(February 18, 2018 at 7:39 pm)rskovride Wrote: Maybe if we could encourage students to essentially rush the attacker immediately there might be a hero to get all of the news coverage instead of the attacker. Sam Harris refers to how commercial air line crisis are handled today and posits that similar action during an active shooter situation would save lives. Interesting take on gun control, his podcast here.
Really? You don't think that there are heroes? Victoria Soto threw herself in front of her first grade students in the Sandy Hook massacre. There were countless teachers who got students to safety, and did their best to keep the children calm whose names we don't know. What about Scott Beigel, who got shot getting his students into the classroom, saving their lives? Or Aaron Feis who threw himself in front of his students? Or student Anthony Borges, who shielded fellow students from bullets, taking five himself? That's not to mention the heroes who's stories won't be known, or can't be known because nobody alive saw it happen.
The idea that only those who STOP IT are heroes is not a true sentiment at all. It's easy to say that people should just rush the attacker. That's ignoring the fact that the first priority should be getting students to safety.
Someone without training should NOT rush a heavily armed assailant. Most police officers will tell you this. My dad, a former FBI Agent, would agree whole-heartedly. Rushing these assailants is something left for the movies and television. And expecting that of students who are 14, 15 years old.... really?
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