Posted on 02/23/2018 8:56:56 AM PST by dragnet2
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Trump calls campus deputy who hid from school gunman a 'coward' and says: 'He certainly did a poor job'
'So he certainly did a poor job,' Trump repeated. 'But that's a case where, somebody who was outside, they're trained, they didn't react properly under pressure or they were a coward. It was a real shot to the police department.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Good AND unfortunate.
You cannot let the possibility of collateral damage prevent you from doing what needs to be done. In all likelihood, far less damage is done if the shooter is neutralized with collateral damage than allowing the shooter to continue unchallenged. You realize that any time the shooter used to defend himself is time he cannot use to target unarmed victims. Even if the armed guard had unsuccessfully engaged the shooter for a short period of time, that might have been enough time for some of the students who bacame casualties to have escaped the scene or to have found a safe spot. Throughout history, many brave men and women have sacrificed their lives just to buy some time so others can escape.
That is an excellent statement you posted.
Maybe this was what they meant when Peterson was described as being, "Elsewhere".
Maybe he was kicking it in the RV when the shooter walked onto campus.
Again, school cop duty is seen as a very, "Cush" duty.
Yeah, it appears a lot of firemen need to become cops, and a lot of cops need to become FIRED!.
You sound like a sheepdog, and that is what I would aspire to be.
Suppose he’d shot Cruz AND somebody else.
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Okay, let’s suppose that. So please continue the thought experiment/exercise you have initiated.
BTW - oh, never mind......
It seems like it would be cush duty.
Thing is, this guy is now going to have to live with it the rest of his days. I doubt it will go away after a few drinks.
Until the LEO administration’s culture of “The most important thing is to make sure you go home at the end of each shift” is changed this kind of thing will continue.
What does this mean? He was trained on a regular basis for 32 years as a cop. And Btw, one can be very untrained and kill lots of people very effectively.
That, in fact, happened here, with the ROTC students who were killed.
Miss Chris
Fake News headline. Selective, out of context, incomplete quotation.
Take it up with the author.
Sigh. Yes. But is is an object example of a difference in the way people view these things, isn’t it?
When people like him are murdered, we consistently and correctly blame the shooter. They blame the weapon.
I think the larger point is valid...it is upstairs that drives what is in the hand.
Anyone with a firearm should realize that the day you have to shoot someone is probably the worst day of your life. Even with a justifiable shoot, most humans will be haunted by using potentially fatal force against another human, at least right-thinking ones should be. Once the threat has been neutralized, you better immediately call your attorney because you'll need that attorney (and possibly, more) in the months to come, even in a justifiable shoot.
This isn't like TV or Mexico where people get shot and law enforcement just looks the other way. The consequences of actions, whether intentional or not, can be huge. Hopefully, the presence of your gun defuses the situation and doesn't escalate it because that is the last thing that you want.
It could be worse, it could be the last day of your life.
Upstairs? He ‘head’ said he did a good job. He saw no problem and said so publicly.
Then, there’s the paperwork.
I was speaking figuratively.
I agree with you completely on this end of it...I read his comments and thought “He thinks he did a good job? Really? He has a long time left in life to keep telling himself that...”
He is rationalizing it to himself, and he knows it.
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