MORE ON SLOW POLICE RESPONSE and the Binghamton massacre. “Most gunshot wounds are survivable if the victim receives medical attention quickly, but almost any gunshot wound will be fatal if nothing is done to stop the resultant bleeding. As they waited outside, police had no way of knowing all the victims were dead, and they had a moral duty to undertake a rescue effort as quickly as possible, even if the SWAT team had not yet assembled. Sometimes you just have to go with what you have. It’s what cops do.” Well, not always, obviously.