{"id":66065,"date":"2018-02-23T07:12:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=66065"},"modified":"2018-02-23T07:12:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T13:12:53","slug":"so-lets-get-this-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=66065","title":{"rendered":"So Let&#8217;s Get This Straight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So let&#8217;s count it down:<\/p>\n<p>A deeeeeeeply troubled kid with a long, long record of violent outbursts &#8211; who, by law, could not be expelled, because school districts need that per diem for having kids in the seats.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple credible reports of a kid who &#8220;wanted to shoot up the school&#8221;, received by the sheriff&#8217;s offie and the FBI. 1: the schools had a problem kid with violent outbursts including assaults and threats. But could not expel him by law.<\/p>\n<p>39 calls to 911 for the kid in a short time.<\/p>\n<p>Statemens about Nik Cruz that just keep coming out of the woodwork.<\/p>\n<p>And to top it off, the cop (the ones who Big Left sayis\u00a0<em>should\u00a0<\/em>have all the guns) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2018\/02\/22\/armed-sheriffs-deputy-stayed-outside-florida-school-while-mass-killing-took-place\/?utm_term=.7d52b6ba94bf\">sat outside the school, literally in a <em>defensive position<\/em>, and did nothing as the massacre went on inside<\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The armed school resource officer assigned to protect students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took a defensive position outside the school and did not enter the building while the shooter was killing students and teachers inside with an AR-15 assault-style rifle, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Israel said he suspended School Resource Deputy Scot Peterson on Thursday after seeing a video from the Parkland, Fla., school that showed Peterson outside the school building where the shooter was inside and attacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of Building 12, take up a position, and never went in,\u201d Israel said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sheriff Israel noted what readers of this blog have known for years; that the deputy&#8217;s job was to\u00a0<em>get in there and put shots on target<\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=44761\">To shake the killer out of his narcissistic reverie<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0They&#8217;ve known this &#8211; and, ostensibly, trained on this &#8211; since Columbine.<\/p>\n<p>Not charging toward gunfire is a pretty normal human reaction.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, everyone who is getting the victorian vapours over the thought of letting school staff carry guns for self-defense?\u00a0 This is your alternative; lived dependent on the frailty of human nature to defend them from the depravity of human nature.<\/p>\n<p>Why not use one of human nature&#8217;s more automatic traits &#8211; self-preservation &#8211; to our advantage?\u00a0\u00a0<em>Especially since repealing &#8220;gun free zones&#8221; will deter the attacks in the first place?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So let&#8217;s count it down: A deeeeeeeply troubled kid with a long, long record of violent outbursts &#8211; who, by law, could not be expelled, because school districts need that per diem for having kids in the seats. 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