Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by grkballer44 on Friday December 14, 2012 @01:49PM (#4922476)

Within a couple years this exact scenario will play out. A gunmen will talk in a crowded place loaded to the gills. Assault rifles, bullet proof vest, explosives hid around the building. He will pull out his gun and kill the poor unsuspecting first soul. After that initial shot someone with a concealed weapons permit is going to blow his brains out cutting his rampage short ( I truly hope the person who plays the hero is a little old lady packing heat in her purse).

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by owenjones on Friday December 14, 2012 @01:54PM (#4922524)

You sound excited by the prospect. Personally I feel nauseous at your callous description:

'He will pull out his gun and kill the poor unsuspecting first soul. After that initial shot someone with a concealed weapons permit is going to blow his brains out...'

I truly hope that maybe we work towards a society where mass shootings aren't a monthly occurrence...

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by nollidge on Friday December 14, 2012 @01:55PM (#4922534)

Right, because everybody with a concealed weapons permit is James Bond with perfect aim and cool nerves.

Reality is a little bit messier than your fantasies.

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by sukuriant on Friday December 14, 2012 @02:00PM (#4922575)

The point was that "he with the gun holds the power" in those situations. And I'm sure the person with the gun feels like that. Make the odds of him having his tables turned on him by respectable law abiding citizens, and suddenly he'll be more afraid to do harm.

Ideally.

As a side note, she shouldn't shoot for the head anyway, especially if the bullet is going to go propelling out of the man. That's a great way to have unintended collateral damage.

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by ceejayoz on Friday December 14, 2012 @02:11PM (#4922650)

> Make the odds of him having his tables turned on him by respectable law abiding citizens, and suddenly he'll be more afraid to do harm.

Uh, we're talking about people who are frequently suicidal and are mentally ill enough to shoot up a kindergarten. I suspect they're not weighing odds in a logical manner, somehow.

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by sukuriant on Friday December 14, 2012 @04:13PM (#4923385)

I believe the parent post was speaking about a regular place in the city, not so much a school.

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by jacquesm on Friday December 14, 2012 @02:02PM (#4922588)

Note that these things are pre-meditated and that the people doing this are clever enough to hit soft targets.

Little old ladies with guns are typically not present in grade schools, nor would you want them to be because their weapons could be taken away from them and used against others.

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by nwh on Friday December 14, 2012 @01:58PM (#4922558)

Then someone blows the old ladies brains out thinking that she is the shooter. Nice plan.

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by bcoates on Friday December 14, 2012 @02:10PM (#4922641)

I always hear people worrying about this, but it doesn't sound likely at all. Has it ever happened?

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by maxerickson on Friday December 14, 2012 @02:23PM (#4922730)

Not quite the same thing:

http://www.policemag.com/list/tag/friendly-fire.aspx

(Do note that many of the incidents there involve an officer intentionally firing on other officers. But there are accidents there.)

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by nwh on Friday December 14, 2012 @02:15PM (#4922674)

I have no idea. I live in a country without the general public having access to handguns.

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by bcoates on Friday December 14, 2012 @01:59PM (#4922565)

Attempted mass shootings that fail like that don't get nearly as much news attention...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Colorado_YWAM_and_New_Life...

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by khuey on Friday December 14, 2012 @02:34PM (#4922811)

That guy was working security at the event and was a trained (ex-)LEO. Most people who have their fantasies about using their concealed weapon to save the day don't have nearly that much training or preparation.

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Re:Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... by king_jester on Friday December 14, 2012 @02:37PM (#4922833)

How will common small arms deal with a determined gunman with assault protection gear, esp. in a chaotic, high stress situation like that? We would be better off finding a way to lessen and stop these kinds of events from occurring.

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