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They were civilians...not trained or expected to respond to this threat. Just seems awfully unfair to call them cowards when it was fairly obvious the BG had all the advantage and they couldn't count on the other victims to respond in concert.

For those who feel the men in the room were cowards when they didn't "take advantage" of the opportunity the gal with the purse gave them, consider how big the bad guy was and the way he simply brushed her off like a fly.

Having had to wrestle men that size to the ground before (with the help of a half-dozen or so fellow LEOs), I can tell you that even had all six of the men in the room piled on immediately there still was a good chance the nut-case would have retained his gun and likely injured or killed one or more of them. It would have been like six ticks on a water buffalo.

At the end the big guy didn't go down until several rounds had been pumped into him and even then he managed to spray the place with numerous shots.

I think those guys were wise to stay in their seats under the circumstances. Had they jumped him when the little lady attacked they may well have gotten her killed as well as themselves. The bad guy was obviously pumped on adrenaline if nothing else.

Best copy of the video I found all the way up to just before he caps himself is at the bottom of my article, Florida Schoolboard Shooting Illustrates How Gun Laws Serve to Disarm Only the Good Guys

It's a shame that best weapon on any of the victims in the room was a purse. The gal was courageous and stupid...but if it had worked I'd probably be saying she was courageous and brilliant.