Where was the spirit of self-defense here? Setting aside the ludicrous campus ban on licensed conceals, why didn't anyone rush the guy? It's not like this was Rambo, hosing the place down with automatic weapons. He had two handguns for goodness' sake—one of them reportedly a .22.Watch him get eviscerated over at Time...
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Yes, yes, I know it's easy to say these things: but didn't the heroes of Flight 93 teach us anything? As the cliche goes—and like most cliches. It's true—none of us knows what he'd do in a dire situation like that. I hope, however, that if I thought I was going to die anyway, I'd at least take a run at the guy.
The last time we checked in with NRO's John Derbyshire, he was expounding on his own hypothetical bravery regarding Iranian hostage-takers. Today, we learn that he also is completely fearless in imaginary domestic scenarios as well:....and the comments section show him even less mercy...
Now I must admit that my first thought when I heard of the shootings was the same as Derbyshire's. The first reports talked of people being lined up and shot, and I wondered why someone after he had started shooting didn't break out of line and try to stop him.
But he apparently didn't line up people. There was no time for calculation. He burst into rooms and started shooting people. The first reaction of someone..... OK,my first reaction.... would be to throw themselves to the floor.
"Duck and cover" seems a perfectly natural reaction to a scary, shocking and yes noisy situation like that. Especially to a group of young people with no military training who had believed up to a second before that they were in safe surroundings.
he problem is of course that this position puts you at the complete mercy of a cold, methodical killer who has plenty of ammunition.
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