Posted on 08/21/2022 4:34:10 PM PDT by Jacquerie
A school district in the Florida panhandle stirred controversy overnight after signs were placed around all public schools warning that staff members are armed and willing to use "deadly force."
Gulf District Schools Superintendent Jim Norton told Newsweek that the signs are placed on all entrances of each school in Gulf County as one line of defense against potential armed intruders.
"Staff members are ARMED and TRAINED," the sign read. "Any attempt to harm children will be met with Deadly Force."
According to the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, there were a reported 251 shootings at K-12 schools in 2021, up from 114 in 2020. Since January 2022, there have been 177 reported shootings.
Data presented by the CHDS School Shooting Safety Compendium, which provides resources and data regarding violence in schools, nearly 64 percent of school shootings occur at high schools and about 18 percent in elementary schools.
About 20 percent of perpetrators have no relation to the school, with about 43 percent being current students.
After a picture of a sign outside of Wewahitchka High School was posted on Facebook, Norton said he began to receive thousands of messages about the controversial language.
Norton said he got the idea for the signs after initially seeing them online last year and thought it would be a good idea. Many of the comments on the post were in support of the signs, with some saying more schools should have them.
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Love it they should include a graphic with a Nicholas Cruz-type figure being riddled with bullet holes
Honestly, I do not want a bunch of liberal lesbian but jobs carrying firearms around children. And liberal lesbian nut jobs seem to be over represented in public education
Put it on billboards in the neighborhood.
Excellent.
Yes.
Where’s that meme of the smiling guys in hunter’s clothes holding rifles and proclaiming they’re armed and won’t allow criminals or something.
Certainly not any liberal who claims that criticism is “violence”, is “triggered” by seeing the American flag, or feels “threatened” when normal people enter the room.
Not only a good idea but something that will work. No more using the lives of children for a political agenda.
It sounds just a little better than Gun Free Zone. lol
Teachers Are Armed (and tough woman teacher spits tobacco and says “And in my case, real dangerous.”
John Lott has studied this in depth. Allowing willing teachers/staff to receive training and CCW in schools. Result....ZERO successful incidents of school shootings at schools with such policies. There is a thread here on FR about it.
They definitely control most school boards
Childless lesbians also have control over the school counselor market.
As it should be.
Good
Yes, but you do not need to worry about them ever serving in this way. The armed teachers need to make certain the training is rigorous. I am 76 now, and while younger I might have joined up to protect the schools, but now I would be sidelined I am sure.
Don’t trespass into my house though.
Good for them. Now do the last part of my tagline when it matters.
YES, YES, YES!!
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