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RE: Realistic Aims

Comment comment by Brandon on 26 April 2007

I was thinking more about this and I realized it would only have taken one or two students packing heat to save most of the lives. Of course, this isn't allowed on college campuses, so I have to suspect Cho knew there was really nothing anyone could do to stop him. He had made bomb threats in the weeks leading up to the shooting, so he knew how the police would react and how long they would take - and they were the only hope the students/professors had of self defense.

What if the room could be filled with fast-hardening foam, like the car in Minority Report? Or, what if there were lots of readily accessible tazers in classrooms?

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RE: Realistic Aims by gnifyus :: NR7

I suppose having some sort of disabling weapon in an alarmed "break-glass-to-access" type of receptacle might have at least helped for the classroom next door to be ready for him. It still relies on a "hero" though.

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