“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.
Making a human tunnel to shield the children was admirable. Being melodramatic and painting targets on yourself was an over-the-top stunt. I realize that you live in an anti-self defense state and that affects your perception of the world, so being a brighter target is the only club in your bag. I was born in MD and I’m not sorry that we moved away when I was 7.
Of course I’m aware of the Beltway Sniper. It was on the news 24/7 nationwide where the government experts were telling you to look out for a white male, college educated, age 35-45, with a white van. When they caught the muslim and his “protege” in their Crown Vic or Caprice (I forget which), they didn’t talk about it much more, except to say that his religion had nothing to do with it.