It Can Happen Anywhere

Courthouse Shooting

Did you see this video recently of a madman stalking the courthouse in Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to gun down a judge?

You'd think that off all the "gun free" zones around, a courthouse might actually be among the safest.  What with metal detectors, bailiffs, and random police officers all over the place...  But that didn't work in this case.  The guy wanders in with an overcoat and somehow gets in three guns and then stands in the hallway trying to get it loaded.  It looks to be simply a case of his incompetence that thankfully nobody got killed.

I have to hand it to the gal who hauled butt out of the judge's office to get away.  A lot of municipal office workers would have gone into lockdown mode and tried to hide under her desk or stay in one place.  She took off and got away alive.  Even hiding behind the glass door, it looks like she figured that out and then hid better.

Just goes to show that the most important survival tool we have is our mind, followed closely by an ability to stay calm under pressure.