Posted on 07/05/2019 7:56:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Nancy Miramontes had 30 seconds to find the gunman.
The Utah school psychologist weaved through a maze of dusty halls before spotting him in the corner of a classroom, holding a gun to a student’s head. She took a deep breath and fired three shots, the first time she’s ever used a gun. One bullet pierced the shooter’s forehead.
“Nice work,” a police officer told her as they exchanged high-fives in front of cardboard props representing the gunman and student.
Miramontes recently joined 30 other Utah teachers at a series of trainings where police instructed them on how to respond to an active shooter. Teachers went through the shooting drill inside a warehouse set up to look like a school, then moved outside to a shooting range.
Active shooter training for educators is becoming more common nationwide, and Utah is one of several states that generally allow permit holders to carry guns in public schools. Other states, including Florida and Texas, have programs that allow certain teachers to be armed if they are approved under a set of stipulations.
Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith said the popularity of concealed carry permits in Utah makes such trainings even more important. About half the teachers brought their own handguns to the shooting range. …
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Have a relative who teaches/trains the School Marshall Program in Texas.
This is a tragedy and I am not about the rightness or wrongness of armed teachers.
We are a sick society to the extent that we are at a point that we would even need such a thing. That the fear of children killing children even has to be an issue. Not cool. America, please, we must turn back to GOD.
And turn away the misfits!
What did the other two shots hit?
Why was the bad guy able to get so far into the school to hold a gun to a kid’s head?
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