Friday, February 23, 2018

More gun grabbing narratives plundered

When discussing the Stoneman Douglas high school shooting with a gun grabber recently, I stated my position on school employees carrying. Specifically, I endorse an "opt in" provision which would allow employees with a conceal carry permit to bring their firearm to work. The anti-gun guy (who couldn't have been more civil by the way) replied "There were trained police officers in FL school. First it was we need someone with a gun. And now we need more guns in school?"

I was aware that there was one armed resource officer on site, though I didn't know why he didn't engage the shooter. I guess I gave him the benefit of the doubt by saying he was likely checking on the fire alarm that sounded upon the gunman deliberately activating it.

As it turns out, I was being too generous.

The only armed sheriff’s deputy at a Florida high school where 17 people were killed took cover outside rather than charging into the building when the massacre began, the Broward County sheriff said on Thursday. The sheriff also acknowledged that his office received 23 calls related to the suspect going back a decade, including one last year that said he was collecting knives and guns, but may not have adequately followed up.

The deputy, Scot Peterson, resigned on Thursday after being suspended without pay after Sheriff Scott Israel reviewed surveillance video.

“He never went in,” Sheriff Israel said in a news conference. He said the video showed Deputy Peterson doing “nothing.”

“There are no words,” said Sheriff Israel, who described himself as “devastated, sick to my stomach.”

Keep in mind this was less than 24 hours after pro-gun activist Dana Loesch questioned Israel on his department's failures to follow up on these numerous calls.




This whole tragedy is once again a cautionary tale of how we need an investigation to play so as to gather all the facts and thus respond accordingly. Ah, but when you're on a decades long mission like gun grabbers have been, that is totally unacceptable.






Leftists like to accuse pro-second amendment advocates and NRA members of caring more about guns than the lives of children. If that's the kind of game they wanna play, then let me offer up one. Gun grabbers care more about their slanderous narratives than the lives of kids.

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7 comments:

Bike Bubba said...

You know, I don't blame the deputy, even if he was wearing a vest capable of stopping those rounds. Those who disparage the notion of armed teachers need to remember that the behavior of someone who is cornered is going to differ, and in a good way, from those who have to go in and chase a perp.

Brad Carlson said...

You know, I don't blame the deputy........

I do. After all, it was his job.

That said, I'm not going to pile on. I can't fathom the burden and grief he likely feels at this point.

jerrye92002 said...

Now it appears there were four of them, sitting outside.

Brad Carlson said...

Now it appears there were four of them, sitting outside.

I wonder if Sheriff Israel was aware of that during Wednesday's town hall when he was so indignant towards the NRA.

jerrye92002 said...

I am far less annoyed with a small-town Deputy that made a bad decision than I am with those scurvy politicians blaming US for the situations THEY caused. We have a law – no guns within a thousand feet of a school. Surely this school shooting could not possibly have happened, could it?

Bike Bubba said...

Four? Criminy.

I should probably rephrase my comments. Don't blame the deputy for flinching, but given that he did, maybe another line of work will be better suited to him. And four (or even seven I've heard) deputies stood out there and did bupkus? You've got to start looking at selection and training. Picking specifically for cowards has got to be tough in a business when you're popular among veterans!

jerrye92002 said...

Now people are blaming the sheriff for not following up on the dozens of calls out to this kids house, claiming he was deranged and a potential threat. He has also said he was a proud Obama supporter, so we know he lives in a fantasy world of his own making.