Both institutions had active shooter procedures. These involved locking the door, throwing a desk in front of same, turning off the lights and hiding.
The instructions in every classroom at RVCC admonished, 'Don't investigate. Act.'
Given the circumstances these were the best options.
We decided early on that we were willing to die to defend our students. Frankly, the cost of inaction was too high. To put it another way, we weren't willing to walk around in the aftermath knowing we lived while one or more of our students died.
It was a state of mind, really.
Of course if teachers could just shoot back....
