About three hours ago the story started to unfold. First reports were of shots fired at Colin County Community College in McKinney. Campus was in lock-down mode and the usual aerial video was coming in of an empty parking lot and response vehicles scattered about. With classes starting at my venue next week, it merely reinforced my own tactical planning for such situations. Today's students are always seeming on the ragged edge of insanity. I don't think it was that much different thirty years ago, but today they can get a lot more violent than our generation ever seemed to consider. I plan ahead.
Later reports indicated that the campus was secure and a suspect was being sought nearby. No injuries to faculty or students--which makes sense because this is a between semesters period. Summer classes are ended and fall semester hasn't yet begun. Not many targets available.
Then it came out that the shooting actually was at the nearby police station! All the details weren't available, but one would have to question of the wisdom of arming up and going down to the local constabulary for a bit of target practice. I think it would be an exercise of very high level tactical training.
Now this:
Gunman Dead, Burning Truck Lures Targets
That, my friends, is a made-for-TV plot. Drive your truck up to the station, light it off and then stand by for cop-plinking. This was one or more seriously disturbed individuals.
Good news is that the college, for a change, was not ground zero. Surprisingly the "gun-free zone" of the campus was by-passed for the heavily armed cop central. That doesn't change my planning one bit.
Condition Yellow is a good way to live a long and happy life.
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