Quotes from the article.
“He said the boy then aimed the gun at his chest, but Landsberry stepped between him and the shooter.”
“It was no shock to family members that Landsberry — a married military veteran with two stepdaughters — would take a bullet.”
Why didn’t Mr. Landsberry tackle this 12 year old and then take the gun and beat him silly with it?
If only a teacher had been armed at that gun-free zone it could have prevented more children from being killed or maimed.
Street survival principle for all cops is that you never approach a shooter in the manner this brave - but dead - teacher did. You don’t expose yourself no matter how benign your intentions may be. The results of such an act are now obvious. As a Catholic, I believe he now resides in Heaven for his selflessness, but, unfortunately, his family still lives on earth, without him.
I thought that, too, until I realized that in the process of doing so, the shooter may have discharged the weapon and injured another student or teacher.
Mr. Lansberry is a good man.