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Originally Posted by ernie
His comments that he would get everyone to rush the shooter and his story that he has had a gun pulled on him in a Popeye's. His response? "I think you want the guy at the counter".
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This guy is nuts, but I don't think the idea that in a situation like this, having everyone rush the shooter is the worst plan in the world. I recently listened to a podcast that talked about precisely this. If you had a sort of mutual understanding that this is just how we behave in situations where a mass shooting appears to be happening (in a case where everyone can't just run away, like where you're in a classroom or a movie theatre or whatever), the loss of life would likely be lower if everyone just took the guy at once. A few people would certainly be injured and it's likely someone or several someones would die, but probably fewer than if the shooter gets his way.
The analogy used was, what happens if a guy stands up on a plane with a gun and says "everyone just keep your seats, I'm going to take control of this jet, don't interfere and you won't be harmed". Nobody is listening to that. That guy is, quite simply, going down.
The problem is actually getting everyone on the same page, because if 1-2 people rush him, it isn't going to work. Has to be everyone. It's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma, I suppose.