Do you really want to examine who's behind all of these mass shootings over the past 20 years? Are you sure? I don't think you'll like the results, there have been more from your side than my side.
You've also told us in the past that you used to be a cop, but not a peep from you on your conservative brothers and their behavior in our most recent event, what happened to moral fortitude?
Leadership, leadership, leadership! Not necessarily in the command structure but also in the group- I'm gonna bet that at least one of the cops responding to the Uvalde call wanted to take effective action, take the initiative from the shooter.
Delay, beyond the time to form a plan is a sure path to failure. As soon as you stop acting, it becomes very difficult to attempt to regain the initiative. In the long ago times I was in pre-Vietnam flight school the mantra was 'Do something, even if it's wrong!' Inactivity is ineffectivity.
Once you move on your planned response, the plan might well disappear, but the inertia of your action will carry you through that and your tactical training will pay off. You have taken the initiative from the attacker and that's almost as good as a head shot.
In my former job, I had occasion to watch law enforcement train in what they called the 'shoot house'. They weren't training in multiple hostage situations, but they probably would have quickly overpowered an amateur who had no combat training, much less experience. Quick, violent and efficient.
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