Keeping out school children safe.

[mmckee1952]

Have a comprehensive threat assessment of each school by the local law enforcement.
.
Secure the perimeter of the school. All points of entry must be secure.
.
A system to control everyone who is going in and out of the school building.
.
A strong physical security presence and you start that by hiring trained armed former police officers or trained former military veterans and in addition to them, allow a few school officials who volunteer in the school to be allowed to carry a concealed firearm.

Conduct active school shooter drills every quarter..
.
Post signs outside of the school stating that there are armed security personnel in the school.
.
Provide a mental health assessment for any child who exhibits any strong negative anti-social tendencies.
.
Note: The above policies were implemented by the government in Israel after they had school shootings and after they put them into effect, all of the school shootings stopped.

[skeeterss0]

I agree 100%........and watch how fast the liberal parents start bitching about invasion of privacy and illegal search and seizure. At least their kids will be safe tho.

[kelu]

Conduct active school shooter drills every quarter..

You know, those drills have a tendency to transform into real shooting. So... I'd keep my child at home in those days.

[WRW]

They could just build prisons and pipe the lessons into the individual cells by computer. Really, does anyone think that every last child can be saved and that their quality of life will not suffer?

I'm a big proponent of allowing school staff arm themselves. EMS had First responder classes. Fire service has taught fire brigades, Why can't LE come up with a early response class? It seems to me that this problem, while it did begin prior to gun free school zones, has only snowballed since passage of said gun free school zones.

[ Post made via Mobile Device ]

[rifle]

I don't think there is any answer to solve this yet. There's a lot of reactionary proposals that may help to stem the amount of incidents, but like most here, I remember a lot of things from many years ago that make today's events look almost unreal. We carried guns to school, in vehicles ... at age 12 we were carrying rifles to go pop some squirrels, unattended by parents or adults a lot of times ... we had our own firearms in our rooms, on a wall, with ammo on the shelf underneath. We never even thought of grabbing one and killing classmates.

When people can realize why we didn't have these issues 40 years ago, when guns were more easily accessible, then people will see how to fix this. The biggest problem with fixing it though, is it will take at least a generation to do. there isn't anything in the way of quick, "feel good" legal remedies. They can help, but the core problem (IMO) is the direction our culture has taken.

This is just my opinion, and let me say I am referring to a large chunk, not all of one generation. It's the collapse of the family unit, and I don't mean just in a physical sense. We have a whole generation of kids who are now young adults who weren't raised by anyone ... not their parents, not any family. Even when the family was there. Kids have been raised to have no sense of responsibility, everyone gets a trophy. and most were having Ritalin shoved down their throats from the time they were 6 years old ... ingraining the idea that a pill will fix everything.

I really don't blame tv, as I grew up watching westerns and nobody killed more people than John Wayne. As far as video games, I can't say as I've never gotten into any playing of them so it would be somewhat erroneous for me to say that is also a cause.

All in all I guess i'm saying I don't think the country is looking in the right direction for a solution ... only a quick fix reaction that will be circumvented eventually

[WRW]

I'm not a big fan of Eleanor Roosevelt but:
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/elea ... elt_166988

My memory of the '60s is the overwhelming loss of this sentiment among a large segment of the population.

[ Post made via Mobile Device ]

[kelu]

If you have twitter, this reason with my thoughts exactly:
https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnBouchell ... 1877342208

[AlanM]

I just posted this in one thread but I'm going to repeat it.

Here's the results of a survey of educators about school safety taken after the Sandy Hook shooting.

http://schoolimprovement.com/voe/guns-a ... s/?pr=guns

“36.3% of educators surveyed report owning a firearm, 37.1% of whom say they would be likely or very likely to bring it to school if allowed.”

37.1% of 36.3% is 13.47% of all teachers surveyed.
Frankly I find that number to be quite heartening.
Nearly 1 out of 7 are willing to arm themselves to protect their students.

Frankly,I didn't expect it to be that high.
That's higher than the typical percentage of eligible adults that get a CHP or CHL.

[WRW]

All we are saying... ... ...
Is give Teach a chance... ... ... ... ...
All we are saying... ... ...
Ad infinitum

[ Post made via Mobile Device ]