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while first responders were “fairly well prepared” to deal with mass shootings, the public was not
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This is the statement that always gets me. Sounds nice but fact is the First Responders are never there during a mass shooting.
I did a search on Police Response times, I get varying answers from 8 - 22 minutes.
The Newton shooting took less then 4.5 minutes. A couple days before the Clackamas Mall shooting took less then that.
The Clackamas County Sheriff's office is about one block from the Clackamas County Mall, the police didn't arrive until it too was over.
I'm not blaming the police, after a 20 year LE career I know we can instantly appear where needed.
Run-hide-fight???? Throw garbage at the bad guy? Seems like that would draw attention to you.
The armed citizen may not be as well trained as the first responder, but he's there, the police aren't.