[lesser_satan]

I listened to the re-broadcast of his show on the way home last night. Citizens in this country had better start getting serious about their own security, because there aren't enough cops to stop something like that from happening. Aside from the FBI's HRT and some of the SWAT teams in bigger cities like New York, DC, and LA, I wonder if civilian law enforcement could even handle something like that anyway.

For one, this idea that we "lock down" the schools when anything happens strikes me as ill-conceived. Throw the kids out the windows and tell them to run like hell in every different direction. Also, arm whoever of the school staff has enough common sense to be safe with a weapon (if there is any such creature left in the publik skewls).

[Noumenon]

School staff will never be armed. Most of them couldn’t even throw a decent punch, much less defend themselves. Besides, so much intellectual capital has been invested in that smug, self-righteous notion of ‘gun-free zones’ that they won’t go back on it even when it’s been rubbed in their faces. In response to a Beslan-style incident, they’ll call for the rest of us to be disarmed. Count on it.

[the OlLine Rebel]

“Throw the kids out the windows”

Some schools don’t have any windows. You know, new-style fad nonsense where it’s believed that that way the kids won’t dawdle and the teachers will have less discipline (anethema these days) to dispense.

[Lijahsbubbe]

For one, this idea that we "lock down" the schools when anything happens strikes me as ill-conceived. Throw the kids out the windows and tell them to run like hell in every different direction.

I AGREE! That policy has always bothered me. The kids and teachers bleed to death or are shot while swat teams and police sit outside and decide when it's safe to go in. :(