OH_Spartan
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There are several local news outlets reporting on this but I haven't seen a thread here. Forgive me if I missed it.
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/30/active-shooter-drill-scares-halfway-teachers/
Basically a Washington state school had a teachers- only day, no kids in attendance. The school staged an unannounced active shooter drill with masked men firing blanks. The purpose was to highlight how many teachers would have died and how unprepared they are. I think their drill also opens the opportunity for us to engage others, whether antis or noncommittals.
The first thing that comes to mind is...."would the school have held an unannounced active shooter drill if the teachers were allowed to conceal carry on school grounds?" Of course not, one of the actors might have gotten killed for real. Hmmmm.....would that have reduced the hypothetical body count? If so, why shouldn't teachers be allowed to carry in school?
Or, what if a teacher was carrying a concealed weapon, in defiance of the weapons free zone, feared for his/her life, and returned fire on the actor-gunmen. Can you imagine the court case at would ensue?
Or, lets say none of the teachers had a gun, but someone grabbed a pair of scissors, and engaged hand to hand combat with one of the actors, causing severe injury or death. Can you imagine the mess that would follow?
Edited....this occurred in Washington state not Oregon. Mods, can you change the thread title, I do not know how to.
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/30/active-shooter-drill-scares-halfway-teachers/
Basically a Washington state school had a teachers- only day, no kids in attendance. The school staged an unannounced active shooter drill with masked men firing blanks. The purpose was to highlight how many teachers would have died and how unprepared they are. I think their drill also opens the opportunity for us to engage others, whether antis or noncommittals.
The first thing that comes to mind is...."would the school have held an unannounced active shooter drill if the teachers were allowed to conceal carry on school grounds?" Of course not, one of the actors might have gotten killed for real. Hmmmm.....would that have reduced the hypothetical body count? If so, why shouldn't teachers be allowed to carry in school?
Or, what if a teacher was carrying a concealed weapon, in defiance of the weapons free zone, feared for his/her life, and returned fire on the actor-gunmen. Can you imagine the court case at would ensue?
Or, lets say none of the teachers had a gun, but someone grabbed a pair of scissors, and engaged hand to hand combat with one of the actors, causing severe injury or death. Can you imagine the mess that would follow?
Edited....this occurred in Washington state not Oregon. Mods, can you change the thread title, I do not know how to.
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