Monday, February 08, 2010

Good Advice

I certainly don’t want any of my children to die. If their number comes up I want them to go out trying to kill the bastard instead of waiting to be executed under a desk. This may be a crazy idea, but it’s our best chance.

But doing away with unarmed victim zones, would give people a better chance. Just giving active shooters the idea that they might encounter people that are armed, may well deter them.

I agree fight, attack, with whatever you have, but that's the sheepdog in me, but it is a world of sheep, and the human instinct is to ether fight, flee, or freeze. The sheep are too frightened to use the first. We do not teach our kids to fight anymore, we have taught them fighting is bad.

There is a difference between teaching your kids to stand up for themselves, and being bullies.

The author on the link knows LE seldom can stop the shooter, and advises people to fight back, yet admits we don't have the tools to do it.

If the police chiefs would quit straddling the fence, as a group, and advice both the businesses and the politicians that A. they can't keep bad people with guns out of the places that are posted, and B. Licensed armed citizens are not the problem.

Then for the most part the real problem would go way.

3 comments:

Julie said...

agree

i try very hard to let my girls know that it is okay to use violence when there's just cause (e.g. being bullied and the teacher's doing nothing to stop it etc).

They've not been in the situation yet but I want them to be aware that this is an option if and when needed.

Julie said...

oh, in addition to my previous comment, i liked this sentance in the linked article "Let’s start a national POP project to harden up all targets."

... wonder if it would work on a t-shirt?

The Duck said...

It Might!!