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JHB

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10. You might be unhappy to learn that this has already been proposed...

Reply to quinnox (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 05:51 PM

Oct 2013

Rebuttal at Addicting Info:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/12/18/newsweek-contributor-thinks-newtown-kids-should-have-rushed-the-shooter-video/

I’ll stop here for a moment to let that mental image sink in, a dozen 6-year-olds running towards an armed man actively shooting at them.

…

Got it? No? Because here’s what it looks like. This guy starts off with a lever-action rifle, a much slower rate of fire than the AR-15 used in Newtown, and he’d still have no trouble finishing of a rampaging horde of Dora the Explorer fans in a matter of seconds. Skip forward a bit to see what it actually looks like with a semi-automatic weapon, when the rate of fire truly picks up steam.

Who doesn’t want to run straight in to that?!? Let’s go!

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You know how because of 9-11, airplane passengers will gang tackle any one who acts like they might [View all] quinnox Oct 2013 OP

Not necessarily a good example you've used in the instance dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #1

So, the problem in your view is that school children are a bunch of cowards. nt geek tragedy Oct 2013 #2

people already try to stop shooters, but when they have a gun it can be a bit difficult JI7 Oct 2013 #3

one person can't take on a mob of people rushing them, even with a gun quinnox Oct 2013 #4

yes, that's why they are eventually stopped , you assume this doesn't happen when it already does JI7 Oct 2013 #8

No where to go... Decaffeinated Oct 2013 #15

In a lot of these situations, the shooter has no regard for his own life onenote Oct 2013 #5

that wouldn't make any difference quinnox Oct 2013 #6

Sure, but why would it make the shooter think twice? onenote Oct 2013 #9

You first lunasun Oct 2013 #7

You might be unhappy to learn that this has already been proposed... JHB Oct 2013 #10

In my OP, I said the people would need to be at least high school age to be effective quinnox Oct 2013 #13

I think the decision-making changes on the ground, where you may perceive petronius Oct 2013 #11

My first thought was congressional gang tackles against idiots who want to shutdown the govt. cui bono Oct 2013 #12

How about we prevent the shootings in the first place Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #14

The difference is, there are no guns on planes. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #16

this TeamPooka Oct 2013 #17

this. nt La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2013 #18