david58
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I received about the second worst call intro I could have from my son, about ten minutes after the shooting - "Dad, I'm ok, but…."
For the two or three of you that don't know, a nutcase wanting to replicate Columbine walked into the foyer of a building at Seattle Pacific University, and shot three students, killing one.
The gunman was heroically subdued by a senior who was manning the front desk in the building, tackling the shooter and putting him into a choke hold. Other SPU students joined in and restrained the shooter (hopefully, painfully) until police arrived.
How often, in our "crawl under the desk and shelter-in" system of educating our kids, have we heard of the kids standing up and saying "No!"? In contrast, at VaTech, the kids remained under their desks while the shooter reloaded, and then continued killing.
I am proud of the kid that tackled the shooter, at the risk of his life. Other students, when ordered to gather kids in one engineering lab, grabbed pipes and remained behind the door, planning to do damage to anyone that entered. Protecting their family, not cowering helplessly. Family is the work the students on that campus use to describe themselves, and it undoubtedly motivated the young man that rushed the shooter (a young man getting married in two weeks - a reason to give him pause, you'd think).
Personally, I believe that the faith of the kids was their motivation - as one student said, "… this was evil and we can't stand by and let it happen." I could wax lyrical about the school, students, and administration there, but I will spare you - let's just say I have always been impressed.
But, to keep this on the strategies and tactics page, what do you teach your kids or significant others. Especially those attending one of those "gun free zones" type of schools (SPU does not have armed security). I've taught my sons that in a situation like this, hiding under a desk will get them killed, and if they are going down, take the shooter, too. Oversimplified a bit, but I've been typing a lot and am tired….But abbreviated, make a choice - run TO or run FROM, but don't cower there and be a target.
What do you teach your kids?
For the two or three of you that don't know, a nutcase wanting to replicate Columbine walked into the foyer of a building at Seattle Pacific University, and shot three students, killing one.
The gunman was heroically subdued by a senior who was manning the front desk in the building, tackling the shooter and putting him into a choke hold. Other SPU students joined in and restrained the shooter (hopefully, painfully) until police arrived.
How often, in our "crawl under the desk and shelter-in" system of educating our kids, have we heard of the kids standing up and saying "No!"? In contrast, at VaTech, the kids remained under their desks while the shooter reloaded, and then continued killing.
I am proud of the kid that tackled the shooter, at the risk of his life. Other students, when ordered to gather kids in one engineering lab, grabbed pipes and remained behind the door, planning to do damage to anyone that entered. Protecting their family, not cowering helplessly. Family is the work the students on that campus use to describe themselves, and it undoubtedly motivated the young man that rushed the shooter (a young man getting married in two weeks - a reason to give him pause, you'd think).
Personally, I believe that the faith of the kids was their motivation - as one student said, "… this was evil and we can't stand by and let it happen." I could wax lyrical about the school, students, and administration there, but I will spare you - let's just say I have always been impressed.
But, to keep this on the strategies and tactics page, what do you teach your kids or significant others. Especially those attending one of those "gun free zones" type of schools (SPU does not have armed security). I've taught my sons that in a situation like this, hiding under a desk will get them killed, and if they are going down, take the shooter, too. Oversimplified a bit, but I've been typing a lot and am tired….But abbreviated, make a choice - run TO or run FROM, but don't cower there and be a target.
What do you teach your kids?