12-year-old Colorado school shooting survivor said he'd 'go down fighting'

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'I had my hand on a metal baseball bat, just in case,' he said. ''Cause I was going to go down fighting if I was going to go down.'

"'Be brave,' we tell our children. But what we are asking of this generation is insanity," a foreign policy consultant posted.

Active shooter trainings have become much more frequent at schools nationwide in recent years, reflecting a student population that has come to know mass gun violence as the new normal. More police officers patrol schools, and some districts let teachers carry guns for security.

Still, Dorn said, it does not hurt to figure out potential escape methods while a shooting is happening. "You should be thinking ahead of what might happen next," he said. "That will increase your chances of survival." His teacher, he said, moved the class behind her desk and then into the classroom's closet. Nate said he was hiding in a corner while the gunman stood right outside the door.

 

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