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Re:90% of American public schools now hold mass shooting dri... by dazc on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:40PM (#16395945)
In the UK we had fire drills which always seemed rather pointless since schools generally go up in flames at night time when there is nobody in them.

We have had a few mass shootings in the UK but they are quite rare since it's not common for people to own a gun.

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Re:90% of American public schools now hold mass shooting dri... by ajeet_dhaliwal on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:49PM (#16396054)
Not only pointless but imo they became dangerous because they over did it. When there was a real alarm people just thought it was a drill and were relunctant to bother moving.
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Re:90% of American public schools now hold mass shooting dri... by jotm on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:48PM (#16396729)
For real, we have one every few months and a short alarm test every week (because it failed once during the drill). So now, "fire alarm" = "ugh not this shit again", and no one even moves...
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