Or they could just send a couple cops out to see what he’s up to, instead of going through all the drama that makes national news to worry every parent in the nation. One of the consequences of 24/7 news is that everything becomes local news so people can panic as if the danger is next door. When this kind of story is “breaking news”, they rarely interrupt for more “breaking news” when it is discovered that the guy is a hunter.
How many of you human targets went out searching for the sniper, rather than passively acting as the outer sheep in the flock? If you wanted to get shot, then get shot doing something and not just standing there like herd animals waiting to be picked off by the predators. Seriously, painting a target on yourself and then waiting to get shot is the most un-American thing I’ve ever heard. We just don’t roll that way in the land of the free and home of the brave.
“How many of you human targets went out searching for the sniper, rather than passively acting as the outer sheep in the flock?”
Plenty. Parents circulated in the area of the school prior to the start of the day and at dismissal. You obviously weren’t there and therefore no nothing about that incident or the concerns (even after a student was shot). “.. painting a target on yourself is the most un-American thing I’ve ever heard”. No, it isn’t. Not at all. Our community came together as AMERICANS and acted as a cohesive group. Parents were in cars and called the school/911 if they saw anything suspicious. However, parents that painted targets on themselves did this: we would have sacrificed ourselves OVER the life of one of our children. If you think that is un-American, then I pity you. Any decent parent would rather take a bullet than their child.
I had forgotten the child’s name. “On october 7, at 8:09 a.m. Iran Brown, aged 13, was shot as he arrived at the Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Maryland.” He was shot exiting his Aunt’s car. He did survive the abdomen shot and later testified at the trial. The concept of the “human tunnel” was that children would exit the vehicle into a tunnel of adults. They would then be shorter and less of a target. The un-American concept was the protection of children.