Posted on 03/22/2019 12:52:17 AM PDT by Norski
Several Indiana elementary school teachers are claiming that they were left with welts, bruises, and abrasions after an active shooter training drill in January — during which they were allegedly shot at repeatedly with plastic pellets without warning.
Two anonymous teachers in Monticello told IndyStar that for the training, teachers were asked by local law enforcement to kneel down against a classroom wall, before being shot across their backs with airsoft guns.
“They told us, ‘This is what happens if you just cower and do nothing,’” one of the teachers said. “They shot all of us across our backs. I was hit four times. It hurt so bad.”
On Wednesday, the Indiana State Teachers Association called for educator and student safety to be addressed in active shooter drills at schools, tweeting that it had heard from members of the association who were injured during a recent training.
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LOL!
The ONLY obvious way to solve this ‘problem’ is to use real ammo the next time.
The teachers, along with ISTA, are now trying to stop this from happening again in other schools. On Wednesday, Gail Zeheralis, director of government relations for the ISTA, asked lawmakers to alter a school-safety bill to add language prohibiting teachers from being shot with any sort of ammunition.
“What we’re looking for is just a simple statement in this bill that would prohibit the shooting of some type of projectile at staff in an active shooter drill,” she said, according to IndyStar.
Under H.B. 1004, Indiana schools must have at least one active shooter drill per year, though it doesn’t include rules on what training program a school chooses.
White County sheriff Bill Brooks, whose department led the training in question, told IndyStar that teachers “all knew they could be” shot, but after they were told that one teacher was upset by the exercise, the department stopped using the airsoft guns. He added that he was not sure of how many times airsoft guns have been used for the training.
Barbara Deardorff, an ISTA official, told the newspaper that she hadn’t heard of teachers being shot with pellets: “This is not the normal practice.”
The State Senate’s Education Committee will consider amendments for the bill next week, IndyStar reported.
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One may understand that this policy and its results may be amusing upon one level, but this is actually an appalling item. This is the behavior of “ISIS” perpetrated upon those in charge of American children.
In addition, we ignore at our peril these “drills”.
Curling up in a ball is NOT a plan.
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“They told us, ‘This is what happens if you just cower and do nothing,’”
LOL!
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Teachers Desperately trying to learn NOTHING from the experience!
ROFL!
True. However, teachers are not, as a rule, graduates of basic military training. Nor do I believe that many have indulged in paint ball shooting war games. Allowing them to get used to being lined up and shot - whether by airsofts or actual firearms - without prior training - is not, in my opinion, a reasonable action to take.
(War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
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I have no quibble with your opinion; my issue is with lack of training beforehand.
“Here you go, Larry. See what happens? You see what happens, Larry?! See what happens?! This is what happens if you just cower and do nothing, Larry! This is what happens, Larry! See what happens, Larry?! Do you see what happens if you just cower and do nothing, this is what happens! See what happens, Larry?! You see what happens, Larry?! Do you see what happens, Larry, if you just cower and do nothing?! This is what happens, Larry! This is what happens, Larry!”
Very well. It is obviously time for Indiana to allow teachers and school officials to be armed on campus.
True. Teachers in Indiana need firearms training.
Perhaps shooting teachers with airsoft pistols during “active shooter” drills is helpful, after all.
“They told us, ‘This is what happens if you just cower and do nothing,’”
LOL!
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Hm. I see your point now. Perhaps my sense of humor is deficient.
“...they were allegedly shot at repeatedly with plastic pellets without warning.”
Bloody stupid stunt. I’ll be surprrised if there aren’t lawsuits.
Well if they thought the Airsoft Rounds hurt they need to be sure that they don’t get shot with Real Guns and Bullets.
Yes. Thank you.
These teachers did not volunteer to be shot with Airsoft rounds or paintballs - both of these constitute assault when done in public without protective gear, including eye protection.
Unorthodox training but highly effective. All the corporate types have conditioned "employees" not to resist the bad guy, especially retail outlets. Well, if I'm facing a killer, I'm not going to make it easy for him. I'm going to J.J. Watt his ass in an attempt to save some lives.
This oughtta help..........generate more shootings. Idiots.
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