They waited for the professionals, and 32 of them died and how many more wounded?
I suppose it could have gone worse for the dead people . . maybe they could have been killed again.
But actually I am more worried about the mindset in general . . regardless of response time the crime has to take place before the police are called.
Making people rely on the laws of averages for their safety, but then camouflaging it by saying that they are being protected by the police seems disingenuous at least and at worse actually harmful.
You are ultimately responsible for your own safety and need to plan and act accordingly. In stead we teach a kind of paranoid helplessness in this country.
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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
In this case, they attempted to break into the building immediately upon arriving. That is the new SOP following Columbine, where SWAT teams waited outside the school for several hours under orders from their superiors so as not to jeopardize their own safety. I think the new procedure is called "active shooter" or something like that.
Situations change from event to event, but by nature and definition, police and other first responders are reactive in most cases. I don't know how to change that unless you station a cop in every room and on every corner.
In most cases, it's probably better to wait for professionals who have some training in these situations rather than trying to take matters in your own hands.
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