Here's a Three-Word Policy That's Been Effective in Stopping School Shootings

TownHall ^ | May 25, 2022 1:45 PM | Matt Vespa

[Chad C. Mulligan]

The border city of Uvalde, Texas is mourning. Salvador Ramos, 18, shot and killed 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. They were all in one classroom. It’s a heinous crime. It’s a Sandy Hook-like situation. Ramos shot his grandmother before this rampage. The grandmother is said to have survived. We’re going to hear an earful about gun control, so-called assault weapons bans, and other anti-gun talking points from Democrats. And the result will always be the same—Americans will not torch their rights to appease a political class lusting for more power and control, especially after the COVID lockdown fiasco. NONE of the COVID protocols were effective. The lockdowns did next to nothing to reduce the mortality rate. The one policy that has been effective is having police officers at schools.

School resource officers is not a new policy. Sandy Hook adopted it after Adam Lanza’s equally evil shooting in Newtown back in 2012. It’s backed by the National Rifle Association. It has a proven track record. For years, we’ve had stories of these brave officers stopping would-be school shooters. Does it stop all of them? No, some manage to pop off a few shots but the level of carnage is not catastrophic when SROs are present.

[higgmeister]

I agree with the posts that qualify, train and arm teachers. They don’t have to pack, but the fact that no one knows whether they do or not is enough to deter mass murder. A single school resource officer could simply be the first target. In any neighborhood, a random burglar or meth addict has doubts about which houses are armed. This protects the whole neighborhood, even the anti-gun nuts. I see a lot of bumper stickers that say “This truck or this house is protected by Smith & Wesson”. I don’t see any houses that say “This home is a gun-free zone”. And yet, we say just that at our kids’ school. This is nuts!

My neighbor across the street a, 39 year military veteran, lets anyone know he is always within reach of a firearm.   When he is working on his cars or truck in the driveway he has one on his workbench.

[Not_Who_U_Think]

“Engaged him” can just mean hey howya doin?

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They’re using weasel words. Does “Engaged” mean shots fired? I’m wondering.

Also reading that he was inside the school for AN HOUR.

One 18 year old crazy guy, who is able to fend off three cops?

[CurlyDave]

Actually you only need two words: “SHOOT BACK”.

[bhl]

That’s because we haven’t tried the novel idea of preventing young adults with a history of run ins with the cops from purchasing body armor, military styled “sporting rifles”, high capacity magazines and thousands of rounds of ammo, without so much as a mandatory training video...

Armed police should not be needed in a school. And a motivated person could do more than “pop off a few shots” when there are a lot more kids at play.

[generally]

hate these click-bait titles

[lapsus calami]

 

 

The answer is to utterly refuse to give school principals and educators a vote in this matter. They have clearly failed.

 

Spectacularly, time and time again. Don't want to make schools into overt prisons, but there are many subtle things that can be done, such as first ditching the normalcy bias and acknowledging that we are in a disintegrating culture that's not on track to getting any better and adjusting accordingly.

 

 

[Taxman]

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[nanook]

The 6th commandment is “ Thou shall not murder.”