Muscatine

IF I HAD BEEN THERE
Dec 8, 2007
the carnage may not have been so bad! As ex-military (U.S.Army), and a retired Police Officer, I carry, and have a concieled wepons permit. Earlier this year a similar situation happined at a Mall in Salt Lake City, and an off duty Police Officer that was carrying put the shooter down, thus saving others. Would these shooters pick on soft targets if ten percent of the population was properly trained and had permits to carry?
-By supertreck
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I remember the days I could go to my children's school & go directly to their classrooms, take care of business & leave. I went to my grandaughter's school to help out. Had to ring a bell @ the locked door, sign in, take a badge, etc. At first I was irritated, then realized that these measures are in place for protection from a very real risk.
The people that have made a decision to ''make a name for themselves'' do so because they haven't had a challenge!
I like superteck's idea! Many trained for battle are coming back to civilian life after serving their country. They could go back to their old jobs, OR decide to continue to serve their country in their own towns & on their own soil. Some Police Officers retire, sometimes reluctantly. HELLO? A vast resource to be tapped?
Maybe the signs that superteck suggests, ''GUNFREE Zone'', would have a BITE to them that wasn't there w/ (temp-service), ''Rent-A-Cops''. We HAVE TO take a stand that citizens of the USA have the freedom to learn, shop, etc.,, without fear of violence. we have a RIGHT TO expect that freedom, living in the USA.

Just a few questions

What happens when suprtrek (or someone else) accidently shoots the wrong person? Like when an undercover police officer (or any another person licensed to carry a concealed weapon) because he or she is mistaken for an accomplice. Is supertrek held accountable? Will supertrek then charged with a crime?

Or what if someone is killed by a stray bullet from supertrek's gun? Is that a crime? Will supertrek be prosecuted?

Or what happens when police officers enter a scene only to find multiple, unidentified people with weapons. How do they know who the true criminal is?

Nut stopped with A Gun!



By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
December 10, 2007
11:24 am



Security Guard 'Saved Over 100 Lives'

(CNSNews.com) - Many people are expressing relief that a volunteer security guard used her own gun to stop a man on a shooting spree Sunday. ''She probably saved over 100 lives,'' the Brady Boyd, the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, said on Monday. The female guard, a church member dressed in plain clothes, killed the gunman after he opened fire at the mega-church. Boyd said she ''rushed toward the attacker and took him down in the hallway'' as he entered the building......''

Are we being honest Bobsdad?



You must have really liked this story, since you took the time to post it in several locations on the board. Must think it some how makes your point, when in reality this is not what you said at all.

A armed security officer is a trained person. They are trained not only in the use of a fire arm, but many are thought the price for using it. Regardless this was not your claim. You claimed in your first solution that ''ordinary citizens'' should armed. Ordinary citizens are not trained, ordinary citizens would not know how to handle the before or after effects of a shooting, and ordinary citizens don't carry guns.

Peace