We Must Give Good Guys A Chance

By Semperpapa

There are no doubts in anyone’s mind that the actions of Sandy Hook Elementary School’s principal Dawn Hochsprung were heroic at a minimum.

According to reports, the 47 years old educator, alerted by the noise of Adam Lanza shooting his way into the school, Friday morning, came out of the office she was in and launched against the murderer in an attempt to stop him.

Yes, her actions were heroic, but just the willingness to sacrifice one’s own life is unfortunately not always enough to stop evil, as in the case of Ms. Hochsprung. Adam Lanza cut her down together with another teacher.

The problem in the scenario was not the woman courage and dedication to the safety of her students, nor her determination to try and do something, but the fact that she did not have a chance in succeeding in her act.
The odds were stacked against her in an insurmountable way as she was completely unarmed against an heavily armed assailant.

This is the story that continues to repeat itself over and over, always leaving a bad taste in the mouths of those who still believe we, as human beings, have the right to self defense.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) expressed my views perfectly on Fox News Sunday, when he said that he wished Ms. Hochsprung had had her own M4 carbine that day.

Those who are bent on the surrender of our society to an ideology of cowardice are all fired up in their renewed quest to infringe upon the rights of all Americans to self defense.

There have been university professors, (I know, not much of a surprise) who called out for the killing of whoever suggested the teachers should have been armed and in a position to defend themselves and the students. These statements were made not long after the news of the massacre started to stun the American people.

But I would like to ask any of the family members of the victims, if they would have preferred that the “gun free zone” approach for the school would have been violated by someone who was then going to be in the position to stop the criminal before getting to his other victims.

I am not saying that if Ms. Hochsprung, or anyone else in that office or classrooms, would have been a trained firearm holder that no one would have been hurt that day.
What I am trying to say is that we, as a society, have the obligation to give those who we allow to take care of our children the ability to not only care for them in the classroom setting, but also to be able to face and tackle unexpected situations like the one in Newtown.

One additional point to address some of the ignorance on display via the so-called media: some have maintained that an armed “defender” would have not made a difference because the attacker had body armor.

Before making real fools of themselves, some of these idiots in the media should do some research by asking folks who can answer such question, namely police officers or members of the Military who actually have been shot while wearing armor, to find out about the effects.

These so called journalists believe that wearing body armor makes the person invincible. But the reality is that even with a full body armor, including the ceramic plates used by the Military in combat, being hit with a bullet is a knock down experience. Even if the round does not penetrate the armor, the force of impact is such that the person is usually knocked down, and temporarily stopped. There have been cases of armor wearers who were shot in the chest and had the wind knocked out and even heavily bruised ribs.

The point is that they survived, but were also out of the fight at that moment.

Armor is not an invisible shield!

In the case of Dawn Hochsprung, had she been armed and able to place a round in the chest of Adam Lanza, she would have been able to knocking him down long enough to finish the job with a head shot. And maybe, just maybe, win the fight and save lives.

What it comes down to is that the good guys must be given a fighting chance. The way things are today, the policies and procedures are not much more than window dressing for public consumption, while all the screaming for additional gun control is nothing more than a political agenda.

Those who really are traumatized by the events of last Friday in Connecticut want solutions, not political agendas.
The left is rabid again against guns, not because of the massacre in Newtown (they are after all "necessary collateral damage" for the struggle), but because it is a golden opportunity for their pursuit of the dismantlement of the Constitution. The infringement upon the 2nd Amendment is an absolute must for the tear down of the rest of our rights.


Meanwhile, the so-called “gun free zone” continue to remain the main targets of those who want to bring death upon our society. These criminals are called crazy, but they have enough sense and sanity to always target people in places where they know law abiding citizens are not armed. Again the good guys are left no chance.

Just my thoughts!