Posted on 02/21/2018 4:48:42 PM PST by Libloather
Broward County sheriff's deputies will now carry AR-15 rifles while on school campuses following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last week, Sheriff Scott Israel announced today.
The new policy was implemented Wednesday morning. In lieu of gun lockers, the only time deputies will not be "slinging a rifle" is when the firearm is locked in police vehicles, Israel said.
The rifles will not be fully automatic and will only be handled by deputies who are "trained and qualified" to operate them, Israel said.
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GET THE FEDS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS! and our daily life.
It might get more discreet in future. It seems like a good immediate move. “Don’t worry about shooters — we got you visibly covered.” There is a time for everything.
I know of an air force national guard base with jet fighters where the MPs are issued M-16s (but not bullets) to patrol the perimeter and guard the gates. If challenged, they have an expensive club.
Really.
Probably good overall, but how long before youth-murderers figure out they can arm up by breaking a window or popping a trunk on a police vehicle? It would be a lot easier to bring 4 or 5 loaded mags in a backpack than a rifle.
Certainly says a lot about todays kids that cops must patrol them with “weapons of war”.
In 1974, Israel endured the Ma’alot Massacre in which “Palestinian” terrorists took 115 people hostage at Netiv Meir Elementary School. Twenty-two children and three others were killed and 68 injured.
Israel now requires schools with 100 or more students to have a guard posted. The civilian police force handles the entire security system of all schools from kindergarten through college
https://townhall.com/columnists/lawrencemeyers/2018/02/15/president-trump-have-education-department-mandate-active-shooter-protocols-n2449726
Trained and qualified? The leftist media acts as if it takes a formal weapons education, a degree in firearms if you will, to understand how to operate a weapon safely and effectively. It’s not high tech land, not rocket science, and it’s certainly not complex.
Bob, funny you mention that. I remember standing watch at night alone on deck of an SSBN in the late 70s and we were not allowed to have a clip in our weapon. As a matter of fact I think it you chambered a round you’d have probably gone to Captain’s Mast.
They’ve done it in Israel for years. Seems to work ok there.
Kinda a knee jerk reaction that keeps the AR 15 debate alive.
I carry a CZ 82 loaded with 12 rds of Hornaday XTP.
No chirruns freaked out and concealed
This is outstanding!
WAY TO GO, FLORIDA!
I wonder how these kids are going to react when they realize all their autistic sperging has only turned their school into a prison.
Next Step:
Do the same thing at schools in other areas BEFORE another crazy shooter murders the students.
Don’t wait until 17 more are dead.
Aren’t those rifles evil?
The Ministry of Propaganda keeps telling me so.
Scott Israel is more of a Dem operative than a professional LEO, so this is a big deal. It means one of the True Believers has tacitly admitted that the answer to bad guys with guns is more good guys with more guns. The progs must be freaking out over this.
Look for gun violence to decline in 1 ...2. . .3.
Agreed
It would also help if the deputies were actually on campus, and not at the donut shop.
"School Resource Officer Scott Peterson was elsewhere on the 45-acre campus during the attack that left 17 dead and 16 wounded, Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said Friday. “Staff and everyone responded quickly,” Runcie said, based on a briefing by the Broward Sheriff’s Office. “The SRO was communicated with but was on another part of campus.”"
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-missing-sro-20180216-story.html
Not a prison, just guarded against more shooters (which are unlikely but the point is to head off the worry).
Excellent idea!
This IS a head-scratchin’ happy surprise.
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