Recent School Shootings Spark Question: Should Students Try To Thwart A Shooter?

WBUR ^ | May 9, 2019 | Jack Mitchell and Peter O'Dowd

[RetiredTexasVet]

Non-intervention didn’t work out well for the Jews ... just saying.

[Manly Warrior]

No, the adults present and responsible for school children ought to draw their concealed firearms and shoot the bastard dead....

Ooops, did I say ….. Draw their firearms and shoot..., and you thought I was gonna apologize for the B word!

[Manly Warrior]

Lt.

Most will, in order: Run, 70%, Hide 24.9% Fight .1%.

Thank God for the .1%

[Eagles6]

You are obviously a true American wkth your head filled witb those silly notions of self reliance, personal responsibility and sacrifice.

Please report immediately to your nearest indoctrination...er...I mean reeducation center.

[Vermont Lt]

And in high school..that’s just fine with me.

[jackibutterfly]

"More to the point: the godforsaken liberal schools should be bring in experts in combat to teach students THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS!!"

I've long thought maybe there is a problem with this - as the killer gets the same training. How do we counter that?

[DesertRhino]

Near Ambush, violently charge the attacker. It’s standard immediate action

[DesertRhino]

Perfectly started Mrs Don-o. You may drop the microphone

[Jeff Chandler]

Aspirant thrill seeking killers will shift their mode to some other form of crime such as tylenol tampering etc

So which is it, aspirant or Tylenol?

[depressed in 06]

It is so much better when a shooter(s) can unload all of his rounds into unarmed students lined up against a wall, and, he is arrested after the carnage. Besides, UpChuckie looks and sounds so much better when there are dead students around.

[DoodleBob]

Thank you. Your posts are why I didn't add a barf alert.

In aquatic lifesaving, if someone is drowning there are four levels of rescue: reach, throw, row, go. Swimming out to save the person could result in your own death. A measured approach is required.

In all of those cases, however, the lifeguard is not advised to sit on their hands. You DO YOUR JOB.

There are PLENTY of students who I would NOT recommend that they rush the shooter. They may be infirm, not of sound mind, and they may scream something like "leave everyone in the broom closet alone!"

To be sure, this article generally pushed a victim mentality. And in the end it is a personal choice. If someone comes in to my home they're dead meat. Candidly, I don't know what I'd do if I was in a mall and someone opened fire, especially with Mrs DoodleBob and youngsters dependent upon me. Maybe I'd rise to the occasion and maybe I'd seek cover. That said, to recommend that NOBODY rush the shooter is wreckless.

[School of Rational Thought]

Forget a reasoned response.

This fellow is simply stupid.