Hero Off-Duty Cops In Santa Clarita Would Have Been Felons In Connecticut

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Hero Off-Duty Cops In Santa Clarita Would Have Been Felons In Connecticut

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Santa Clarita was a tragedy, but I think we can all agree that it could have been much worse. With “only” two dead, it wasn’t another Parkland by any stretch of the imagination, much less a Virginia Tech which is still the most deadly school shooting in American history. As it was, though, it was bad enough. Two children are dead. That’s a tragedy by any measure.

Part of the reason it wasn’t worse was because there was an armed response. Off-duty police officers carrying firearms were at the school when things started and they jumped into action.

Had this happened in Connecticut, however, those cops would likely have been felons for doing what they did.
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The article only says the officers saved lives by rendering first aide to victims. Not by engaging the shooter. And it doesn’t confirm if they even were armed.
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Re: Hero Off-Duty Cops In Santa Clarita Would Have Been Felons In Connecticut

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C-dub wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:24 pm The article only says the officers saved lives by rendering first aide to victims. Not by engaging the shooter. And it doesn’t confirm if they even were armed.
Lets just leave it as, “Some people did something”. The details don’t really matter. :biggrinjester:
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