Kendrick Castillo is being hailed as a hero. So is Riley Howell, the 21-year-old who died last week after body-slamming the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooter. And so is Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 61, who was killed shielding her rabbi in last month’s assault on the Poway synagogue.
Not only did their sacrifice help staunch what could have been much higher casualty counts — four people died in the three would-be mass shootings from April 27 to May 7 — but the stories of extraordinary courage have dominated the news cycle, depriving the alleged shooters of the media oxygen needed to achieve lasting notoriety.
Make no mistake, that’s what would-be mass shooters want, said Tom Teves, whose son Alex was killed in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting. He and his wife Caren Teves founded No Notoriety, a group aimed at keeping media mentions of the attackers to a minimum.
“Slowly, people are starting to recognize that the contagion impact is real,” said Mr. Teves. “We’re not espousing censorship. We’re asking for responsibility.”
His group has asked the press to elevate the names, images and stories of victims and heroes while limiting suspects or perpetrators to one reference per story, but no headline mentions and no photos over the fold.
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God bless his family, friends and those present at the shootings.
Neither had a concealed carry permit. Both heroes.
AMEN
Without trying to sound insensitive,shooter drills need to be held monthly in schools.Chairs in classrooms need to be designed with 6 inch holes in the upper section to allow them to be thrown with extreme force.Anyone who has ever been struck with a flying chair knows what I mean.Self defense instructors need to conduct IN CLASSROOM active shooter drills that teach kids how to use objects at hand to defend themselves and incapacitate the shooter.
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