Mikey
We are just mostly half-anonymous yokels on the Internet, but grieve for the widow and you, Yak. A horrible thing has come to pass. Peace and condolences.
Mikey
Kinda why I shared today’s journey, I debated it. These mass shootings are always so far away. They are other people. People I don’t know. Never thought I would personally know someone slain in one.
Thanks all.
Everyday the news is filled with bad stuff that has happened to "other" people.
I tell my familiy that those people probably thought it was just going to be a ordinary day like every other day until it wasn't.
When I came back to work from lunch, one of my tenants asked if I heard about the shooting to which I replied - Yes
He said his son works there but got off at 3:00am this morning.
I drove by on my commute to work before 6:30am this morning - its a drive that I make 7 days a week and now I will always remember what had happened there.
R.I.P to all![]()
These mass shootings are always so far away. They are other people. People I don’t know. Never thought I would personally know someone slain in one.
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Everyday the news is filled with bad stuff that has happened to "other" people.
And yet people think I'm nuts for keeping a set of body armor (w/ AR500 Level IIIa plates) at work. I've lost count of the number of people who's seen my plate carrier and laugh/scoff at the idea. And there will be people reading this very thread that will laugh at this post. It's always somebody else until it's your turn.
The only thing stopping what happened at VTA from happening at my workplace is one security guard (24/7) manning the front gate and a sign (that nobody reads) saying weapons are prohibited on site. (And a very very large probability of odds that it won't.)
Is this body armor gonna stop me from dying if the unthinkable should occur here? No. Does it give me a better chance of surviving such? Yes. Is that chance worth $150? It is to me. YMMV
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I think you and I have some very different ideas about how we approach risk and risk management in our daily lives, but on a fundamentally human level I've always suspected we hit closer together than some others. It's not my choice but I'm glad you're thinking a few moves ahead.
Channel 7 quoted the shooter's gf saying that he was stressed out about the amount of work he was given and that he said that his boss mistreated him.Yikes. Too close to home. VTA does not exactly seem like a pressure cooker job.