To begin with, this is your president. This ought to be one of the most shameful things ever said by a sitting president.
"Do you have any words to the victims of the hurricane?"
BIDEN: "We've given everything that we have."
"Are there any more resources the federal government could be giving them?"
BIDEN: "No." pic.twitter.com/jDMNGhpjOz
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 30, 2024
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In this video, you’ll notice at least the following things. Feel free to add to them in the comments. I’m going to address my remarks to the response of the people, not LEOs. I don’t care, per se, about LEOs in this commentary because I’m not focused on LEOs.
The music is loud. Being in such venues under these conditions means that at least one of your senses has been effectively removed because you can’t hear threats. The crowd is densely packed. It was hard to move around when the shooting started.
The reaction is lethargic and extremely delayed. Even when the music stopped and the shooting was identified, the people on the video laughed rather than sought cover or concealment. The venue itself was effectively a confined space, with an overwatch from the hotel (and perhaps other hotels or buildings). This gave a shooter great position to use a long range, standoff weapon in relative safety while he perpetrated his evil.
Even after it was recognized that there was a shooting and they were in danger, the people stopped to take videos, laugh, talk, and variously jibber-jabber and yak about what was happening. With this kind of response, it’s a miracle that hundreds more didn’t die.
Folks, confined spaces are dangerous. They can kill you. You can be trampled, you can be shot, you can be knifed, you can be run over, and you can be assaulted. You are usually hemmed in on one or more sides, and concealment and cover is usually limited in venues like this. Confined spaces also concentrate gases, contaminants and dangerous biological hazards. Here they were in a confined space with no protection, and yet they were lethargic in their response.
Remember the three E’s. Evasion, Egress and Escape. Evade the initial danger, find suitable egress from the danger, and escape the location. Get out without delay. Better yet, avoid crowds like this, and examine the nature of the venue before you ever go. In conditions like this where there is an “observation post,” or conditions are good for one to have been set up, make your escape before anything happens. In other words, begin thinking about your safety at all times and in all locations.
With America behaving like this, with lethargy being the order of the day, and with safety and security being the last thing people consider, and also with the influx of MS-13 members, Islamists and other bad actors across the borders, we are set up for disaster and many more events like this, of much greater magnitude.
Don’t buy the hype or the progressive talking points. Gun control won’t help this situation. With the foundations for civil unrest or even civil war being laid by the deep state, and with the porous sieve that defines our Southern border, this cannot be dealt with simply or with another law or regulation. America needs to think differently about her future.