Galveston County TX High School shooting

[Cletus]

I could support a reasonable plan to arm teachers so long as it was voluntary and the teachers were competent to handle firearms. But I think Resource Officers / police at schools would be more effective. You could also have classroom doors that don't open from the outside with a security measure. So if a student on prescription anti-depression medication goes full out homicidal, he couldn't gain access to a classroom while class was in session.

The problem with using a SRO is that he can only be in one place at a time. In our local school district, for example, there is one SRO who has to cover 4 different campuses, all in different parts of town. That gives him at best, a 1 in 4 chance of being on the grounds of a particular school in the event of an active shooter incident. Arming volunteer teachers is not only a more effective method of providing coverage, it is also much more cost effective. If you could arm, say... 10 teachers per school, that would be the equivalent of 40 SROs.

Of course, the best solution is a combination of active and passive defensive measures. Armed personnel on campus and strict access control. Keep the shooter from getting on campus in the first place or making sure he can't get on campus with the weapons he needs to carry out his act would greatly reduce the risk of armed personnel ever being required to respond in the first place. There should still be armed personnel available in case someone manages to slip in, but the odds of that happening can be greatly reduced with proper and relatively simple planning.

[Peter1469]

The problem with using a SRO is that he can only be in one place at a time. In our local school district, for example, there is one SRO who has to cover 4 different campuses, all in different parts of town. That gives him at best, a 1 in 4 chance of being on the grounds of a particular school in the event of an active shooter incident. Arming volunteer teachers is not only a more effective method of providing coverage, it is also much more cost effective. If you could arm, say... 10 teachers per school, that would be the equivalent of 40 SROs.

Of course, the best solution is a combination of active and passive defensive measures. Armed personnel on campus and strict access control. Keep the shooter from getting on campus in the first place or making sure he can't get on campus with the weapons he needs to carry out his act would greatly reduce the risk of armed personnel ever being required to respond in the first place. There should still be armed personnel available in case someone manages to slip in, but the odds of that happening can be greatly reduced with proper and relatively simple planning.

Agree with all.

I would expect a SRO in each school building.

[MisterVeritis]

We need to abolish public schools.

[Captdon]

Then what's wrong with legislation that would require the purchaser of a weapon to be sponsored by two people that must accompany him/her when the weapon is acquired? With them signing for the integrity of the buyer with the understanding that if that buyer uses it for illegal purposes, the signatories would be held jointly responsible.
Would you sponsor a buyer on those terms?

You see, we have these pesky rights. That's beyond your ability to grasp. I'm responsible for me, not you.

This post is worthless.

[Captdon]

So you wouldn't act as a sponsor but want a solution that doesn't involve you. Very conservative.

Will you pay for every person shot without a way to defend? See how idiotic you are?

[Captdon]

The full text so our forum liars understand what he was saying;

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-buy-a-shotgun

Biden, who is leading a push for President Barack Obama's gun control proposals, made the remark during a question-and-answer session on Facebook on Tuesday.
The vice-president has not one but two shotguns, which he says he keeps in a locked cabinet at his house in his home state of Delaware, and he has given his wife, Jill, explicit instructions on how to deal with any would-be intruder.
"We live in an area that's wooded and secluded," Biden said. "I said, 'Jill, if there's ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here ... put that double-barrelled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.'
"I promise you, whoever's coming in is not going to," Biden said. "You don't need an AR-15 [assault rifle]. It's harder to aim. It's harder to use. And in fact, you don't need 30 rounds to protect yourself.

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"Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun," he said.

So, old Joe is in favor of an armed response. Did you read this first?