Colo. armed student confronted by armed individual

[Sailor]

Found buried deep in an article on the latest school shooting:

Robinson said that after Pierson entered the high school at approximately 12:33 p.m. Friday, near the student parking lot, he asked for the teacher by name. At one point, Pierson went into the library, where Murphy actually was located, but a janitor initiated a lockdown and Murphy was able to escape as Pierson entered the room.

After that, Pierson set off one of the Molotov cocktails, setting at least three bookshelves on fire, investigators told KDVR.com. When an armed school resource officer entered the room, Pierson believed he was cornered and turned his gun on himself, Robinson said. The entire attack lasted approximately 80 seconds and was captured by security cameras.

80 seconds and one student casualty before Pierson faced an armed "school resource officer." As I understand it, as soon as the armed individual showed up Pierson shot himself.

I have to ask the obvious question ... what if there hadn't been someone there with a gun to confront this guy? Would Pierson have gone on to kill and kill and kill again? I don't think anyone knows for certain but even with "just" a shotgun (no "assault rifle" here), a machete and firebombs the havoc he could have wrought is considerable.

"Armed school resource officer" could be anyone, an off duty police officer, teacher or even the janitor who sounded the initial alarm.

"Gun free zones" don't work. Nearly every mass shooting we've suffered over the last couple of decades has occurred where the shooter(s) had little chance of being confronted quickly by armed individuals and usually only stop when the cops show up several minutes into the attack.

EDIT - link to article:
www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/15/colorado-teacher-praised-for-making-best-tactical-decision-during-shooting/

[101ABN]

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." ~ Wayne LaPierre

[Sailor]

Dec 15, 2013 15:33:05 GMT -8 101ABN said:

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." ~ Wayne LaPierre

It's the most sure way I know.

[Sailor]

The "School Resource Officer" was a Deputy Sheriff.

Excerpt:

The rampage might have resulted in many more casualties had it not been for the quick response of a deputy sheriff who was working as a school resource officer at the school, Robinson said.

Once he learned of the threat, he ran -- accompanied by an unarmed school security officer and two administrators -- from the cafeteria to the library, Robinson said. "It's a fairly long hallway, but the deputy sheriff got there very quickly."

The deputy was yelling for people to get down and identified himself as a county deputy sheriff, Robinson said. "We know for a fact that the shooter knew that the deputy was in the immediate area and, while the deputy was containing the shooter, the shooter took his own life."

He praised the deputy's response as "a critical element to the shooter's decision" to kill himself, and lauded his response to hearing gunshots. "He went to the thunder," he said. "He heard the noise of gunshot and, when many would run away from it, he ran toward it to make other people safe."

More here:
www.cnn.com/2013/12/14/us/colorado-school-shooting/index.html

Well done Deputy, well done.

[101ABN]

"Well done Deputy, well done."

Roger that.