Re:A pre-K teacher on the trouble with lockdown drills
by viraptor on Saturday November 08, 2014 @10:35PM
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I agree with one option only - disarming. The other idea will fall as soon as it's the teacher that starts the shooting the next time. And that's going to happen sooner or later. What will people propose then - arm kids so they can defend themselves from the teacher?
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Re:A pre-K teacher on the trouble with lockdown drills
by duncan_bayne on Monday November 10, 2014 @12:30AM
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That's what I mean by wishful thinking. Disarming is not possible in anything like a useful timeframe, at least not by a Government you'd like to have around after the disarming finished.
Re:A pre-K teacher on the trouble with lockdown drills
by viraptor on Monday November 10, 2014 @07:06AM
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Any timeframe between now and never is better than not doing it.
Because after the first shooting started by a teacher, there's really noone left to arm. Other teachers, or security are not exactly helpful here, because the shooter has easy access to taking kids hostage. Everyone who was useful has been armed. What's the solution now? And if there is one, why wouldn't we apply it as step one, before arming teachers?