Active shooter situation in assisted living.
I haven’t posted here in quite some time, but yesterday an event occurred which I thought should be shared with other caregivers.
An active shooter situation occurred about a mile from me in public housing for the elderly. Apparently it was some type of assisted living.
The apartment building was partially (apparently) evacuated. Residents were kept together on the street; many were in wheelchairs.
It seems the police of the city as well as surrounding neighborhoods managed to evacuate those people before any harm came to them.
The 70 year old shooter was found dead early this morning. Cause of death is unclear at this point.
My concern and reason for posting is that if any of you have family or friends in assisted living, especially public housing, ask the administration what the gun policy is, and be diligent to ensure that your relatives or friends are not in a situation in which an active shooter can endanger their lives.
Please share this with your friends.
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As you've never mentioned your mother, I looked to see what issues you may be having and if anything could be said to help and support you.
Thats is what we do here - help and support each other with the terrible stress caring for an aging loved one can bring.
Thats all.
I have both parties in my family and friends, they are as appalled at the current political climate as can be, but they are not believing that anyone in Washington is right. It has degraded to a circus side act and I am afraid that it is both parties refusing to be the adult in the room.
It takes two to tangle, if everyone would start doing their jobs it may settle down, but none of them will humble themselves to step back, a proverbial pizzing match it will remain.
I have to say that the 2016 choices for President made me very sad, we are the greatest nation on the planet and this is the best our political parties can produce for candidates. Sad beyond measure.
I believe we should all pray for our leaders, whether we like them or not, because what they do impacts us all and we should all hope and pray they do a good job.
It was government housing and it was a big, loud, dramatic suicide. Not a mass shooting.
Hey, did anyone have veggies on the grill for father's day?
FWIW I am not a republican. Or a Democrat for that matter.
You say in one part you are 62 and that your caring for your 90 year old mother.
But in another part you say you are caring for your 62 year old, hard of hearing mother...
Its confusing.
If you enter a conversation with the attitude that you can not be reasoned with, you won't even try to be reasonable. So don't blame others because they don't believe like you do.
I get the idea that you think all Democrats are anti-gun, anti-christ and anti Republican. How very sad when we forget to look at a person and not a political party.
I for one think a jerk comes from all political parties and we need to deal with people on a one on one basis, not what we think they are.
states with the strictest gun laws have the most violent crimes. So tell me again about gun control? Assault weapons are banned in California. But they are all over this state, in the hands of criminals.
FWIW I’m not pro-gun. I don’t own any guns.
No offense intended, I couldn't help myself, this is getting heated and I thought about BBQ.
It's nothing new, of course, but either it really is getting worse or I'm getting too old.
”...a narcotic” could be a whole lot of things. Even Xanax. And, “may have” isn’t “was”.
It reminds me of a movie quote (of course - what doesn’t?)
Its from the movie Siege. To set it up - this is a Caucasian America Army Colonel in charge of detaining all the Muslim men in New York, speaking to Denzel, an African-American FBI agent:
Colonel Hardwick - “Don't get in my face, Hubbard. I might decide you're an Ethiopian”.
Anthony Hubbard:
“And you're just stupid enough to think that's an insult.”
(1) it does not prevent the firearm from being turned on its owner/user (soldier, LEO) in close quarters;
(2) firearms failed to fire from 5-40% of the time when the rightful user pulled the trigger; and
(3) the badly performing technology is expensive - to the tune of thousands of dollars for each weapon, turning a $1000 firearm into a $10,000 firearm.
When your life and the lives of your fellow LEOs, soldiers, and/or family are on the line, no one wants a firearm that cannot be relied upon.
The NRA has addressed the bio/mech tag safety as a firearm safety concern; "fair potential for target shooting but not recommended for self-defense purposes". The NRA recommendation is actually "softer" than the one issued by military and law enforcement groups so why aren't those groups being "blamed" for this non-functional bit of technology not being put into production?
I thank you for that update. I couldn't find anything online regarding the incident.
Situations like this help me to understand that I should not believe everything I hear that is being broadcast by the news. Jumping to conclusions seems to be their daily exercise.
A man once took exception to my noticing that he had repeatedly nudged another car out of his way while parking - it had been so flagrant I couldn't believe he hadn't done any damage (though actually he hadn't, not visibly). He abused me roundly and finished off with " - and I bet you're a vegetarian!"
