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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
VA Tech is something like 100 buildings over 2000 acres. It would take quite a while to search out a well prepared shooter.
While I have never been in such a situation, and sincerely hope I never am, I am always left wondering why one persion couldnt have just jumped the guy and ended the rampage much sooner. It is amazing how fear can absolutely paralyze a person.
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Because it never works, especially if the killer is using either an automatic weapon or a pistol.
If your dealing with a guy with a gun and you don't have one, and you decide to rush him, your likely going to die since that person has already made the decision to kill people, and in mass.
When I was in the military, we played out an un armed man attacking an armed man, and 9 times out of 10, the unarmed man was dead before he got within 10 feet no matter what the element of of surprise is.
The other scenario was the armed man against the crowd of approaching unarmed people, and for the most part you usually got the armed person, after he emptied his magazine killing 30 or more people.
Best thing you can do in that situation is find a place to hole up that has more then one entry points nearby, and hope that he dosen't see you.