Collateral Damage
Collateral Damage
On Friday, November 17, there was a shooting at the New Hampshire Hospital, a secure psychiatric facility. A man entered with a gun and shot and killed a security guard. The shooter was then killed by a State Police officer. Because of the shooting, an active shooter alert was sent around to all police officers. And that alert almost got me killed or injured in a traffic accident.
It was around 4:00 in the afternoon with people coming home from work so the traffic was slow and crowded. I was on a state road with one lane going east and another lane going west. In the middle was a left turn lane because it was a commercial area with lots of stores.
The driver in front of me put on his right blinker and began moving off road. Apparently, he heard a police siren or saw a vehicle in his rear-view mirror. I never saw a police car or heard a siren, so I began to move slightly into the left turn lane to go around the car pulling over.
Just at that moment, a police car was booking it at about 80 or so miles per hour down the middle lane. Suddenly inches away from my left side, he narrowly missed me, or, perhaps more accurately, I narrowly missed him. If I hit him, he would have been sent careening and/or I would have done the same. It could have been a massive accident.
I appreciate his willingness to risk his life to save lives. Hearing “active shooter� must have been chilling. But I think he made a terrible mistake traveling that fast down a left turn lane. It could have ended in a much worse disaster.
P. S. I am sick and tired of guns in America. We are awash in them thanks to the NRA. The gun makers are making filthy, bloody money. If you are a member of the NRA, ask yourself why.
On Friday, November 17, there was a shooting at the New Hampshire Hospital, a secure psychiatric facility. A man entered with a gun and shot and killed a security guard. The shooter was then killed by a State Police officer. Because of the shooting, an active shooter alert was sent around to all police officers. And that alert almost got me killed or injured in a traffic accident.
It was around 4:00 in the afternoon with people coming home from work so the traffic was slow and crowded. I was on a state road with one lane going east and another lane going west. In the middle was a left turn lane because it was a commercial area with lots of stores.
The driver in front of me put on his right blinker and began moving off road. Apparently, he heard a police siren or saw a vehicle in his rear-view mirror. I never saw a police car or heard a siren, so I began to move slightly into the left turn lane to go around the car pulling over.
Just at that moment, a police car was booking it at about 80 or so miles per hour down the middle lane. Suddenly inches away from my left side, he narrowly missed me, or, perhaps more accurately, I narrowly missed him. If I hit him, he would have been sent careening and/or I would have done the same. It could have been a massive accident.
I appreciate his willingness to risk his life to save lives. Hearing “active shooter� must have been chilling. But I think he made a terrible mistake traveling that fast down a left turn lane. It could have ended in a much worse disaster.
P. S. I am sick and tired of guns in America. We are awash in them thanks to the NRA. The gun makers are making filthy, bloody money. If you are a member of the NRA, ask yourself why.
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Sally Boots
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Nov 19, 2023 04:44AM
Yipes, Jimmy. I'm glad you're okay. And yes, the gun makers are a bunch of predators. Americans' relationship with guns is a mental illness.
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Thanks for sharing, Jimmy. You are correct that many people are put at risk other than those in the immediate area. I'm glad you are okay.
Hey Jimmy, I'm very relieved you came to no harm!About guns: for people here in Belgium (and most of Europe) this obsession about guns is difficult to understand.
Luckily we have no NRA here.
And we cannot buy guns in the supermarket.
Don't ever let the NRA get a foothold there, Dirk.
The documentary film Bowling for Columbine showed guns being given away as an incentive to open a bank account.
My one problem with that movie is that Michael Moore claimed to be a member of the NRA. He should drop out. I hope he has.
While I don't know the answer, my understanding was that Moore joined in order to get members to speak with him on camera.
