Why did they just get on the floor and wait to be shot?
If over 50 people were shot, surely there must have been many more that were not shot that were present in the immediate area. Why didn't people rush the shooter? Why didn't people take some action to save themselves rather than wait to be shot? The shooter had to reload many times...why didn't the people who had the ability and opportunity rush that shooter and stop him? The question is almost rhetorical because I think I know the answer. But, it still doesn't stop me from thinking that after everything we've been through with school shootings and all the discussions, how we could have allowed this mass killing to happen? Although, I am very much aware that well intentioned people from a number of school districts prevented police and other safety experts from telling very young students how to react to save themselves should a shooter enter their classroom. And these same people generally discouraged this message to older students as well. I've heard some people say they feel it's better to let the professionals deal with the shooter...as they wring their hands and ask, what are kids going to do against a gunmen? Well, the dead and wounded were adults as far as we know and I can't help but wonder if that sort of feminized mentality isn't pervasive in our society and that is what allowed one shooter to kill so many people?