I don't know whether he meant to imply that I was a muesli-eating Guardian-reading CND hippy or a fan of Hitler. People just dish out labels according to their approval or disapproval of what they already think the other person is like.
“Authorities say it will take up to six weeks to get results from a toxicology test to determine whether Campbell had any substances in system that may have played a role in his death and the shooting.”
As it’s only been four days since the incident I fail to understand how anyone can state that the man was “under the influence of pain pills”.
It happens far to often. Thankfully no one was injured by him.
Kinda like “Call me what you will - just don’t call me late for dinner”?!?
... but to be lumped in with Midwestern Bible Thumpers, who voted for that embarrassment currently in the Whitehouse - or more likely tweeting from the 18th green? Now that’s just mean!!!
*No offense to my pistol packin’ sisters in the Bible Belt intended.
In a world of algorithms there's no point minding the occasional false assumption that might come our way.
One person having a melt down doesn't make the national news, an active shooter still does. So I am curious what exactly happened.
But I'm not not an ideologue anti gun advocate. I don't see this as a black and white issue. There is more debate to be had about mental health issues; those issues have so much more effect upon shootings than any other factor, imo.
Yet, here I am. Why bother? Cause salutem - you’re making me nutz.
I am am not a fan of stereotypes. Particularly, ignorant stereotypes. But - then again, aren’t all stereotypes ignorant?
So salutem, for the record...
I am a 57 year old, Caucasian woman. I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon - a city and state well known for its liberal majority and point of view. Currently, I live with my husband and severely disabled adult son in a burb just outside of Portland.
I am a college educated, retired professional with a career history as a retail executive, a Human Resource Director and a corporate trainer.
I would classify myself as “spiritual” not religious. I can not recall the last time I was in a church. I have more friends among the LGBTQ community than I do “straight” ones.
I rarely drink alcohol due to being on pain medication. One drink and I fall asleep. I’m afraid my days of a skirt twirling, dress up over my head, party girl are over. But, I did have them, thats for sure. I still do partake in a little marijuana from time to time.
I recycle as much as possible and eat organic whenever I can. I am multi pierced and sport several large tattoos. And, no - not your stereotypical, prison or neo-nazi tattoos. Beautiful tattoos done by my gay tattoo artist with organic ink. My tattoo guy openly boasts and advertises having the first all organic, queer owned tattoo salon in
Portland.
I do not support hunting in general but I do understand the need to “thin the herd” when the ecological balance becomes skewed.
But yes, I do have a few conservative leanings. I believe in the death penalty, the right to own a gun and that one should never wear white after Labor Day and prior to Memorial Day.
I also believe that government should be as minimally invasive in its citizens lives as possible. Yet, it seems to me that our government - “both sides of the isle” tend to be hypocritical in its cherry-picking of interpretation when it comes to the laws and rights that govern its citizens. I mean, if I can’t be trusted with “the right to choose” that which is right for me morally, ethically, physically and mentally - how on earth can I be trusted to own a gun? And vice-versa?
I own two guns. A .38 revolver and a semi-automatic 9mm. My husband also owns two guns. We each keep a loaded weapon in the drawers of
our bedside tables. My other gun is kept - loaded - in a safe spot near our front door... I’m home alone a lot.
So, salutem - I do wish you’d stop making stereotypes and assigning political affiliations to your argument against gun ownership by private citizens. It only serves to weaken your stance by making you sound like a rhetoric spewing fanatic.
Thus, children finding such a gun in the house could never hurt themselves or a playmate, as they wouldn't be able to use said modern technology firearm without the bracelet.
And if police used such a gun, there wouldn't be any worry of a criminal wrestling that gun away from the officer and using said gun on the officer. The gun wouldn't fire.
For some reason, the National Rifle Association did not like the above gun. So that firearm never became popular.
We live in a country where you can go to Walmart and buy a shot gun along with a gallon of milk, but you can't buy a Eminem cd! Doesn't make any sense!!!
Something does need to be done with gun control but I still think people should have the right to own a gun with a permit. Will someone with a permit save lives? Maybe or maybe not! Can that same person go on a massive killing spree, prehaps! I don't think there is just one answer to this problem. And I don't think anyone is closer to solving the problem today than they were a year ago!
Evil always finds a way! I would have to agree with Smeshque and Isthisrealyreal. "Its a matter of the heart..."
Just my 2 cents!