RUN when you can, HIDE if you have to, FIGHT if there is no option and NEVER submit

Today Newtown-Connecticut (20 children murdered); Bart Township-Pennsylvania ’06 (ten children murdered); Beslan-North Ossetia ’04 (156 children murdered); and Ma’alot-Israel ’74 (22 children murdered). Murdering-Terrorist-cowards took the lives of our most innocent i.e. children. Why, to promote or air the fact that their own lives were total failures, and rather than seek help they attacked those who are least likely to resist. They then took their own lives rather than face those who would bring the fight to them. Today is a tragic and disheartening day because it has only been a few days since we had a similar incident in Portland. Be mindful when you see these incidents in the news, because without fail, a copycat always does the same thing within two weeks. For far too long our children have been taught to hide and to not make noise if they find themselves in a situation like this. But they also need to know to RUN out of the danger zone, HIDE if necessary, FIGHT if there is no other option and never to submit. Please see this article Off-duty Active Shooter Response that I wrote after the Aurora incident in July. It was written as kick-in-the-pants for those in the fold but it is of service for all. Don’t think it can happen? Don’t think that it could happen to you or your children? WAKE UP, BE ALERT and PREPARE yourself and your family. Prayers and comfort to all.

This, therefore, is a law . . . if our life be in danger from plots, or from open violence, or from the weapons of robbers or enemies, every means of securing our safety is honourable ~ M. Tullius Cicero, For Milo

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Comment by Raymond Harris on January 22, 2013 at 5:35pm: Although I agree in principle we must consider that as cops our training and mindset is far different than that of a civilian. I was with a group of civilians when a police officer asked all of us what we would do when faced with an active shooter, and armed with a firearm. The response from the civilians was "Kill him." Mine was "stop the threat." The officer's response was, "that's what your training tells you to do." civilians are not trained as we are. While their intentions are good, most would find it difficult to do what they say. The idea of shooting someone to stop a massacre has been made abhorrent by society, so that a fighting response probably would not happen.

Comment by Lawrence Lujan-Jericho on January 22, 2013 at 11:14pm: Raymond, thank you for your response and input. I agree, there is, a difference between civilians and LEO's. I aim my posts to the LEO however the topic of the thread lends itself to both the civilian and the LEO. If we can get both to understand the need to act either to end the threat or to run, hide and fight (where necessary) then we are on a good path. Stay safe out there partner, never surrender.......