{"id":271,"date":"2007-05-03T20:58:37","date_gmt":"2007-05-04T03:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=271"},"modified":"2007-12-09T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T15:48:12","slug":"rushing-the-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"Rushing The Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.townhall.com\/TalkRadio\/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3&amp;ContentGuid=4a0eb784-6bd9-4313-bfe7-035ff61a2221\">Dennis Prager said April 27<\/a>: &quot;Why was there no attack of the murderer at Virginia Tech? If they had simply run at him, there would&#8217;ve been fewer deaths and he would&#8217;ve been stopped.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We need to think about how we stop evil. We are not preoccupied with that. 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