So a good guy with a gun didn't save them

That is why the 2nd amendment is so important. We simply can not depend on the state to protect. The state had an armed man waiting at the scene of a mass murder and he did nothing. The only way to ensure you are safe is to protect yourself and not rely on anyone else.

Shitty cop was safe outside and wanted to stay that way.

Anyone in that building uses a weapon if they have it. Teachers were in that building

The first tweeter's argument is asinine. If that coach had had a gun instead of just his body to protect those students, he'd be alive and the shooter would be dead today.

There were some brave, unarmed people in that school last week who paid the ultimate sacrifice so that their pupils/fellow students could live.

...but there wasn't a good guy with a gun there.

He really didn't think that through.

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Not so much

I think it's a valid point. Who knows what was going through the security officer's head, but it's the age old fight or flight dilemma. Lots of people will fight, many with flight. He appears to have chosen flight for unknown reasons. And nobody really knows how they would react the first time they face a situation like that. I'd like to say I'd go in and try to save people, but honestly have idea how I'd react. But it is especially disturbing when someone that is actually trained in that area to fail so badly.

And that highlights one of the problems with the idea of arming teachers.

Serious question. Have the cops ever rushed into a mass shooting situation within the first, say, 2 minutes of gunfire?

Shooting a gun in a crisis situation is really difficult to do well. I recall an incident in the early 2000's when a murderer was shot and killed by two cops at 34th and 5th Avenue right in front of the Empire State building.

The guy was armed and dangerous and had just shot and killed someone so if ever there was a justified shooting, that was it.

But - - the cops also shot and wounded ten innocent bystanders. (Most of the wounds were caused by ricochets and none of the bystanders died or suffered serious permanent injuries.)


Shooting under stress is tough:

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In 2005, NYPD officers intentionally fired their guns at someone 472 times, hitting their mark 82 times. In 2006, New York police fired under the same circumstances 364 times, hitting their target 103 times. That same year, Los Angeles police fired 67 times, recording 27 hits.

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