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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by loonster on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:44PM (#31513741)
The problem is cowardice of those with guns to stop the threat. Instead of risking their lives to save those without protection, they hid and waited for backup. Cowards.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by throw0101a on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:38PM (#31514186)
> The problem is cowardice of those with guns to stop the threat. Instead of risking their lives to save those without protection, they hid and waited for backup. Cowards.

Except there was a police officer right outside the building that engaged:

> The suspect was immediately engaged outside the building as he approached the school by a Uvalde Independent School District police officer, who was shot by the suspect, the sources said.

* https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-elementary-school-reports-ac...

Not the first time even an immediate reaction still didn't prevent deaths and injuries:

> Police at the scene engaged him within a minute of the first shots being fired, firing 18 rounds and hitting the gunman several times.[5] The police chief credited the fast response to a heavy police presence with "many, many officers in the park".[18]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilroy_Garlic_Festival_shootin...

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by loonster on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:48PM (#31514256)
It took 90 minutes from the time the shooter arrived to the time he was killed. Every armed man that waited outside is a coward.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10855093/Furious-fa...

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by xvector on Thursday May 26, 2022 @02:14AM (#31515245)
You can't seriously expect people to put their lives on the line for complete strangers. Far more effective to design a system in which this isn't required.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by loonster on Thursday May 26, 2022 @07:11AM (#31516976)
If you signed up to be an officer, yes I do. They had around 90 LEO at the school watching and too much of a coward to go in.
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