CO school shooting yesterday, listening to NPR and the reporter applauded the police fast response.
"The police were there in two minutes"
If there had been armed school employees would the response time been less?
If there had been armed school employees would the response time been less?
Second factor was they now have to charge in and engage the shooter (s). No more setting up perimiters and waiting for SWAT and or reinforcements.
Those kids were lucky because according to reports the station was very close. Second factor was they now have to charge in and engage the shooter (s). No more setting up perimiters and waiting for SWAT and or reinforcements. They should ask for a nice pay raise like the reachers that choose gun carry in class option. Let us hope the police can draw on recruits from them special forces units. At least those guys have some training in CQB.
Would that we could get the world to understand that. Removing the gun from the potential scenario merely changes what some evil nutbag will use to carry out his plan.This is not a gun problem. This is an evil problem. The only thing that combats evil is good people will to run toward gun fire. With guns...
I read the article and didn't see any reference to her acting strangely or in any way would move her into the crazy teacher category. Stupid teacher, maybe. She took her backpack with her on a fire drill which alerted other students to something out of the ordinary going on. The way things are being talked about is that teachers opting to carry would have to undergo 140 hours of training and psych evals, which should go a long away to eliminate the crazy teachers you fear.And then you have the crazy teacher concerns. Of course, this is undoubtedly uncommon, but an interesting development. A teacher with a concealed carry permit brought a gun to school and two knives, then started acting strangely. She got discovered and arrested. When asked why she brought a gun to school, she said, "Talk to DeSantis."
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/pinellas-county-teacher-arrested-for-bringing-gun-to-school
I read the article and didn't see any reference to her acting strangely or in any way would move her into the crazy teacher category. Stupid teacher, maybe. She took her backpack with her on a fire drill which alerted other students to something out of the ordinary going on. The way things are being talked about is that teachers opting to carry would have to undergo 140 hours of training and psych evals, which should go a long away to eliminate the crazy teachers you fear.
Is there really a difference between a trained SRO and a teacher trained to handle such situations also? I do think any teachers who go along with the program should receive extra pay for the risk factor.