{"id":91633,"date":"2023-04-06T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T16:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=91633"},"modified":"2023-04-06T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T16:22:57","slug":"91633","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=91633","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an\u00a0axiom from General Patton I already knew:
\n\u201cA good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.\u201d<\/em>
\nand a phrase I learned later, the official<\/em> version of which is:
\nSurprise, Speed, Violence of Action, <\/em>that go hand in hand.
\nAnd unto that, you can’t be cowardly<\/p>\n

Nashville police talk response, illustrates key point<\/a><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t that long ago when a lot of headlines claimed that Uvalde police failed to enter Robb Elementary School due to fears over the shooter\u2019s AR-15. This was, of course, taken as evidence that we should ban so-called assault weapons.<\/p>\n

In Nashville, though, something different happened. While the killer also had an AR-15, the\u00a0police responded very differently<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The heroic police officers who stopped a gunman at a Nashville Christian school March 28 have spoken out about their response, telling reporters they entered the school \u201cwithout hesitation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Six people were\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0when the shooter, Audrey Hale, entered The Covenant Christian school in Nashville and opened fire with two \u201cassault-type\u201d rifles and a handgun. Within minutes, Nashville Police entered the school and subdued the shooter, saving the lives of countless potential victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve trained for incidents like this for years, with the thought that if it ever happened we would not hesitate,\u201d Nashville Metro Chief of Police John Drake\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0reporters. \u201cWe would go in and we would do whatever was needed for the safety of those involved.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

When Englebert heard gunshots, he told reporters he \u201ccouldn\u2019t get to it fast enough\u201d as he searched for a staircase, understanding that the shots were coming from the second floor. Englebert revealed that when he \u201cfound himself at the front of the stack\u201d he realized he wasn\u2019t wearing rifle-grade body armor for protection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, let\u2019s compare the shootings in Uvalde to Nashville for a second. Uvalde resulted in 21 innocent lives taken while Nashville resulted in six.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s six too many, we can all agree, but what a difference an appropriate police response can make, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0And Englebert had ample reason to delay, not wearing sufficient armor, and he didn\u2019t. He went in and put the threat down.<\/p>\n

While many still want to fixate on the kinds of firearms used or the laws surrounding them, time and time again we see that the secret to minimizing the impact of these shootings isn\u2019t a new law restricting people\u2019s freedom, it\u2019s having a quick and aggressive response.<\/p>\n

Police were on the scene and engaged the shooter within minutes in Nashville. In Uvalde, it was\u00a01 hour<\/em>\u00a0and 14 minutes<\/em>. How many lives would have been saved if the cops in Uvalde had responded similarly to those in Nashville?<\/p>\n

Yet let\u2019s also look at a couple of other shootings that had a quick and aggressive response.<\/p>\n

First, let\u2019s look at White Settlement, TX.<\/p>\n

In that instance, a killer decided to try and shoot up a church service\u2013churches being a favorite target of these knobs for some reason\u2013and it didn\u2019t work out for him. A volunteer working security at the church put a round in his head within mere seconds. The death toll not counting the human-shaped filth?\u00a0Two.<\/a><\/p>\n

Then we have Greenwood Park Mall. In that case, the goblin decided to shoot up a shopping center, another popular target. The problem with that plan was that an armed citizen put the killer down quick, fast, and in a hurry. The death toll, again not counting the shooter?\u00a0Three.<\/a><\/p>\n

It seems like a quick response from the police is good, but having an armed individual there on the scene is better.<\/p>\n

The police in Nashville should be commended for how well they did their jobs. I take nothing away from them. They did it and did it quickly.<\/p>\n

Yet when someone is there on the scene, the death toll is greatly reduced. It\u2019s a blip on the radar, then quickly buried by whatever celebrity news the media thinks is more important.<\/p>\n

The issue isn\u2019t access to guns\u2013the Nashville shooter had a handgun and could have killed just as many people with it, for example\u2013but having armed people in these places ready and willing to respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is an\u00a0axiom from General Patton I already knew: \u201cA good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.\u201d and a phrase I learned later, the official version of which is: Surprise, Speed, Violence of Action, that go hand in hand. And unto that, you can’t be cowardly Nashville police talk … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91634,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91633\/revisions\/91634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}