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Parkland, Florida High School Active Shooter in Custody

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CNN is reporting that the active shooter at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is in custody. A teacher/administrator is a suspected fatality.

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Robert Farago

Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. Sending “Thoughts and prayers” via tweet has become an unfortunate meme at this point. Since it’s surely not helping anyone and ends up just being a talking point for the left (who instead propose measures that also won’t do shit but will puff up their base), it should be avoided in lieu of more actionable statements, even if it’s as simple as expressing that federal investigators and responders are available to help local authorities in any way necessary. It’s not exactly visionary, but it’s something within the purview of the office that isn’t quite so blandly predictable and trope-ish now.

    Glad they got the guy alive this time, makes it harder for conspiracy theorists to go nuts and maybe we can actually blame the killer instead of inanimate objects.

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  2. I’d be really curious to know the location of the boy in relation to the tree/ricochet.

    Was the boy down range at an angle from the target?

    Was he standing next to the instructor?

    Questions questions.

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  3. Right after some national “coverage” of national reciprocity.

    I try not to be paranoid, but a pattern seems to be forming up…

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  4. Do they normally not post the perp’s picture? Also, why exactly do y’all care?

    Not trolling, but it sounds kinda like Jennifer Lawrence-esque to want to out people’s photos. I don’t know. I just have trouble caring. Could someone explain?

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  5. As many as my clothing choice allows. On days (most) when I’m in tac pants I may have 6 not including a Gerber multitool. Dress slacks are good for at least 4. I joking answer when someone asks why so many, reloads. Most people I know are really frightened of knives as just being wary of guns. A knife attack is twice as likely to be fatal as a gunshot. I do prefer blades for anything under 5 feet distance. They are faster and deadlier.

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  6. This incident’s details make it clear that a lockable “bullet-proof” door/window combination could be a simple and practical answer to this kind of situation, at least for a start. In addition, there was no mistaking the sheep-like behavior of the students in this classroom that miraculously did not result in casualties; every one of them should have move away from the possible line of fire against the wall where the shooter at the door could not see. I’m surprised he did not reach through the shot-out window and open the door from inside. Freakin’ nightmare.

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  7. The fact is that this person was a known threat and was even reported to the FBI regarding a post about “going to be a professional school shooter” (https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/the-fbi-was-warned-about-a-school-shooting-threat-from?utm_term=.ujqkqdylR#.pceylAgjQ) in a post to a YouTube video that was reported to the FBI. He was known to the school, local authorities, friends, it could not have been more known. In spite of this apparently he never committed any actionable offense until yesterday. Because of this you cannot just lock him up, unless he is committed to a psych institution, maybe.

    THIS is why everyone should be armed. If the faculty and even students were armed the body count would have been much less. When the anti-gun nuts are crying and moaning about guns being the problem, the real problem is the lack of guns.

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