23 Dec 2012 8:50 am
Chuck!
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So we just throw up our hands and do nothing?Or maybe we take Wayne LaPierre's advice and put an armed guard at the entrance to every school.A few problems with that.There was a deputy sheriff stationed at Columbine on the day of the shooting.Virginia Tech also had armed police on campus.And the police can't be every where all the time, neither.The issue is training armed people to guard our schools, the safety of the children is their job. Nothing like these "School resource Officers" whose job it seems to be making friends.Of course Mr. LaPierre did not say that we should also have armed guards in movie theaters, shopping malls, supermarket parking lots or houses of worship, where shootings like this have also occurred.I guess people in those places are on their own.Yep,Welcome to the real world. Your self defense is your job, and nobody else's.The cops don't have to protect you, never have, as the SCOTUS has decided over and over.Oh, I know, if only someone had had a gun, they could have stopped those shootings.Can you imagine someone trying to take down the shooter (in full body armor) in a dark crowded movie theater in Aurora?The guy wasn't wearing "body armor" in Aurora, and I'll bet you the guy in CT wasn't either once the real facts come out.BTW, there was an armed citizen in the parking lot where Gabby Giffords was shot.He was coming out of a store and saw a man with a gun, and almost shot him.The man with the gun turned out to be the man that had wrested the gun away from the shooter.And yet he didn't shoot. This shows that the common CHL holder can and will make good decisions under duress and stress, despite all the antis claim to the contrary.This is a good thing, the guy walked into a situation, drew his gun and covered the action, but didn't fire because it wasn't needed. I applaud the guy.Good job,,,,If we did have an armed guard stationed at every school, they would likely be the first one shot.Remember the Holocaust Museum shooting in 2009, where a security guard was shot and killed, or the shooting at the Capitol in 1998 when two United States Capitol Police officers were also shot and killed?You got a problem with hiring trained men to be the first ones shot at?I don't.I'd much rather have the guys hired for that get shot before the bad guy reaches the office or classroom.I'm sick of the pinheads who think that the solution is so simple as to just arm everyone.And I tire of people who reduce the "solution" to this and only this.Nevermind the confusion that takes place when a shooting like this occurs, even when trained law enforcement officials are on the scene.Let's have a bunch of people without any law enforcement training running around shooting wildly.That'll work.Law enforcement training isn't needed, although it probably will be included.BATTLE training is what is called for, and the schools contingency plans should call for getting the kids out of the building. If the guys up front are dying because terrorists are shooting their way into the building, the teachers had damn well better be hustling those kids out the back.Schools practice fire drills, they should also practice active shooter drills, emergency evacuate, etc.We're starting programs in Ohio to train teachers for armed combat nowThe pilot program is going to train 24 teachers at a cost of around $1K each.The cost is being paid for by Ohio gun rights organizations, grass rootsThey're not going to the police academy. They're going to Tactical Defense Institute, to learn skills particular to their mission, protecting the kids.Education and training is the answer, Misty, taking away this or that gun.We must teach our children how to survive,We must train ourselves how to protect themAnd we should have our weapon of choice to do this with,,,,