3 officers shot at New Jersey police station

[Are_grits_groceries]

Three police officers were shot early Friday at the Gloucester Township Police station in New Jersey, according to a local NBC News station.
One of the officers is in surgery, and the other two are in the hospital with minor injuries, reported NBC10, NBC's Philadelphia affiliate.
The gunman is reportedly not associated with the police department. It is unclear if a suspect is in custody.
Gloucester is in central New Jersey, about 15 miles outside Philadelphia.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/28/16211363-3-officers-shot-at-new-jersey-police-station?lite

smh.....

[malaise]

1. Teachers, police, firemen

When politicians target government workers, so do their fanatical supporters.

[hogwyld]

23. My thoughts exactly

When the GOP spends 30 years demonizing government and government workers, those that grew up hearing those lies act on them.

[SoCalDem]

2. If only someone there had been armed..

oh wait.. they WERE..

I hope the officers are okay

I was just spouting the NRA lingo..couldn't help myself..

[Berserker]

10. But the officers were armed

and the suspect is dead. He didn't get far. In another scenario would it have been different if the officers were not armed?

[Are_grits_groceries]

12. And there were a lot of them and they were TRAINED.

In addition, they could put their hands on different types of weapons if needed.

In a school, there would be chaos with guns galore and nobody with a clue. If there is no basic plan, you have everybody doing whatever comes to mind.

[thucythucy]

14. The article says that the gunman grabbed his gun

from one of the cops. So he was unarmed until he ran into someone armed.

Just saying.

[Tom Rinaldo]

17. THAT is the biggest danger of guns in schools

Police don't have to teach - they are very conscious of protecting their fire arms less they be grabbed and used against them - and still it happens from time to time.

[thucythucy]

20. Agreed: see my post

below.

[PeaceNikki]

22. And people here on DU blame a DV victim for her own death because she didn't arm herself.

MORE GUNS!!!

[frylock]

26. in another scenario, an unarmed officer would never have been disarmed..

and had his weapon used against him.

[SomethingFishy]

27. The "suspect" was unarmed.

He took a gun from a cop and opened fire.

Gee, I wonder how much harder it is to get a gun from a cop than a teacher.

[aandegoons]

3. I think we should put a teacher in every precinct.

Clearly the police would be better served if they had armed teachers guarding them.

[SoCalDem]

4. and have the NRA offer them more classes.. n/t

[malaise]

5. DUzy

[xchrom]

6. !

[Xipe Totec]

8. Brilliant quip! nt

[lpbk2713]

7. But if only they had guns ...

No ... wait.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Was that a gun-free zone, like a school?

Oh, I see........

[Berserker]

11. Nope it was not a gun free zone

and he paid for it with his life.

[thucythucy]

15. If it had been a gun free zone

there would probably not have been a shooting, since the dead gunman was able to get his gun from an armed and trained policeman.

Another instance where the presence of guns leads to death and mayhem.

[Barack_America]

13. How the NRA expects you to look at the world...

...for their "good guys with guns" stopping "bad guys with guns" theory to work. Raised, loaded and scanning at all times. What a way to live.

Prayers and good thoughts to the officers.

[Remmah2]

18. Did he grab one of the police guns?

"A violent struggle occurred while the suspect was being processed," Deputy Chief David Harkins said. The man was able to grab a gun and then opened fire."

So maybe we need to ban eggs in Bosnia now.

[thucythucy]

19. So an unarmed man went into a place where guns are

kept by presumably well trained police, and he was somehow able to get a gun away from one of the armed police and then shoot three people.

I can't imagine the average teacher will be better trained around weapons than your average cop. So what are the chances, then, that we'd be seeing incidents like this in schools, involving kids getting their hands on guns they otherwise wouldn't have available to them? Resulting in more people dead and injured?

Just another reason why expecting teachers to be armed is a stupid idea.

[lunatica]

21. Well if they're killing the police and firefighters and teachers now

Somehow I don't feel very safe anymore. But I'm sure not running out to get a gun. It would probably be taken away from me (I'm 64 years old) and used against me.

[Chorophyll]

24. I'm younger than you and I feel the same way.

A death machine is a death machine. I wouldn't have one around.

[B2G]

25. An unarmed man didn't just walk into a police station and start shooting

He was under arrest for domestic violence and managed to grab one of the cops' guns. They responded by shooting him dead.

Good.