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Post by Claytons Crew on Apr 15, 2008 19:59:58 GMT -5
Alright, so if you were at school or work and a shooting was taking place, what would you do? You hear all these people say "I would take the gun away and knock that MF'er out" but really if the time came I am sure they would be the first to hide.
I bring this up because the cops caught a guy that was threatening to do this where my sister goes to school. They raided the guys house and found 4 AK's and enough fire arm for 8 people.
I always prepare for the worst. I travel a lot on airplanes and I seriously think about if this flight tries to get hijacked, what am I going to do. I set a plan up and if I happens I'm going to follow it. Ever since 9/11 I've been that way.
If it were me and I saw what the guy was doing and there were no hope, I would try to go down with a fight. However, if I could escape I would try my best and not just sit in a room and lock the door and hide.
If this offended anyone with the whole VT thing, sorry.
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Post by Keeper on Apr 15, 2008 20:06:40 GMT -5
I ALWAYS think about this stuff, I have no idea why. But I always run through "worst-case-scenario" type stuff in a ton of situations and think about what I should/would do.
In that kind of situation, unless I knew I could get rid of the guy, I wouldn't try to take him down, but I think I'm definitely the type of person who'd be the last guy out after trying to help as many people out as I could.
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Post by Freak93 on Apr 15, 2008 20:06:54 GMT -5
I would do my best to escape while attempting to help others on the way. At least I say I would. I don't think I can accurately say how I would act. It all changes when the person has a gun in your face.
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Post by detroitbasketball on Apr 15, 2008 20:10:35 GMT -5
As much as I hate to admit it, I'd probably run like a pansy.
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Post by sep on Apr 15, 2008 20:22:55 GMT -5
A kid brought a gun to school yesterday, unfortunately he used it on himself and no one else. Its really rough times around here, he was a well liked kid.
RIP KJ
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Post by D-Mac on Apr 16, 2008 6:51:31 GMT -5
damn that sucks to hear sep.
I dont really know what I would do, I always think about this kind of stuff all the time. Im a person who cares more about other people than myself to an extent. So I would try to do something like stop the guy with the gun or something but in that situation ur id takes over so ur not really urself.
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Post by Loki on Apr 16, 2008 7:13:12 GMT -5
As much as I hate to admit it, I'd probably run like a pansy. |
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Post by JacktheRipper on Apr 16, 2008 7:15:20 GMT -5
Depends if I could get out of there or not. Stuck in a room, a few guys just need to charge him. Some will get shot, but you'll probably save more lives. If I can get out of the room/place however, I'm running like a pussy.
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Post by ryandman89 on Apr 16, 2008 8:59:10 GMT -5
Me and one of my friends sit on opposite sides of a lecture class of about 400 people and we've talked about this so much that if that does happen, as soon as we make eye contact, given the proper situation, then we are charging the guy and hoping that some other big dudes follow our lead. However, if the situation ever arose, I doubt I would charge the guy unless it was initiated by someone else but I don't see myself just running off leaving people in the room, I'd feel too guilty.
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Post by dkgojackets on Apr 16, 2008 9:52:30 GMT -5
I think about this stuff a lot too for some reason.
My plan is to get the hell away.
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Post by Loki on Apr 16, 2008 10:10:14 GMT -5
In all seriousness, I'm pretty terrified of Arabs in public places. I hate it because I get so weary and need to get out and I know it's wrong but, like...I can't help it. Wal-Mart has to be the worst for this.
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Post by D-Mac on Apr 16, 2008 12:52:49 GMT -5
In all seriousness, I'm pretty terrified of Arabs in public places. I hate it because I get so weary and need to get out and I know it's wrong but, like...I can't help it. Wal-Mart has to be the worst for this. Im def not scared of arabs like at all, I dunno why just never have been. White people with the trench coats or the goth kids get me a little nervous. |
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Post by Freak93 on Apr 16, 2008 13:30:29 GMT -5
In all seriousness, I'm pretty terrified of Arabs in public places. I hate it because I get so weary and need to get out and I know it's wrong but, like...I can't help it. Wal-Mart has to be the worst for this. All of the people in Wal-Mart do that for me. I hate that place beyond belief. |
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Post by Loki on Apr 16, 2008 18:54:25 GMT -5
You know how messed up it is when a pretty good representation of the young society today all say they think about this kinda thing? The generations before us didn't have anything like that to worry about this seriously.
The Cold War with Russia was pretty serious but it doesn't seem like people were to distraught about it after awhile.
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Post by detroitbasketball on Apr 16, 2008 19:14:13 GMT -5
The Cold War went on so long that it sort of just slipped into the backs of people's minds as a fact of life, or so I've been told by the adults I know that lived through it. There were definitely escalations and such, but it just sort of became the same old thing.
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Post by Keeper on Apr 16, 2008 19:53:58 GMT -5
I think it's just because of how random violence has become. Terrorism is virtually the most effective warfare, we have school shooting incidents practically monthly.
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Post by Claytons Crew on Apr 16, 2008 20:18:50 GMT -5
You know how messed up it is when a pretty good representation of the young society today all say they think about this kinda thing? The generations before us didn't have anything like that to worry about this seriously. The Cold War with Russia was pretty serious but it doesn't seem like people were to distraught about it after awhile. Thats so true. The generations before us were the good times (so I hear from co-workers, parents, and older friends). Maybe it's the influences in todays America? Most rappers are rapping about selling drugs and killing people and these kids believe it so they feel they need to do it because their idol said they did it. But, when it comes down to it, that rapper is sitting in his house pronouncing all his words correctly and eating a nice steak while the butler cleans his room. </rant> |
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Post by LjSnUo on Apr 17, 2008 13:50:29 GMT -5
You guys are all wasting your time thinking about this stuff. Its not going to happen to you.
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Post by detroitbasketball on Apr 17, 2008 14:09:36 GMT -5
You guys are all wasting your time thinking about this stuff. Its not going to happen to you. Nobody at VT thought it was going to happen to them either. THe point is, you can never be sure. |
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Post by LjSnUo on Apr 17, 2008 14:14:12 GMT -5
You guys are all wasting your time thinking about this stuff. Its not going to happen to you. Nobody at VT thought it was going to happen to them either. THe point is, you can never be sure. Well worrying about it wouldn't have changed shit for them either. The point is you can't waste time worrying about things that you really have NO control over. |
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