Mall Shooting

10 Dec 07

Mall Shooting in NE:

A single shooter, with a rifle, fired, almost casually, in three-four round bursts. Ranges were short. All shooting was over within two minutes, ending when the shooter himself committed suicide.

First police units arrived within five minutes from receipt of initial 911 calls. Shooting was already over. Police never fired a shot.

Lessons: It is unrealistic to believe that police could have arrived any sooner, nor have responded any more aggressively. I can't imagine a better reason for carrying routinely. Expecting to be rescued or saved from harm by police, or anyone else, is delusional.

In a desperate situation like this mall shooting, when left with no choice, you must be up to the task. A single, well-placed, pistol shot could have abruptly ended this affair, had an armed and well-trained Operator been present. Unfortunately, none were.

Like nearly all other mass murders, this one took place in a "Gun-Free Zone," or, more correctly, a "Criminal-Empowerment Zone." "No-Guns-Allowed" signs are thus contemptuously ignored by those who value their lives.

/John