It is quite clear that armed law enforcement field agents
were being
targeted for this training. From the Local
2544 of the National
Border Patrol Council website, I quote the entire
account:
07-03-12 Since this information was posted and
after media
scrutiny the agency has offered to revise and clarify this
training. Despite claims to the contrary, the training was
clearly mandated
for all Border Patrol agents. We look
forward to seeing the revised training.
We see no reason
agents would need this training in the first place, even
with
clarification. It is a complete waste of an agent's
time.
06-20-12 In
another nauseating series of "Virtual Learning
Center" brainwashing courses
that Border Patrol agents are
forced to sit behind a computer for hours and
endure, we are
now taught in an "Active Shooter" course that if we
encounter a
shooter in a public place we are to "run away"
and "hide". If we are cornered
by such a shooter we are to
(only as a last resort) become "aggressive" and
"throw
things" at him or her. We are then advised to "call law
enforcement"
and wait for their arrival (presumably, while
more innocent victims are
slaughtered). Shooting incidents
cited in the course are Columbine, the
Giffords shooting and
the Virginia Tech shooting.
These types of mandatory
brainwashing courses and the idiocy
that accompanies them are simply stunning
when they are
force-fed to law enforcement officers. Anyone with an ounce
of
common sense knows that any three of the above shootings
would have been
stopped cold by an off-duty law enforcement
officer or a law abiding citizen
with a gun. The Fort Hood
shooting would have been stopped cold by someone with
a gun
as well. The shooters in these situations depend on unarmed
and scared
victims. It gives them the power they seek. We
could go on and on with examples
of shootings that could
have been stopped by someone with a firearm. One of the
videos in this course actually shows a terrified female
hiding behind a desk
as an example of how to "hide" from
some deranged shooter. Multiple quizzes
throughout the
course and a final test ensure repeatedly that we know that
we
only have three options when encountering some murderous
thug in a public
place. 1. Run away; 2. Hide; and 3. Only
put up a fight as a last resort by
acting aggressively and
throwing things at the shooter. Not one mention
anywhere of
"if you are carrying a gun and you have the opportunity take
the
shooter out". Calling 911 in these instances is obvious,
but we all know that
waiting on the arrival of uniformed law
enforcement will ensure more people are
killed, injured, or
taken hostage. Telling law enforcement officers that in all
instances they are to run away and hide from some thug while
innocent victims
are butchered is simply inexcusable and
pathetic.
It is always comforting
to know that for those of us who
carry a weapon when we are off-duty, if we
should encounter
such a situation, stop a shooter and save countless lives,
we
can look forward to being disciplined or fired by the
Border Patrol because we
should have run away to hide and
then maybe thrown objects at the deranged
killer instead of
taking action and stopping him with a firearm. This, in
addition to the scrutiny and second-guessing that will come
from local
authorities and the inevitable possibility of
lawsuits and criminal
conviction.
Welcome to the New Patrol.