[missnry]

It still continues on the thread:

Probably most people on this thread never had to experience this type of experience. I HAVE! My brother was shot WITH A 9 MM and IN A SCHOOL where he was an Instructor. He was shot by a "distraught" student. In this case the student was being academically dropped from the US Navy Electronics school at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. The lunatic shot and killed a Sr. Chief at point blank range and then proceeded to attempt to murder all of his other instructors. He wounded two other chiefs that he felt were responsible for his being dropped from the course. TWO THINGS SAVED MY BROTHERS LIFE THAT DAY: The first thing that happened was the sound of the 9mm going CLICK, CLICK, CLICK! The second was him and another instructor jumping up and tackling the looneytune to the ground and holding him until the POLICE arrived.
With reference to VT: 2600 ACRES ... my calculation is that the size of the campus is 4 square miles! Does anyone know how to LOCK DOWN a 4 SQUARE MILE AREA with over 100 buildings with probably HALF the population SLEEPING?

[betsyross1776]

You are so correct and what would we do if there was a major attack on campus? We are at war.I know this sounds screwy but this is the same time of Adolf Hitler’s birthday. Every year something terrible happens.

[rwt60]

Locking down may be a bit much to ask, but issuing a warning is a reasonable step. I live near a prison; if there’s an escape, the entire area gets immediate notice. Also, let’s suppose a shooting happens tomorrow morning in a Federal building in DC; do you think a warning will be given to all other Federal buildings in DC to increase security? I say, yes. DC is much bigger than VT.

Also, I think it is beyond dispute that the police at VT made a mistake when they assumed the shooter left campus. If they’d taken a dog out, they could have tracked this guy back to his dorm well before the next shootings began.