Re: "Could this stop school shooters?"
Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:05 am
Wetpaperbag wrote:Lock people in and light the building on fire. Now there is an extra element this type of device would only cause more problems for. First responders can't get in quick enough and if it heats up people might not be able to get it off.
An armed guard would be a better deterrent. I think training and equipping teachers with guns would be a bad idea. It would only take one anti 2nd Amendment teacher to 'carelessly' leave their gun out in the open, or threaten a kid with a gun just to prove 'guns are evil.' Not worth the accident. Just like not everyone should drive, not everyone should have a gun.
Which is why there are things like backround checks, interviews after interviews, have to have been at the school for 10+ years etc. Very easy to get around the "one anti @nd Amendment teacher".
Re: "Could this stop school shooters?"
Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:10 pm
Statistically this problem is not very likely to occur.
The best way to reduce these crimes is to not provide any incentive to shoot up schools.
The media needs to self police. Don't release these people's names. They are doing it for attention and we oblige them.
We make them famous. And with their insane ramblings and manifestos that's exactly what they're looking for.
Maybe if they know they're not going to get their names or causes released they will make it easy and just turn the gun on themselves without harming anyone else.
The best way to reduce these crimes is to not provide any incentive to shoot up schools.
The media needs to self police. Don't release these people's names. They are doing it for attention and we oblige them.
We make them famous. And with their insane ramblings and manifestos that's exactly what they're looking for.
Maybe if they know they're not going to get their names or causes released they will make it easy and just turn the gun on themselves without harming anyone else.
Re: "Could this stop school shooters?"
Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:51 pm
Re: "Could this stop school shooters?"
Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:17 pm
Could kick through drywall next to door.
Re: "Could this stop school shooters?"
Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:06 pm
Tofan wrote:Wetpaperbag wrote:Lock people in and light the building on fire. Now there is an extra element this type of device would only cause more problems for. First responders can't get in quick enough and if it heats up people might not be able to get it off.
An armed guard would be a better deterrent. I think training and equipping teachers with guns would be a bad idea. It would only take one anti 2nd Amendment teacher to 'carelessly' leave their gun out in the open, or threaten a kid with a gun just to prove 'guns are evil.' Not worth the accident. Just like not everyone should drive, not everyone should have a gun.
Which is why there are things like backround checks, interviews after interviews, have to have been at the school for 10+ years etc. Very easy to get around the "one anti @nd Amendment teacher".
Who would do the interviews? Parents, other teachers, law enforcement, or general citizens? I know too many teachers I wouldn't want to let have a gun. Anyone can interview well, how do you think barry got elected twice? I just switched schools, but I've been shooting for years, and have taken classes, but because I haven't been there for 10 years I'm not allowed to be the guy to carry?
I still say an armed person in uniform is a better visual deterrent then knowing someone in the building has a gun. Plus having either law enforcement or armed guard would help deter student behavior or illegal activity, not all, but would make some second guess their choice.