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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
first, I wasn't referring to JUST the amish school shooting, this includes PA, WI, and CO as well as any others. I don't know what laws are on the books for Canada when it considers school zones, but they're draconian gun laws up there contributed to a defenseless student body as well. One should consider just how high the body count WOULD have been had there not been some officers in the immediate area on another call.
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Actually, the body count may have been only this asshole himself if the cops had taken longer to get there.
This guy didn't start shooting until police started moving in. He was planning on some protracted standoff. Even brought his own change of clothes and 'facilities' with him. He was still working on barring the door when the police were moving in. He gave them a ten count to back off, and didn't feel they were taking him seriously so started shooting before he even finished his count.
If they had gotten there later after he had already barricaded himself, a perimeter could have been formed and sharp shooters may have been able to take him out through a window (not many places to hide for long in a one room, natural lighted schoolhouse).
I was at the Hershey Medical Center when one of the girls was airlifted in. Hershey isn't more than a 45 minute drive for the parents. But one of the other girls was lifted to Philly. That's significantly longer.
Strange they wouldn't take the ride. They will ride in cars on 'necessity'.