Why more people didn't die in Clackamas mall shooting

[Billybob]

[Citizens' coolheadedness and individual preparation for coping with gunfire in public settings may have curtailed the casualty count from Tuesday's shooting at a Portland, Ore., shopping mall, law officers suggested on the day after the tragedy...

Does the collected response by shoppers at the Clackamas Town Center indicate that Americans are becoming less daunted by senseless violence and, perhaps, better ready to react? Those who back broad gun rights under the Constitution's Second Amendment suggest a shift may be under way in people's readiness to respond.

In blocking Illinois's ban on concealed weapons, the last such law in the nation, Seventh US Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner on Tuesday implied that self-defense readiness in public is not only protected by the US Constitution, but may be good social policy. An awareness "that many law-abiding citizens are walking the streets armed may make criminals timid," he wrote in his ruling....]

http://news.yahoo.com/why-more-peop...RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

 

[magna19]

huh!!!!!!!!! Do What !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WideLoadTimmy]

"Lying down and cowering doesn't seem to work very well, so law enforcement has gotten smarter and civilians have gotten smarter."

This sits well with me. I know that as a general rule, I don't have a whole lot of faith in people and I think the majority are ignorant lemmings but every now and then, I get proven wrong. I want to believe in my mind that someone counter attacked this guy and that's why and just said "F it" and shot himself.

 

[criticalbass]

Low death numbers would appear to be a result of more than one factor here.

Obviously people and businesses are more attuned to the possibility of this kind of event.

Additionally, the shooter had stolen someone else's rifle. It is likely that his skills were limited. The jamming referenced in the article may indicate a problem with the rifle, or with the shooter.

Self congratulation on a surprisingly low death count should be tempered with a nod toward good luck.

It will be interesting to learn the shooter's background and recent behavior.

 

[acope]

With all these shopping mall shootings going on, seems to me to have an obvious solution.....

Ban shopping malls.

 

[Vamoose]

I know that as a general rule, I don't have a whole lot of faith in people and I think the majority are ignorant lemmings but every now and then, I get proven wrong.

You said that without using the sheeple word.

 

[WideLoadTimmy]

You said that without using the sheeple word.

I used "Lemmings" in its place. It seemed to fit, even though actual lemmings don't really herd themselves off of cliffs.

 

[WideLoadTimmy]

With all these shopping mall shootings going on, seems to me to have an obvious solution.....

Ban shopping malls.

I'd love to.

 

[criticalbass]

I used "Lemmings" in its place. It seemed to fit, even though actual lemmings don't really herd themselves off of cliffs.

Do too!!!!! Walt Disney would have never have lied to us! Would he? (can't seem to get big silly grin to display here . . . )

 

[ipissexcellence]

His AR jammed, good thing he wasn't shooting a mini-14.