the biggest most underhanded and manipulative gun grabbers in the nation.

She would riddle both the good guy and the terrorist perp from cover when they were in hand to hand combat.

FUCL

19 posted on 11/22/2015 11:14:20 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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Bump


20 posted on 11/22/2015 11:15:39 AM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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