[Dozer523]

Originally Posted by Pete

Richard, you and Dozer are telling us we have nothing to worry about.
HUH? Whut makes you think I'm with him?

The schools, SROs, local police and SWAT elements all have a plan, it's all worked out, no problem. Our schools are safe.
Safe is a relative term. Nowhere has the "absence of danger". But, schools are pretty damn close. Don't do it, I hear the gyros spinning You can't argue from a particular instance to a general case -- it's in the Rules of Logic. It might be about the most prepared place there is because it has happened and it is so terrible; because the victims are so unacceptable to our society. (TR was not going all "Harry Potter" when he called the Columbine murderer those who shall not be named ever again.) What makes it safer is the preparation. The schools,have a plan; SROs, have a plan; local police, have a plan and SWAT elements all have a plan. What does the guy with just a gun have? He has just a gun. Even if it is you, Pete.

Any nut that comes on campus and pulls a gun will immediately be taken out by the SRO and before the body can hit the ground the local SWAT Team is on site, out of the vehicle and riddling it with thousands of rounds. Splat - body hits the ground DRT. Wouldn't that be sweet? Wouldn't it be really sweet if every weapon (except magic LEO ones) that came on to school grounds all the ammunition suddenly exploded? But it's not going to happen. So there is a plan. 1. You make it very hard for the POS to get near the children. 2. The REO goes after the POS. 3. Once the word is out (and it will get out) every LEO is there. And if / when #1 works the POS will be wandering the halls like a lost Freshman. All those LEOs will watch the POS on the gazillion monitors -- have you noticed that modern schools and modern prisons have a lot in common?
But "lock down" seems to be the plan most schools are comfortable with so thats the way it's going to be. It is a plan that is designed for the ones being protected. So Yup, now if we were designing a plan for say the SFA Convention. . . might be a tad different.

At least until the next time........Sadly, The Personnel assigned to the school will be changed. New suudies and intelligence will be gathered, and processed, Training will be improved or modified or added. New Equipment designed and procurred. But the Mission of schoolls will not change. Sort of like a Systems Programmed Review.

But if your kid is in MY classroom or Richard's school i bet he comes home with a cool story.

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