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[BREAKING] School Shooting in Conn. at Elementary School

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Sadat X, Dec 14, 2012.

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  1. Fyreball

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    Holy crap. That's terrifying.
     
    #21 Fyreball, Dec 14, 2012
  2. Sadat X

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    Teachers should be armed. Maybe not all but a handful at each school. They should be trained and issued a firearm and wear it on their side all day just like an officer.

    Maybe students would show more respect, too while noticing their teacher has a firearm on their belt. (Not that they would have to fear them using it on them but psychologically speaking)
     
    #22 Sadat X, Dec 14, 2012
  3. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost be kind. be brave.
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    Most schools have a security officer. Especially above 5th grade or so.
     
    #23 DonnyMost, Dec 14, 2012
  4. macalu

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    yah, let's arm one of the most overworked, underpaid, and under-appreciated workers in the US. what could go wrong.
     
    #24 macalu, Dec 14, 2012
  5. fallenphoenix

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    my highschool had a security officer... he was about 50-60 and very overweight. i wouldn't trust him with my life in a situation like this. i think it would be a good idea to have a select few teachers certified and allowed to keep a gun locked up in their desk.
     
    #25 fallenphoenix, Dec 14, 2012
  6. Sadat X

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    I know. Keyword "A" meaning single officer. My high school had 4 armed officers but we had 4000 students. If there were 20 armed & trained teachers, wouldnt you agree that would be safer, say a gunman started firing in hallway, a teacher with a firearm could possibly take him out immediately. Or at least lock down his or her class room and prevent a madman from entering it?
     
    #26 Sadat X, Dec 14, 2012
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    Psychos have to take their psychotic problems and affect everyone around them...this is ridiculous
     
    #27 sugrlndkid, Dec 14, 2012
  8. DonnyMost

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    I wouldn't trust a teacher, either.

    Let law enforcement do their jobs, and let teachers do theirs.

    That seems like massive overkill for a very rare occurance.
     
    #28 DonnyMost, Dec 14, 2012
  9. Svpernaut

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    ABC News is reporting at least 12 dead :-(
     
    #29 Svpernaut, Dec 14, 2012
  10. VanityHalfBlack

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    You know how to stop school shootings??? Don't open schools!!!!! Everything should be taught online/ video feed, no??? Oh right, who is going to stay at home with the kids??? This is where irobot futuristic technology should come in play, yes???
     
    #30 VanityHalfBlack, Dec 14, 2012
  11. rocketfan83

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    This is crazy. I do not recall a friggin elementary school shooting but I knew one day it would come. Sickening
     
    #31 rocketfan83, Dec 14, 2012
  12. VanityHalfBlack

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    OMG!!!!
     
    #32 VanityHalfBlack, Dec 14, 2012
  13. macalu

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    see Dunblane.
     
    #33 macalu, Dec 14, 2012
  14. fallenphoenix

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    well, you could wait for law enforcement and let dozens of people die before anyone arrives, or you can train a teacher who is subjected to background checks and psychoanalysis to be ready. I'd let this be a voluntary position, and give the teachers a bump in pay to be trained and ready for situations like this. admittedly, you'll have to be very careful with who you choose to give this responsibility to.
     
    #34 fallenphoenix, Dec 14, 2012
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    If I'm a teacher I'm not wasting my time learning how to shoot and if there was a gunman I'd just hide, I'm not dying for other peoples kids, its a job not some higher calling. You can't put that kind of responsibility on teachers, that's absurd.
     
    #35 Ziggy, Dec 14, 2012
  16. Rip Van Rocket

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    This is sounding worse and worse by the minute.
     
    #36 Rip Van Rocket, Dec 14, 2012
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    Ban guns
     
    #37 David Stern, Dec 14, 2012
  18. Sadat X

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    This. I was not implying that schools grab a burlap sack full of Glocks and go room to room and set them on each teachers desk with an instruction booklet & post it note with "You know what to do" on it.

    Train them, bump pay, & potentially save lives of our children. In these situations, the faster you can neutralize a gunman the better.

    My school cops all sat in their golf carts outside reading the paper, making sure students didnt leave campus.
     
    #38 Sadat X, Dec 14, 2012
  19. DonnyMost

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    The officer is on campus. There is no waiting, if any. The Clint Eastwood teacher scenario is silly. We don't need to create an army of hybrid officer-educators packing heat in every school because of tragedies like this. It would be like forcing golfers to use wooden clubs because somebody got struck by lightning.
     
    #39 DonnyMost, Dec 14, 2012
  20. Svpernaut

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    33,000 people died in 2011 in car accidents. We should totally ban those.
     
    #40 Svpernaut, Dec 14, 2012
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