Thursday, November 20, 2008

What. A. Surprise.

clipped from armsandthelaw.com

An interesting piece on changes to police tactics. The
traditional response was bring up the SWAT team, plan it out carefully, then go
in. As the matter was better understood, this switched to whoever gets there
first goes in immediately -- seconds passing means people dying. To my mind,
this is a powerful argument for allowing teachers to be armed. The article
ends:

"The other statistic that emerged from a study of active killers is that they
almost exclusively seek out "gun free" zones for their attacks.

In most states, concealed handguns are prohibited at schools and on college
campuses even for those with permits.

Many malls and workplaces also place signs at their entrances prohibiting
firearms on the premises.

Now tacticians believe the signs themselves may be an invitation to the
active killers.

As soon as they're confronted by any armed resistance, the shooters typically turn the gun on themselves."