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The Texas shooting shows the futility of arming teachers
MSNBC ^ | May 25, 2022 | Zeeshan Aleem

Posted on 05/26/2022 10:30:37 AM PDT by lowbridge

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To: lowbridge

So to MSNBC police standing outside the school for 90 minutes is the exact same thing as a teacher in the classroom that is armed.

That tells you all you need to know.


81 posted on 05/26/2022 11:30:35 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: Bayan

Idiots and liars write such insanity.

Idiots and liars also agree with it.


82 posted on 05/26/2022 11:31:35 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: lowbridge

Had the teacher been armed, s/he would at least have had a fighting chance...


83 posted on 05/26/2022 11:32:37 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: MortMan

Well the cops were. And they did nothing. What do you think teachers would have done?


84 posted on 05/26/2022 11:34:21 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: 1Old Pro

Have you ever MET any teachers? First of all, 90% of them are female. And if you think they could immediately switch to “hunt, kill” mode, you are delusional.


85 posted on 05/26/2022 11:35:23 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: dforest

Oh really. Please explain to me how this would happen, especially with a guy wearing full body armor. It amazes me that people in this forum actually think a teacher managing 30 kids at once could have instantly pivoted to drawing and taking this guy down with a head shot. The Rambo fantasies are amazing.


86 posted on 05/26/2022 11:37:14 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45
Have you ever MET any teachers? First of all, 90% of them are female

How about the shop class guy, or the Gym class guy, or the principal.

87 posted on 05/26/2022 11:38:25 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Tell It Right

The shooter was a “person of color”, making the police hold their hands so that they’re not racist.


Plus the fines for destroying school property by breaking down the door would have been a career ender.


88 posted on 05/26/2022 11:39:18 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: lowbridge

The two teachers who were murdered were unarmed. Had one or both been armed, lives MIGHT have been saved.


89 posted on 05/26/2022 11:40:00 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Da Coyote

Is this author really that stupid, or does he think everyone else is.


90 posted on 05/26/2022 11:41:57 AM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: lowbridge

When one of mine was in first days of first grade I had to go through all kinds of security gates and measures to get her out to see a dentist.

Next day I went to carline end of day. I was #3 or so in line One hour I waited. Went up to get her and they didn’t know where she was. They said ‘eh maybe she’s in the classroom” non chalant not the same security they had to keep me out the day before

I pulle cthe car around and there’s the kid in the parking lot. 5 years old.

Out of that school. Their safety measures were so senseless so illogical so non effective I kept her out for years then I taught at the school the kids attended.

It was Texas.


91 posted on 05/26/2022 11:42:12 AM PDT by stanne
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To: lowbridge

Yo, Muslim article author, why don’t you see how far you’d get attacking a school in Israel where those teachers are armed and let’s see if you live long enough to maintain your soiboi smug attitude?


92 posted on 05/26/2022 11:43:46 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: lowbridge

The Texas shooting shows the futility of arming teachers

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Tell that to Israel.

They don’t have their heads so far up the commies nethers to even think such an asinine thing.


93 posted on 05/26/2022 11:46:22 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: lowbridge

Just had a presser: Shooter was NOT confronted by anyone in the school. No armed security officer in the school, they don’t know why. Took police 12 minutes to respond.


94 posted on 05/26/2022 11:49:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dforest
Cops couldn't stop him because he went inside and locked the class door.

Because they have never heard of a thing called a “battering ram” or “multiple men” being used to bring down a door.

Also, what was wrong with using the windows?

The cops weren't standing around the “locked room.” They were standing around cars and chatting, shooting the breeze.

95 posted on 05/26/2022 11:51:58 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: SauronOfMordor
Police stood outside for close to an hour while the guy rampaged through the school.

It was my understanding that he was only in one classroom, not "rampaging" through the school.

96 posted on 05/26/2022 11:52:16 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: lowbridge

I’ve been on campus during a mass shooting and I can tell you that I really wanted a gun.


97 posted on 05/26/2022 11:52:59 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: 1Old Pro

“Have you ever MET any teachers? First of all, 90% of them are female
How about the shop class guy, or the Gym class guy, or the principal.”

Still 90% female.


98 posted on 05/26/2022 11:53:27 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad

so much for diversity


99 posted on 05/26/2022 11:56:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: bigdaddy45
Thankfully, we know 150 police in body gear with good weapons also can't do anything against an 18 year old.

Yeah, I have no Rambo fantasies about the police, either. 150 armed, armor-protected police can't do a dang thing but stand around outside, on a nice day.

100 posted on 05/26/2022 11:56:07 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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