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Showing Original Post only (View all)CA School Teacher Talked Shooter Into Surrender [View all]
Source: TPM
IGOR BOBIC 3:43 PM EST, THURSDAY JANUARY 10, 2013
A Taft, Calif., school teacher and a campus supervisor talked a shooter into surrender on Thursday, the AP reports. At least two people were shot and the suspect is reportedly in custody.
Authorities described the shooter as a 16-year-old student who attended the high school. He was armed with a 12 gauge shotgun.
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Probably. Because the person trying to talk to them would have been shot in about 3 seconds
joeglow3
Jan 2013
#29
Gun Nuttery would have preferred that the NRA armed teacher had blown the kid away. nt
onehandle
Jan 2013
#6
Adolph got rejected from art school, but it was a stupid, unempathic administrator who did it, and
ancianita
Jan 2013
#23
I seriously think a teacher in every gun shop is a GREAT idea. Hats off to teachers.
Dems to Win
Jan 2013
#18
And @ every table of local gun shows.They should get their principal's hourly rate for either place.
ancianita
Jan 2013
#24
If the shooter had an assault weapon there would have been no teacher and a room full of
grantcart
Jan 2013
#19
You mean they didn't have to whip the AR-whatever off the rack behind their desk...
Hekate
Jan 2013
#26