I will never get it.....never.

If I live to be a hundred years old, which is looking increasingly unlikely, I will never understand the motivations of some people.  Men who kill their wives because they want out of the marriage…..SERIOUSLY?  That is your go to position in todays’ world?  Today, if you are going to kill someone you should probably just save the world a lot of money and drop your drivers license at the murder scene…..because EVENTUALLY your cold case ass will end up behind bars (I have done the research….don’t challenge me on this).

And, here is another type that I do not get…Broward County Deputy Sheriff Scot Peterson (an unfortunate name as the most famous Scott Peterson killed his wife and unborn child to escape with another woman….of….shall we say, questionable character), who was on duty at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when nutjob Nikolas Cruz went ballistic and killed 17 people.   And this issue is not about Cruz…..because there are plenty of batshit crazy martyrs in waiting and he is just one of them.  This little rant is about Deputy Peterson.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-deputy-charged-after-staying-outside-school-shooting/ar-AAConWn?ocid=ientp

Deputy Peterson was a sworn officer, which to you and me means that he was a gun toting law enforcement official.  And when the shit went down, he stayed, not only out of the line of fire, but out of the building.  And when this happened I remember being in absolute shock, not because some unhinged asshole shot up a school….but because an armed officer didn’t enter the school, put himself in harms way, take the risk and at least TRY to drop that jughead in his tracks.

There are certain jobs that are big….and being a deputy sheriff is one of them….you have the obligation to march, no, RUN to the sound of the guns.  You don’t run, you don’t hide, you go to the fire.  You might get hurt, you might get killed, but that is your job.  It is perfectly okay to be scared, but you do it.  I can not tell you the number of soldiers that approached me, a young captain, in the Saudi desert, prior to us leading the charge into Iraq, almost quaking in their boots.  “Sir, I don’t know what to expect…..what if I get hurt?” “Sir, I have a family, what happens when I don’t come back?”  THAT is perfectly normal, now……grab your shit, get on your vehicle and follow me.

HOW….you do not stand up for those less prepared than you, despite the risk….even if it is to get school kids to safety without firing your weapon….how do you not?  Do we consider those 17 murdered children to be post birth abortions (sorry….future rant)?

I will never get it.