Opinion
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- On 9 Oct 19, in the town of Halle, Germany, a single perpetrator fired several shots at the locked door of a local synagogue in an apparent attempt to enter and massacre worshipers inside who were observing the Yom Kippur Holiday.
Not clear if his shots were fired at the door itself, or the lock. In any event, the door held, and the suspect was unable to gain entry.
The suspect then wandered about outside, firing multiple shots, at least two of which were fatal, one at a bystander near a nearby Jewish cemetery, and one customer at an adjacent restaurant.
Both victims were dead at the scene.
The shooter filmed his own shooting escapade, much as did the shooter in the Christchurch, New Zealand incident earlier this year.
He was heard to say, in English, “Jews are responsible for the world’s problems,” or words to that effect
He was arrested without incident and is currently in police custody.
Type(s) of firearms used was not reported.
Meanwhile, unarmed British Police flee from, rather than confront, knife-wielding assailant.
Lessons:
1) This shooting rampage went on for over thirty-five minutes, in the middle of the day, in a highly-public neighborhood of a developed city in modern-day Germany, and during this thirty-five-minute window, the suspect was never confronted, by police, by security personnel, by anyone.
“Instantaneous police response” to theses kinds of incidents is mostly myth, as we see. In the New Zealand incident, we saw largely the same thing.
2) Jewish parishioners inside the building, forcibly disarmed by the German government, were the only ones in a position to react, but had no means to mount an effective response.
3) Locked doors work! Had this terrorist been able to gain entry, the death toll would surely have been much higher than it was.
4) Armed felons are not confined to the USA. Even in countries like Germany, where the private ownership of guns (much less the carrying of guns) is all but legally impossible, terrorists seem to have no problem becoming armed.
5) You’re on your own, no matter where you find yourself.
“Security” is a myth.
“Police protection” is a myth.
“Crime statistics” are mostly myth, and irrelevant to the individua.
“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, contrived and dishonest–but the myth–persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” ~ John F Kennedy
/John
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In America, the Supreme Court Judges have already stated as a FACT; “It is NOT the JOB of Police to PROTECT ANYONE. The INDIVIDUAL IS RESPONSIBLE to PROTECT THEIR SELVES.”
SOOOooo! The print on the sides of Police cars showing “Police to PROTECT and SERVE” IS A LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
It IS time to REMOVE the OVER 25,000 ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL “gun laws” from the books.
It IS time to go back to using the COMMON COURT LAW SYSTEM instead of the Admiralty LAW System which has been THRUST upon America.
His not getting in was pure luck augmented by a lack of training on his part. img1-azrcdn.newser.com/image/1261578-11-20191010061457.jpeg If you look at the door and at his shot placement, you’ll see that he didn’t comprehend breaching or kicking in louvers. The locked door did NOT work. Stupidity worked. The people inside are alive because of his incompetence. They were not saved by either their own actions or those of the police. The fact that the Jews inside were disarmed only proves that there are still shtetl juden in Germany. YOU are your only 1st responder. If you wait for someone to… Read more »
And yet there are people trying to downplay this saying things would be worse if he gotten if he were better armed.
He manufacturered his weapon illegally. And the criminals in Europe are armed with illegal guns far worser than some hunters bolt action rifle or some farmers double barrel shotgun.
Your dealing with criminals and madmen who have made it clear they’re not afraid of going to jail or dying if it means getting their agenda or objective across.
All law abiding citizens should learn to arm up legally and learn how to protect yourself and others.
We have to protect ourselves. The police (Lord knows we love ’em!) amount to nothing more than a clean-up detail when seconds are of the essence. The only deterrent to a criminal with a gun is an armed citizen willing to engage. That’s why I conceal carry a 9mm with 16 rounds of man-stopping hollow points at my disposal. Imagine, if you will, had the person taking video had in his or her possession not a digital recording device, but a .308 rifle with scope. Dude’s body armor would have amounted to squat! I have just such a thing, for… Read more »