The Police Waited 43 Minutes
Posted by Raven on 6th April 2009
All the recent shootings have the left screaming for more gun control. It’s fairly certain Barry is going to try to restrict our access to guns. This article highlights WHY it’s so important for citizens to keep their 2nd Amendment rights. DO NOT DEPEND UPON POLICE and LAW ENFORCEMENT to protect you. They won’t.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) – Even if police officers had immediately entered the immigrant center where a gunman had just shot down 13 people, the victims’ injuries were so severe that none would have survived, a county prosecutor said Sunday.
But police didn’t enter the American Civic Association until nearly 45 minutes after the first 911 calls came in at 10:30 a.m. Friday. They began removing the wounded about 15 minutes after that.
It took more than two hours to clear the building. Survivors reported huddling for hours in a basement, not knowing whether they were still in danger after the gunman, 41-year-old Jiverly Wong, killed 13 people.
Had a citizen been carrying a gun they might have been able to stop the carnage. But no…people seem to think the police will protect them. It’s clear they will not. Policies now direct SWAT TEAMS to go into these situations, which is fine so long as the TEAM can be a real RAPID RESPONSE. Even then though, it’s oft too late.
The first 911 calls came in at 10:30 a.m., police Chief Joseph Zikuski said at a news conference. The callers spoke broken English, and it took dispatchers 2 minutes to sort out what was happening, he said.
Patrol officers arrived at 10:33 a.m., five minutes before a wounded receptionist called police to report a gunman in the building, Zikuski said. Police had earlier said it was that call that brought them to the immigration center.
When police arrived at the scene, the gunfire had stopped, so they believed there was no “active gunman” in the center and decided to wait for the SWAT team to arrive, Zikuski said.
The SWAT team entered the building until 11:13 a.m., 43 minutes after the first call to police.
The huge problem with this policy is the fact that VICTIMS will be left to die. In this case, their wounds were too traumatic, but who knows, in other situations? If we cannot depend upon law enforcement to come in and RESCUE us, it’s pretty clear to me we must STAND UP and defend ourselves against the shooters in the first place.
Get a gun. Learn to use it. Carry it with you at all times.
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