Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: MrRelevant
ay 5 teachers choose to carry in a given school, if one of them will act instead of relying on a singlular “professional” its worth it.

What if none act? After all, none of the police did and they were supposed to be trained to the hilt. You're expecting a lot from a group of people with minimal training, to react in a manner where professionals don't. In 2019 a gunman shot up a Walmart and killed 22. There were likely a hundred or more people in the store and, it being Texas, the odds are some were armed. Nobody ran towards the gunman then, but you expect teachers to do that first time, every time in the future?

87 posted on 06/09/2022 1:43:04 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 80 | View Replies ]


To: DoodleDawg
What if someone posted a peer reviewed, published paper proving you are wrong? Would you read it? https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4069868/posts

From the Abstract of the Paper: " There has yet to be a single case of someone being wounded or killed from a shooting, let alone a mass public shooting, between 6 AM and midnight at a school that lets teachers carry guns."

Direct link to paper: Schools that Allow Teachers to Carry Guns are Extremely Safe: Data on the Rate of Shootings and Accidents in Schools that allow Teachers to Carry 37 Pages Posted: 29 May 2019
89 posted on 06/09/2022 2:01:13 PM PDT by DocRock
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 87 | View Replies ]

To: DoodleDawg

So I guess just don’t try it. At all. Seems the schools that do allow it don’t have problems like this. I am for having armed guards at schools. Start working on mental health problems. Many of these shooters have mental health problems and many times have been on FBI list. Listen to the children when they report troubled children within that school. Push for the children in school to say something if they see or notice something. Make sure they stay anonymous..


93 posted on 06/09/2022 2:12:32 PM PDT by glimmerman70
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 87 | View Replies ]

To: DoodleDawg

What if they do? It seems that these mass killers look for soft zones… no gun zones…..perhaps just knowing there are guns in the facility, killers will not attack. The data points to this. In my opinion a teacher who volunteers to carry a gun has made a serious decision about protecting the students there. It’s a sad commentary that i expect a teacher to be more aggressive than the “professional” but time is of the essence and red tape and confusion cost lives. Teachers are in the building already. They have the best chance at intervening imho.


101 posted on 06/09/2022 4:37:19 PM PDT by MrRelevant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 87 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson