"WHY WASN'T THE VOLUNTEER GUARD THERE ON FRIDAY, WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED?!"
Can't win. Has to be guaranteed attendance, I think.
Ideally, it would be guaranteed. But if it can't be 100% coverage, there's still value in some. Besides, examine your hypothetical argument. What is the logical admission there? If someone were to come out and say that, it would be political gold.
^^^ This.How about we just repeal the senseless law that Shotgun Joe passed in the first place and let the schools deal with their own security.
Government, stop doing things.
How about we just repeal the senseless law that Shotgun Joe passed in the first place and let the schools deal with their own security.
Government, stop doing things.
How about we just repeal the senseless law that Shotgun Joe passed in the first place and let the schools deal with their own security.
Government, stop doing things.
Heh, yeah... but post-shooting screeching rarely features logic.
I think "they" know that an armed presence is absolutely a good thing, if they truly want to protect schools. But of course, the first thing they want to target is the guns themselves. Opportunists, tragedies, etc.
I agree, but I think there is a battle that can be won. I don't care what Blitzer or Donelly think. They're lost. But Lori the soccer mom might be winnable.
And I'm just spitballing here. My posts are all philosophical, there are a lot of people on our side, and on INGO that are much better qualified and capable of a winning strategy on the political arena.
There should be only one winning strategy. "I should not be penalized for the criminal actions of others." Everything else is just fluff, and weakens our argument. Don't compare us to other places and other laws. Free people who abide by the law, and don't molest anyone else, should be free to have, keep, and use whatever they want.
We are stuck in a loop.
Our delighted news establishment lavishly rewards the shooter by giving him the notoriety and immortality he craves, with the full knowledge that they are encouraging the NEXT deranged shooter. They wait with eager anticipation for the next inevitable tragedy so they can repeat the cycle. These madmen have learned that killing innocent kids works, and they're going to keep doing it.
People, especially parents, are terrified and frustrated and are willing to grasp at solutions that we know can't possibly work. The key to ending these crimes is in breaking this cycle. I am totally convinced that the only thing that can do this now is to create the idea in the minds of these monsters that if they attack a school they will have no reasonable chance of success, and the only thing that will do THAT is a certainty of meeting immediate armed resistance.
Among arming the teachers, secretaries and other staff, arming the custodians and maintenance crew is just as or more important...
I say use retired police officers and veterans
It's really difficult for me to imagine veterans spending hours at schools doing pretty much nothing day in and day out. That would old very quickly.
That's a lot of the military in a nutshell, to be honest. Sitting/standing/flying/driving and waiting for the next thing to happen. Having some sort of QRF in a CCTV room at a school wouldn't be any different than any other QRF. Lots of sitting, waiting, and the ever popular "hurry up and wait"...something vets are well acquainted with and have learned to deal with.
And lock some damn doors.
This part should be automatic these days. So simple. Even locking the glass doors would help in some cases at least, although locked glass doors didn't help at Sandy Hook. Steel security doors would be great, the schools that can afford them should install them.
If the Florida death toll went from 17 to 2, I can think of 15 sets of parents/families that would be quite a bit more relieved.Let's say a teacher ends a threat, and cuts down the deaths from say 10 to 5...or even 2. What does that do for us? Are people going to say "Well, arming teachers worked. The shooter only killed 2 people instead of 20?" Of course not, we're going to be in the exact place that we are now. The parents of the victims, aren't going to be thinking "well, it could've been worse." Other parents aren't going to be happy either... It changes nothing in the grand scheme of things.
You are selling teachers short. Many of them have served in our military. They are smart and many are willing. Security is done in layers. Arming teachers is just one layer. You will still need armed resource officers. It does not need to be a teacher. It can be a staff member. The idea is sound.