I just don't understand the "deer in headlights" reaction...From LA Times:
Desiree Smith, 21, was taking notes on continental drift when out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure in a black ski cap step onto the stage, beside the instructor.
"He was holding this huge gun," she said. "I couldn't even process it. He stood there with the gun pointing down, almost like an action-movie poster -- that's what he looked like for a second. Then he lifted it up and shot at my teacher."
Smith dropped to the ground. Under the chair, she locked eyes with another student. They stared at one another in terrified stillness. Then the other student began to move. Afraid of being left alone, Smith followed her, clambering on elbows and knees up the aisle.
"I could feel people bumping me, crawling over me. Everyone was pushing, clawing at the ground, trying to get out as soon as possible," Smith said.
A few days ago, late at night, high winds tipped over my aluminum patio set and knocked it against the front door, sounding like someone kicked the door or fell hard against it. (of course, I didn't know that's what it was!) Almost faster than conscious thought, as a first reaction, I had my SIG in hand out of the drawer, just like that.
Why did I turn out differently that that's my reaction to a threat, instead?
Oh, and yes, of course, the leftists are already starting to bleat to "take guns out of the hands of private citizens, only the police should have them"...
