Teacher accidentally fired gun during a safety exercise, injuring student
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Because you enunciated a propensity to have a hair trigger. I'm have extremely good situational awareness, and have never felt the need to over react like you did.
I'm happy for you but as it has been said, the opposer has the element of surprise, one must respond in a blitzkrieg if they are to have any chance.
A and B....... and then C. A: He, the jogger, should have known better than running that close to a woman at midnight.
I find there are at least two myths that a lot of people like to believe. First, it will never happen to me. Second, because I am not a threat, no one will perceive me as a threat.
B: "I wonder what she will say when I tell her I'm going to rape her.". Those were the words of one of the serial rapists that Hazelwood and Burgess researched. I am like what they say at the airport, no jokes, for if anyone ever said anything like that to me, I'm striking immediately.
And then there is C. What do we fear? That we will be crucified, second guessed in the aftermath because we had to defend ourselves. I really hate it when people think they can tell me how to handle the risk when they won't be there themselves to face it.
Further, people like you argue that we don't need guns and yet, when we have other ways to defend ourselves before guns, you argue against that as well.
Are cars designed to transport people or kill people?
The resident neck beards are lacking in logic.
"Does anyone drive cars around inside a school"
YES!
So if some nut drives his car through a school door, you will chnge your mind.
"Man accused of driving car through Berthoud High School"
"BERTHOUD, Colo. — A man is in custody for allegedly driving a car through Berthoud High School, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said. On Feb. 14, sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about 5:40 a.m. from a school staff member reporting damage to the building.
When a deputy arrived, he found that it appeared a vehicle had driven into the building through a set of glass doors and exited through a second set of glass doors, causing damage estimated at more than $35,000.
"Parent drives vehicle into Bel-Nor Elementary School"
"ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - An estranged parent drove their car into a school in the Normandy School District just as students were getting ready to be dismissed for the day."
Because I came up on ready in a martial arts stance, ready to deliver blows if necessary?
We had a local Black belt who owned a couple of training schools and did TV commercials showing him fending off 4 bad guys.
One night on his way home he was assaulted and the 3 unarmed guys beat the crap out him.
"Crime reports and statistics are rife with accounts of people trained in the martial arts, many holding black belt rank, falling prey to the brutal attacks of common street thugs – fighters with no formal training in the martial or any other co mbat arts."
I can't find the article but a few years ago an employee of Range USA in Memphis (where I have gone for some of my training classes) was surprised by a would be attacker while walking to his apartment. The would be attacker received 3 rounds to the chest for his actions.
I have also read first hand accounts of robberies and home invasions that ended in a self defense shooting. In one incident the home owner had about 30 seconds of notice that something was not right and he made the correct choice to grab his gun. His back door busted open as he was walking towards it. The first guy through the door was met with a 9mm slug above his right eye. The second guy didn't quite make it all the way into the house when he decided to change careers and run.
We had a local Black belt who owned a couple of training schools and did TV commercials showing him fending off 4 bad guys.
One night on his way home he was assaulted and the 3 unarmed guys beat the crap out him.
"Crime reports and statistics are rife with accounts of people trained in the martial arts, many holding black belt rank, falling prey to the brutal attacks of common street thugs – fighters with no formal training in the martial or any other co mbat arts."
Well aware of that site since I read it in the NRA magazine monthly.
I wanted to provide examples of even when the perp gets the drop on someone, being armed does help. I need to find the ARFCOM post on the home invasion I wrote about. Not only does the guy explain how lucky he was to get his gun before his door was kicked in, he also details the after the shooting experience with police as well as cleaning up the mess.
He is a reserve police officer, fully trained in firearms. And he shows off his loaded weapon and discharges it in a class full of kids.
Fire him. Now.
It will send a message to other gung-ho "educators" who think they will save the day, guns blazing.
Letting teachers carry weapons is a dumb idea from a dumb administration.
Sure, fire him or retrain him, but he is one example out of millions of CCw holder/Law Enforcement Officers.
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