[Kakaze]

I am amazed the kids were not texting parents or guardians to tell them the school was under attack.

You could easily wind up with a parking lot full of media and scared parents, with a few swat guys sheepishly trying to explain how this was all for the publics own good, not just a gov't funded lets play soldier outing.

We are so busy trying to arrest our neighbor, that the true enemy moves among us without fear.

[Immerito]

I suspect at least a few of the kids had cell phones on them, so I wouldn’t be surprised if more than a few parents received “gunman in school” followed later by “nevermind. cops are checking for drugs”.

This is an attempt to condition the students to be good little sheep. They may have unintentionally created a few sheepdogs—from both the teens and the parents.

Back when common sense lived up to the name, most people understood that if you want a teenager (or anyone) to trust you, you don’t tell that person a lie.