Downtown Disney at Disney World was the site of a dangerous stampede on Christmas night, all because of a false rumor that shots were fired during an altercation at a restaurant.
If this crowd had been trained to arms, and therefore armed, the only running would have been toward the sound of gunfire, if any, and a crowd trained to arms would have actually known what real gunfire sounds like.
Panic kills, and that’s bad. Let’s ban panic.
There has been an incident at @DisneySprings. People started running and shoving us. It seems it was a shooting. So scary!
— My Disney Adventures (@my_disney_life) December 26, 2015
SO IM AT DOWNTOWN DISNEY AND THERE WAS A SHOOTING!! NEVER RAN SO FAST EVER IN MY LIFE
— irma (@irmuss_) December 26, 2015
I WAS RUNNING BUT I HEARD THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT DOWNTOWN DISNEY PLEASE STAY SAFE ITS ON LOCKDOWN IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN THE AREA+
— Dom (@emoeggstar) December 26, 2015
OMG THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN DISNEY!!!! THERE WAS SHOTS AND THERE WAS A WAVE OF PEOPLE!!! IT WAS IN BONCOS CUBAN FOOD
— Caleb (@CalebBlogs) December 26, 2015
Walking into Disney springs as soon as a shooting is going down and people are running everywhere…. Wow.
— champagne mami (@kkkkrodriguez) December 26, 2015
Apparently there was a shooting somewhere in Downtown Disney, saw people running but nothing else.
— dave (@mondoharpo) December 26, 2015
Just overheard a Disney CM tell another that "nothing happened, someone just thought they heard something" at Downtown Disney
— dave (@mondoharpo) December 26, 2015
Unique experience tonight of being in a very crowded place when someone thought they heard gunfire. Turns out nothing happened (1/2)
— dave (@mondoharpo) December 26, 2015
People were terrified. We were locked in a restaurant, no info from anyone, people crying. Panic is justified in the country we live in.
— dave (@mondoharpo) December 26, 2015
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David R. Duringer, JD, LL.M, is a concealed firearm instructor and tax lawyer specializing in business and estate planning. He is managing shareholder at Protective Law Corporation, serving Southern California from its Laguna Hills (Orange County) headquarters and a satellite office in Coronado (San Diego County).
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