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The "good guy with a gun" theory was always absurd.

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Fred Oinka

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May 25, 2022, 6:12:26 PM5/25/22
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Three police officers exchanged gunfire with the Texas shooter as he
was trying to storm the school. The first was a police officer from the
school district police force. Then two more officers from the local
police department also exchanged gunfire with the gunman. So the
shooter successfully stormed the school even though three separate
armed police officers tried to stop him.

This is similar to what happened in Buffalo. At that shooting massacre
a retired cop working as private security guard at the supermarket
exchanged gunfire with the assailant during his rampage. But the
shooter was wearing body armor. With that protection he was able to
return fire and kill the retired officer.

In both these incidents armed police officers or security guards
exchanged gunfire with the perpetrator. But they were outgunned. The
assailants had more powerful weapons and they had body armor that
allowed them to absorb gun shots and return fire. These aren’t cases
with a mythical armed good samaritan. The cops are there, armed and on
the scene, and they’re losing in fire fights with the assailants.
It’s really the best case scenario that law enforcement is there on the
scene, armed, before the gunman gets into the school. But that wasn’t
enough. The guy fought his way into the school. He won.
When you combine high powered rifles and body armor, these guys are
close to unstoppable, at least at first. That’s not their only
advantage. These shooters have all accepted that they’re likely going
to die within minutes. They also, by definition, have the element of
surprise. Unless police have a decisive advantage in firepower and
defensive equipment, the shooter is always going to have a big
advantage in those engagements.

Skeeter

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May 26, 2022, 1:25:14 AM5/26/22
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