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Originally posted by detachedindividual
Originally posted by smyleegrl
What I've been pondering lately is some sort of bullet-proof metal doors that can seal off a section of every classroom. They come down from the ceiling and can only be raised via special code. Kids would then be in a safe area. And just wait for rescue.
I don't know the logistics of this, or if its even feasible...but I'd rather do this than carry a gun.
I suggested panic rooms between classes.
If a teacher hears a shot, they hit a panic button, the doors of the panic rooms all open (they could be disguised behind pin boards etc) all internal doors of the school close, all kids from two classes go into the room between and hit a button, sealing the panic room doors. It's equipped with a considerable medical kit, supplies to last three days, a phone directly connected to the local police chief and control room, which is immediately manned by all available non-responding officers (could be 911 staff).
The same time the panic button is pressed an audible "shooter" alarm sounds in the local police, fire service and hospitals. All are immediately on route or preparing for casualties.
The internal doors of the school all have bullet proof glass and internal shielding, with reinforcement against explosives.
This would be expensive to do in every single school, but I think the NRA should pay for it.
Originally posted by smyleegrl
reply to post by thisguyrighthere
Extra responsibility for those of us who aren't recreational shooters or have concealed and carry permits.
This is exactly the problem that we run into when we start reacting emotionally to the symptoms and don't address the root cause(s). We can turn our schools into maximum security prisons and our children will be perfectly safe. Until they go to the mall. So we fortify the malls. And, again, our children will be perfectly safe. Until they go to church......................
Originally posted by smyleegrl
This is exactly the problem that we run into when we start reacting emotionally to the symptoms and don't address the root cause(s). We can turn our schools into maximum security prisons and our children will be perfectly safe. Until they go to the mall. So we fortify the malls. And, again, our children will be perfectly safe. Until they go to church......................
There's a difference between preparing for an unlikely event, and living in fear. I agree,, a panic room may not ever be needed, but if it should be, it's there.
but he was carrying them illegally and he went into a gun free zone with them and murdered people.
LEGALLY owned by his mother.
Originally posted by tjack
You don't even have to answer it with a post, just think about it and answer yourself.
If you could snap your fingers, and magically transport a gun through time and into the hands of the principal and/or teachers of Sandy Hook as the tragedy was starting to unfold, "Would you do it?"
Be honest with yourself. Would you?
Thanks in advance for your courtesy.
Originally posted by Doc Gator
Yes. Without hesitation.
The big question is: If one of the administrators or teachers had been armed (illegally due to it being a "gun free zone") and had stopped the shooter, would anyone be calling for their prosecution? "Gun free zones", although well intentioned, have failed miserably and created the very conditions that they were intended to prevent.edit on 18-12-2012 by Doc Gator because: punctuation