# Police response during mass shooting event {Not Gun Control, 2nd Amendment or Politics}

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 26, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-response-during-mass-shooting-event-not-gun-control-2nd-amendment-or-politics/965165 "2022-05-26T18:28:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-response-during-mass-shooting-event-not-gun-control-2nd-amendment-or-politics/965165/155 "2022-05-28T02:35:36Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Is the life of a policeman worth so much less than yours that they should take a bullet to make you feel safer.

Worth less, no, but it’s part of what he signed up for when he became a police officer. If he hasn’t the stomach for it, he should find another line of work.

I posted [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-dead-at-elementary-school-w-of-san-antonio-tx-may-24-2022/965028/115) yesterday in the breaking news thread, linking David Grossman’s essay, “On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs.”

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