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Originally Posted by ratbastid
...if I were a kid in that school district who was planning another Columbine, it'd chill my shit to know that every kid in the school was trained and encouraged to take me out.
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This strikes me a bit like the thought process of "places are less likely to be robbed when they know every person in there is potentially packing as well."
And I don't find that a problem.
In reality, however, there will be times when a person had no real intention of killing anyone, but a stampede would very likely make them panic- and a person holding a gun and panicking because he's being charged is not a good combo.
So, this is the optimal fix for the "guy walks in with a gun and immediately starts shooting or making known intentions to shoot" scenario, but not necessarily for the guy who walks in and seems to just be taking hostages for another purpose.
It will be great until the first time a kid gets shot and the guy with the gun goes on TV saying he never intended to shoot anyone, but panicked and "accidentally" shot the kid. Then the person who taught the kids to charge him will be metaphorically burned at the stake.
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Originally Posted by seaver
So you're in a classroom and you pull out a gun and yell everyone to get down.. then you're going to say you don't intend to shoot people?
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A lot of times, the point of a hostage-taker is not to hurt those they've taken hostage, but will hurt them if necessary to get what they want. That's the very definition of hostage-taking. Also, they do not at all always end in the hostage-taker killing anyone. By and large, ignoring hollywood, hostage-takers are vying for attention and want something, but are actually total cowards unwilling to actually kill anyone.