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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
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To: immadashell
When seconds count, police are only minutes away!
To: ObozoMustGo2012
And women wonder why they arenât paid as much as men...Hey! It's only fairrr to pay female idiots as much as male idiots.
Might I suggest "nothing"?
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
Must be the “soccer” form of Karate
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posted on
11/22/2015 2:06:04 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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...
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posted on
11/22/2015 2:10:05 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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.
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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.)
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. :-)
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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)
To: COBOL2Java
Oh yes, you are correct. I had forgotten about that episode !
To: jazusamo
To: Farmer Dean
LOLOL!!! too damn funny...
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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)
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.
To: napscoordinator
Guess you couldn’t figure out it was directed at the D.C. establishment.
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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)
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.
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posted on
11/22/2015 4:26:51 PM PST
by
SJackson
(Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
To: BigBobber
Weâre 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.
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posted on
11/22/2015 8:07:16 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
To: jazusamo
Tweet a hashtag bout the perp. That will teach him.
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posted on
11/22/2015 8:16:50 PM PST
by
Kudsman
(Restore the Republic, repeal the 17th.)
To: jazusamo
‘We don’t need no steenking permits.’
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posted on
11/22/2015 8:32:32 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: jazusamo; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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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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