What would you do?

[asterroc]

You're at work or at school, a normal boring day, and you hear gunshots in the hallway outside the door. What would you do?

The gunman in the VA Tech shooting was ID'd as a student from South Korea, an English major. One student in a room he was shooting in survived by playing dead, so he didn't shoot her. She and others in the room then barricaded the door with themselves so he couldn't push through, but he shot through the door. In another classroom they shoved the teacher's desk against the door to block it closed.

What would you do?

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

In that instance, I would have to accept the fact that it was very likely I'd die.

Yeah, that's one of my thoughts too, that if I did respond like that, there's a good chance I wouldn't make it, but that it's what I would do anyway. I think guns feel to me less fight-able than many other situations, due to their long-range capability. If it was a knife I have no doubt that I'd convince the burlier students we should mob him when he enters the room and I'd lead the charge. It's the throwing away my life to attack him with no hope that the students would take him down after that worries me. I know you're right that handguns aren't as bad as we think, but still, they'll hit you when you're at close range.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Knives are way more likely to kill you than guns. I would much rather face someone who had a gun than someone with a knife.

I am a bundle of cheer today.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Meh, this whole shooting thing's a great way to start a week. And the weather really adds to the whole ambiance.