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BREAKING: Naval Medical Center San Diego urging people to "run, hide or fight" amid reports of an active shooter bit.ly/1PPLykY
cwydro
(51,308 posts)They're just droning away about Trump.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Not much info.
TipTok
(2,474 posts)Vinca
(50,267 posts)just another day of more firearm fatalities.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Ugh. Thought about it too soon. Prayers to those involved. Hopefully nothing comes of it.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)It's ALWAYS the right time to push for outlawing firearms. Hell, they would have plastered pics of the Sandy Hook classroom on TV as the bodies were brought out if they could have.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"It's ALWAYS the right time to push for outlawing firearms..."
No more and no less than it's always the right time to push for relaxation of current laws to allow more freedom. Hell, they would have plastered pictures of Brady Bill supporters with targets over their faces if they could have.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other... and each as truthful, as relevant and as petulant as the other (insert distinction lacking relevant difference below to maintain pretense).
beevul
(12,194 posts)Except that only one of those two things happen after a tragedy, yet before the facts of the tragedy are even known.
And it isn't the pro-gun scenario.
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)That doesn't sound like a legitimate directive.
maveric
(16,445 posts)The Navy has armed security on all of their facilities.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)"If some asshole is close enough to stick you with a bayonet or rip your face off with his hands, use your feet....and run like a stripy assed zebra."
That was after he showed us how to stick some asshole with a bayonet and rip their faces off.
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)"If in immediate danger, hide or seek shelter in secure space," the message stated. "Barricade the door and dial 911. Silence phones and other devices. Stay away from doors and windows. Remain calm and quiet."
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)petronius
(26,602 posts)corollary "doing something is better than nothing" I guess. And at least it provides a hierarchy of fairly poor choices...