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Why would a class of some 30 students cower on the floor while a lone gunman walked among them shooting whom he would. They could have easily overwhelmed him. Yes, they would have taken a few hits most likely, but more likely injury than death. How does one simply lie on the floor and hope he will shoot someone else? We seem to have learned that hijackers of airliners are to be dealt with by the passengers. Why do we not teach students to deal with an attack on their classrooms?

Rocketman:

It's a combination of fear, and the "don't get involved" culture that we live in. It is easy to say what you will do in a given situation, and quite another to react to same. I'm quite sure that those students were gripped with fear. Look at the one's who did react. One was a holocaust survivor who lived through unspeakable horrors, plus life behind the iron curtain. He gave his life because he had the courage to try to help others.

Young people today are taught to "work it out and or talk to each other". They are not trained in defending themselves against nut cases who are not interested in "working it out". Additionally, they do not want to get involved in other issues due to the law suit crazy society that we live in. Sad, but true.

You got it, Gunplumber. Perfectly. And not only young people defer or rationalize or subordinate their own and community best interests to suits. It's a general malaise whose symptoms are "It's not my business," "There's nothing we can do," "Why vote?"and "No one can take on city hall or Ottawa and win."