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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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To: immadashell
When seconds count, police are only minutes away!

61 posted on 11/22/2015 2:00:55 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
And women wonder why they aren’t paid as much as men...

Hey! It's only fairrr to pay female idiots as much as male idiots.

Might I suggest "nothing"?

62 posted on 11/22/2015 2:03:32 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: BenLurkin

Must be the “soccer” form of Karate


63 posted on 11/22/2015 2:06:04 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: jttpwalsh
".. people to take down a gunman with their bare hands..."

Hey, why not ? Superman used to do it on TV, all the time ;)


Really? When I was a kid, I always thought he was spooked by an airborne gun...


64 posted on 11/22/2015 2:10:05 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: BigBobber
Many commenting here think we should offer no resistance, and wait for our turn to be slaughtered.

Not only no, but Hell NO!

Fight with whatever you have, and give it all you got, because you are dead if you wind up in one of these situations anyway.

However, the enemy is getting even better at their craft, and in Paris, for example, attacked from elevated positions with AKs. You aren't going to be able to rush that nor smack them over the head with a vase or frisbee your dinner plate at them while you move in with your steak knife--you really could use something that allows you to participate in a meaningful fashion at range. A pistol is not ideal (a rifle with optics is preferable), but would sure help, especially if a bunch of people had them on hand to fight back with.

65 posted on 11/22/2015 2:12:33 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: COBOL2Java

I hate to tell her we are not about to try to fight an AK 47 with a .40 cal and a Keltec PMR30 handgun. We will be beating feet out of there maybe throwing a little shade as we go. :-)


66 posted on 11/22/2015 2:13:11 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: COBOL2Java

Oh yes, you are correct. I had forgotten about that episode !


67 posted on 11/22/2015 2:16:22 PM PST by jttpwalsh
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To: jazusamo
How fascinating that it's DC. WHY DO THEY WANT OUR GUYS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73SsNFgBO4
68 posted on 11/22/2015 4:06:59 PM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Farmer Dean
LOLOL!!! too damn funny...
69 posted on 11/22/2015 4:13:03 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: jazusamo

Lanier has supported every effort to limit DC residents civil rights and the article does not necessarily indicate the use of a firearm. Perhaps she means to overwhelm the shooters with love, understanding and an apology.


70 posted on 11/22/2015 4:14:54 PM PST by School of Rational Thought
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To: napscoordinator

Guess you couldn’t figure out it was directed at the D.C. establishment.


71 posted on 11/22/2015 4:25:55 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: BigBobber
Many commenting here think we should offer no resistance, and wait for our turn to be slaughtered.

I don't see that. As I noted in post 21, I think most posters are commenting from the disconnect between a police chief requesting the public take down an active gunman on the one hand, and completely disarming law abiding citizens on the other. I did note a post or two later that maybe she was addressing the citys gangbangers, who are armed.

72 posted on 11/22/2015 4:26:51 PM PST by SJackson (Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
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To: BigBobber
We’re talking about an exposed gunman with multiple hostages, not storming a fortified machine gun position on Normandy beach.

At the Paris theater...the gunmen were up in the balcony shooting down at the audience.

Seems to me no one had the presence of mind to tun the lights out...maybe also activate the fire sprinklers...would have enabled a few to escape.

73 posted on 11/22/2015 8:07:16 PM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: jazusamo

Tweet a hashtag bout the perp. That will teach him.


74 posted on 11/22/2015 8:16:50 PM PST by Kudsman (Restore the Republic, repeal the 17th.)
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To: jazusamo

‘We don’t need no steenking permits.’


75 posted on 11/22/2015 8:32:32 PM PST by onedoug
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To: jazusamo; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


76 posted on 11/23/2015 8:49:59 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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