D.C. police Chief Cathy Lanier urges public to ‘take down’ active gunman if they can

The Washington Times ^ | November 22, 2015 | Carleton Bryant

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

When seconds count, police are only minutes away!

[Smokin' Joe]

And women wonder why they aren’t paid as much as men...

Hey! It's only fairrr to pay female idiots as much as male idiots.

Might I suggest "nothing"?

[COBOL2Java]

Must be the “soccer” form of Karate

[COBOL2Java]

".. people to take down a gunman with their bare hands..."

Hey, why not ? Superman used to do it on TV, all the time ;)

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Really? When I was a kid, I always thought he was spooked by an airborne gun...

[Smokin' Joe]

Many commenting here think we should offer no resistance, and wait for our turn to be slaughtered.

Not only no, but Hell NO!

Fight with whatever you have, and give it all you got, because you are dead if you wind up in one of these situations anyway.

However, the enemy is getting even better at their craft, and in Paris, for example, attacked from elevated positions with AKs. You aren't going to be able to rush that nor smack them over the head with a vase or frisbee your dinner plate at them while you move in with your steak knife--you really could use something that allows you to participate in a meaningful fashion at range. A pistol is not ideal (a rifle with optics is preferable), but would sure help, especially if a bunch of people had them on hand to fight back with.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I hate to tell her we are not about to try to fight an AK 47 with a .40 cal and a Keltec PMR30 handgun. We will be beating feet out of there maybe throwing a little shade as we go. :-)

[jttpwalsh]

Oh yes, you are correct. I had forgotten about that episode !

[Dick Bachert]

How fascinating that it's DC. WHY DO THEY WANT OUR GUYS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73SsNFgBO4

[Chode]

LOLOL!!! too damn funny...

[School of Rational Thought]

Lanier has supported every effort to limit DC residents civil rights and the article does not necessarily indicate the use of a firearm. Perhaps she means to overwhelm the shooters with love, understanding and an apology.

[SaveFerris]

Guess you couldn’t figure out it was directed at the D.C. establishment.

[SJackson]

Many commenting here think we should offer no resistance, and wait for our turn to be slaughtered.

I don't see that. As I noted in post 21, I think most posters are commenting from the disconnect between a police chief requesting the public take down an active gunman on the one hand, and completely disarming law abiding citizens on the other. I did note a post or two later that maybe she was addressing the citys gangbangers, who are armed.

[spokeshave]

We’re talking about an exposed gunman with multiple hostages, not storming a fortified machine gun position on Normandy beach.

At the Paris theater...the gunmen were up in the balcony shooting down at the audience.

Seems to me no one had the presence of mind to tun the lights out...maybe also activate the fire sprinklers...would have enabled a few to escape.

[Kudsman]

Tweet a hashtag bout the perp. That will teach him.

[onedoug]

‘We don’t need no steenking permits.’

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!