Posted on 06/23/2022 2:43:04 PM PDT by conservative98
The Uvalde massacre began after the 18-year-old gunman entered the school through a door that could only be locked from the outside then got inside a classroom that had a busted lock, experts testified Tuesday.
Securing doors has long been a focus of school safety drills, and the inability to do so during the May 24 attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead is raising alarms among experts and politicians.
When doors are not secure, “your first step, your first line of defense has now been eliminated,” said Ken Trump, the president of the National School Safety and Security Services.
State Sen. Paul Bettencourt said unlockable doors make lockdowns and shooter training worthless, adding that there was “zero obstacle to the shooter.”
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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE GUNMAN REACHED THE OUTSIDE DOOR?
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Nearly a month after the rampage, Col. Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, further amended what his agency’s investigation shows: The teacher did close the door, but unbeknownst to her, it could be locked only from the outside.
The gunman “walked straight through,” McCraw said Tuesday in blistering testimony at a state Senate hearing in Austin.
Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, said he was “astonished” that the exterior door could only be locked from the outside. He likened it to a house that could only be locked from the outside.
“Shouldn’t the security of the school be as safe as the security of your home?” he asked.
Experts did not explain during the hearing why the school’s exterior door locked from outside. Robb Elementary is an older building, constructed in 1955.
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Police could have gone through a window, too...
Once we get all these doors tight so only a school official can open them some terroristic mass murderer wannabe kid is going to try fire rather than an AK because it will be more spectacular and make him infamous. The Columbine shooters even thought of propane.
That’s why the classroom door must be under the control of the teacher. Windows should be easy to escape through and schools have fire suppression sprinklers, so fire is going to be difficult to use as a weapon.
I suspect "those were the days" when Tylenol bottles were sold without seals on their tops...
Another stand down event we will eventually find out. All roads lead to the feds and their agenda.
Fire was something long since thought about - most school buildings built in the last 20-30 years are shockingly fire resistant. Not just because of school attacks, but because of some unfortunate school fires and some errant lab experiments that got way out of hand. In some cases, a closed classroom can preserve the life of the occupants for hours even if they can’t get out. Ever noticed that modern school construction often resembles a jail or a fortress? Now you know why.
Did you read the link and the article? Didn’t think so.
From your link there was brief message of US Marshals handcuffing an unarmed mother who was trying to get her kids out. Is this the person who was supposed to stop the shooter? I don’t think so!
Once upon a time, I might have, but there were just to many odd coincidences at Uvalde such as doors that were supposed to be locked being unlocked to let the shooter in and law enforcement waiting for keys to doors that weren't locked.
Schools should have one entrance with a metal scanner.. and then maybe a twenty foot long corridor before you actually enter the school.
And before all that do not let crazy kids anywhere near the school?
Also, do most classrooms even need doors?
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