i'd rather see these good folks not have to go into it empty handed if at all possible.
yup, the final report stats say:http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000248c.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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First responders are "usually bystanders" like in TucsonMost shooting incidents were
not resolved by law enforcement
intervention.More than half of the
attacks ended before law enforcement
responded to the scene—
despite law enforcement’s often
prompt response. In these cases,
faculty or fellow students stopped
the attacker, or the attacker either
stopped shooting on his own or
committed suicide...
So in school settings, "first responders" are usually students, faculty and staff, whether armed, or "unarmed, impotent, outmatched, and deceased," like several in Virginia.