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Colorado middle school teacher Dr. David Benke

Teacher Tackles Gunman Suspected in Colo. Shooting

(GunReports.com)--The gunman was walking through a middle school parking lot and taking shots at students with a hunting rifle as terrified teenagers ran for their lives. He had just wounded two students and seemed ready to unleash more violence when a math teacher named David Benke sprung into action.

According to FoxNews.com, Benke confronted the 32-year-old gunman, tackled him and pinned him to the ground with the help of another teacher, stopping what could have been a much more violent encounter in a city all too familiar with tragic school shootings. The shooting occurred less than three miles from where the Columbine High School massacre happened nearly 11 years ago.

"I had always told my students since Columbine that if anything happened in a school, that I would hope that I would be able to do something," Benke told Colorado's KDVR.com.

Read the rest of the story here.

Reader Comments

I like the fact that this story concentrates on the heroic actions of the teacher, and not on the demonoid and his wretched existence.

I still think it would have been better if Dr. David Benke could have run up behind the demonoid, drew his concealed 1911A1, and put a .45 Cor-Bon DPX slug into it's brain stem.

Gaviota

Comment by: Lee W | February 24, 2010

"School officials praised the quick actions by Benke and his colleagues as further proof that preparations put in place after Columbine have paid off". Hmm, so the school system trains heroes these days? Sounds as if Strong Eagle was under the influence of peyote. The outcome could have ended tragically for Benke if Strong Eagle would have reared around and chambered another round. I'm sure that Benke would have taken cover if Strong Eagle would have made a different decision. I've experienced a similar situation, but you need to keep in mind if you act before the rifle is discharged, you could be the one paying a small fine. LEO's have a problem comprehending a gunman running to them for help from an unarmed man. You're supposed to make a phone call and allow them to handle the situation. They just handle things a little differently in the city. Gaviota, your scenario is very effective in cleansing the Earth of aggressive insanity.

Comment by: Jeff W | February 25, 2010

The feeling of doing a good deed for society is gone long before the feeling of disdain for societies malcontents. There are not enough Dr. David Benkes to go around. Bravo Doc! Semper Fi.

Comment by: Sharps | February 25, 2010

I just heard a great line, today.

"All violent criminals suffer from the same illness: "Acute Lead Deficiency"

Hoo hah!

Gaviota

Comment by: Lee W | February 27, 2010

I don’t see how anyone could say that the preferred outcome of this potentially horrific event would be the death of the gunman. Of course the math teacher would be completely justified in using deadly force to neutralize the suspect. The fact that he was able to tackle the suspect so that he could be arrested is a success. It is abhorrent to suggest a summary execution is a desirable result. What about the impact of a death on campus to the students? the gunman’s parents?

Comment by: broadswordsman | March 1, 2010

"It is abhorrent to suggest a summary execution is a desirable result. What about the impact of a death on campus to the students? the gunman’s parents?"

Okay, I freely admit to holding abhorrent opinions.

Considering the number of times that unarmed people have successfully stopped armed criminals without injury or death resulting, I would calculate the odds as being prohibitively high against the unarmed individual. I wouldn't have done it, because I'm always armed.

It is my carefully considered opinion that anyone who walks onto a campus full of children and kills them in cold blood deserves to die as hideous a death as can be devised by man. And that's truly hideous.

Why anyone would care what the students or the murderer's parents would think if the murderer were killed is beyond me.

I'm not saying you're wrong, David. I'm saying that I'm horrendously bloodthirsty, and I care less than zero zip zilch point squat about the putative value of a murderer's wretched life. I want him DEAD, DEAD, DEAD.

Sorry if I've offended you.

Gaviota

Comment by: Lee W | March 1, 2010

"...this potentially horrific event..."

Oh, and BTW, there was nothing POTENTIALLY horrific about this even, even if no children were killed. The event WAS horrific.

Gaviota

Comment by: Lee W | March 3, 2010