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So, if the teachers thought they were under fire, why did they stay put in the bus instead of leaving the area? I wonder if they actually saw bullets hit in the water, or if they heart the shots. It might be a combination. The officers mention "the ricochet", so perhaps it was just one freak ricochet that went out into the lake and made a splash.

It would be nice to have more details.

1 posted on 02/18/2012 8:09:57 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Yes, the story lacks critical details. Were I to venture a guess, I’d speculate that the teachers heard gunshots and immediately demanded that Government keep them all safe. Since this is speculation I reserve the right to edit or amend my comments at a later time.


2 posted on 02/18/2012 8:17:37 AM PST by DBrow
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Reminiscent of PIAPS “dodging” sniper bullets in Kosovo.


3 posted on 02/18/2012 8:18:57 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Is it possible to actually dodge a bullet?


4 posted on 02/18/2012 8:20:25 AM PST by Krankor (eenie meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak.)
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Move that bus!


9 posted on 02/18/2012 8:35:46 AM PST by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
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confused. On the ground - on the bus - bus stayed there waiting for the police. I bet they heard the shots and they sounded close - over a hill from the water - could it ricochet over the hill? I think the title does not represent what really happened. UGH the press pushing and agenda like MSNBC
10 posted on 02/18/2012 8:35:56 AM PST by Tubac414 (Just want to ride my Motorcycle)
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Those “evil” guns again...

Of course, this is being painted in the most ugly light possible. But notice the Sheriff said that the shooters were not negligent. I strongly suspect that no bullets came anywhere near the students. They heard gunshots (funny thing the sound of a firearm makes near water... it can make it sound like it is far closer). And God forbid that a minnow or other fish disturb the water near the sound of a gunshot... someone might think they were under attack... (/sarcasm)


12 posted on 02/18/2012 8:40:09 AM PST by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: marktwain

Luck fiberals.


14 posted on 02/18/2012 8:45:05 AM PST by LibWhacker
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If they had gone a little bit north, then the Utes would have chased them out also with overhead rifle fire for trespassing on the reservation.
Stupidity 101 has lots of alumni teaching in our schools.
One of the teachers here wants to put a youth center in the same building as the new police station, telling the mayor that it would be great for kids to be close to cops.
Sorry but they`re gonna be only a few feet from registered sex offenders. Idiot teachers left their brains in kindergarten. No wonder our children are coming out knowing so little and knowing so much crap.


15 posted on 02/18/2012 9:03:00 AM PST by bunkerhill7 (Idiots in teaching positions??. = Who knew??)
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Why didn’t they get into the...or maybe they were, report kinda confusing...and drive away?


17 posted on 02/18/2012 9:26:18 AM PST by Conservative4Ever (Waiting for the new tagline to download)
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Yes, why did they just sit on the bus ‘waiting’? That’s stupid. You don’t suppose there is anti-gun agenda in this do you?//s


19 posted on 02/18/2012 9:39:32 AM PST by bboop (Without justice, what else is the State but a great band of robbers? St. Augustine)
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I want to know what kind of dumb shooters don’t know about the concept of “ricochet.” I agree with another poster, however, and there seems to be some detail missing from this story.


20 posted on 02/18/2012 10:04:30 AM PST by Paved Paradise
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This whole article is silly. I have shot along this stretch of the lake several times. This is a big lake and the road runs along the lake for miles. The road is 100’s of yards or more away from the shore. The hills where people shoot are 100’s of yards or more past the road. I doubt any bullets got close to the kids. The highly doubt the shooters or the kids could even see each other if they wanted to.

People drown in the lake every year but I have never heard of a gun death or gun accident in that area. No utah lake shooting accidents came up on google either.

This would be like living in LA and hitting the floor every time you heard gun shots.


21 posted on 02/18/2012 11:00:30 AM PST by Rad_J
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Why does the article use the term "taking fire?" That seems to imply a deliberate action on the part of the target shooters.

And one of the students was texting, while "taking fire?"

22 posted on 02/18/2012 11:35:58 AM PST by NakedRampage (Puttin' the "stud" in Bible study)
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Sounds like more anti-2nd amendment propaganda.
23 posted on 02/18/2012 11:43:12 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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Sounds more like artificial anti-gun hysteria..........those horrible right wingers are shooting, how can this be happening.......

Quick, pass some new laws to protect us..........

24 posted on 02/18/2012 12:27:29 PM PST by doorgunner69
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