Responding to Sandy Hook Massacre We're on our own when facing evil

[Marshal Halloway]

An op-ed from one of our viewers:

Responding to Sandy Hook Massacre We're on our own when facing evil
By Lt. Col. Mike Wood

By now, you've heard the sickening details of how a deranged man killed his mother, six school employees, and 20 kindergarten children in a Connecticut school.

Evil walks the earth.

Police responded quickly, bravely and professionally, but the shooter and his victims were dead before they ever got there. I know the police did everything they possibly could, but they were simply too late.

This "idyllic little community," as the news called it, was a guilty participant in a dangerous hoax. They told themselves that police could protect them and they would get there fast enough when evil called. They told themselves that an electric door lock could keep evil out. They told themselves that the school was safe, that their children were safe, because there was a "no guns" sign posted on the entrance, which would certainly be obeyed by all.

It was all an elaborate lie, and their children died a horrible, terrifying death as a result.

Read the rest of the article here....

[fatbaldguy]

Well written op-ed.  Rational, logical.  Too bad.  The group hug, warm and fuzzy, kumbayah crowd won't believe it.  It is too violent, too disturbing, it is even irresponsible to expect us to be responsible for our own safety and well being.

[tombogan03884]

We are always on our own whether we're facing a criminal with a gun or a politician with an agenda.
Realizing that is the basis of true self reliance.

[JLawson]

From this source, http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/us/sandy-hook-timeline/index.html, we have:

Police and other first responders arrived on scene about 20 minutes after the first calls.

Twenty minutes... even if that is wrong and police actually arrived twice as fast that could still be as long as 10 minutes before armed resistance was on scene.  Ten minutes is not a "quick" response.

In my opinion, a quick response is an armed staff member drawing from the holster and delivering well-placed hits on target in less than ONE minute.