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He survived the attack at Columbine, having been shot in the process....now he is a vocal supporter of gun Rights.....
bearingarms.com
The original article linked above...
Rather than going after guns, Mr. Todd wants to see armed responses more prepared to confront the threats in schools and other localities.
“The solution is to physically stop them,” he said. “If you look at every single one of these that has happened over the last 25 years since Columbine, and even before then, they are stopped when someone confronts the shooter, and a vast majority at the time that’s an armed person.”
Mr. Todd continued, “Whether it’s an armed citizen who has taken it upon themselves to get trained, or an armed teacher, or a security guard — or eventually even a law enforcement officer — these things stop every single time when [the shooters] are finally confronted by somebody, and that’s what we need to do.”
He reflected on his own experience inside the Columbine library on that fateful day, recalling how the two killers “joked about putting their guns aside … and starting to knife people to death,” as they openly acknowledged there was no one at the school who could stop their rampage.
“They were so comfortable with not being pursued or stopped at that moment that they just moved nonchalantly and were murdering people,” Mr. Todd said.
It’s for these reasons Mr. Todd has also been an outspoken advocate of training and arming teachers and staff at schools, especially when funds aren’t available to pay school resource officers or enact other costly security measures.
www.washingtontimes.com
Some mass shooting survivors aren't fans of gun control
bearingarms.com
The original article linked above...
Rather than going after guns, Mr. Todd wants to see armed responses more prepared to confront the threats in schools and other localities.
“The solution is to physically stop them,” he said. “If you look at every single one of these that has happened over the last 25 years since Columbine, and even before then, they are stopped when someone confronts the shooter, and a vast majority at the time that’s an armed person.”
Mr. Todd continued, “Whether it’s an armed citizen who has taken it upon themselves to get trained, or an armed teacher, or a security guard — or eventually even a law enforcement officer — these things stop every single time when [the shooters] are finally confronted by somebody, and that’s what we need to do.”
He reflected on his own experience inside the Columbine library on that fateful day, recalling how the two killers “joked about putting their guns aside … and starting to knife people to death,” as they openly acknowledged there was no one at the school who could stop their rampage.
“They were so comfortable with not being pursued or stopped at that moment that they just moved nonchalantly and were murdering people,” Mr. Todd said.
It’s for these reasons Mr. Todd has also been an outspoken advocate of training and arming teachers and staff at schools, especially when funds aren’t available to pay school resource officers or enact other costly security measures.
Mass shooting survivor hits back at gun control claims with true ‘solution’
While many survivors, activists and politicians see firearms restrictions as the path forward to stopping mass shootings, there are some surprising dissenters to this familiar line of thinking.
www.washingtontimes.com
