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Maybe the consequences of active shooters with AR-15's in schools ?
Why do you believe this?
These aren't comparable.Maybe the consequences of active shooters with AR-15's in schools ?
That might be your interpretation, it's not what the quote says.
These aren't comparable.
The common factor is the AR-15.
Most school shootings are committed with handguns, and those guns are in the control of gang members, for the most part.The common factor is the AR-15.
So a shooter comes into a school and they tell him, 'Oh wait just a second before you start firing while we run to the gun safe and get our ARs.'
Not much of a solution.
A very bad idea, bordering on truly stupid.When schools in one North Carolina county reopen later this month, new security measures will include stocking AR-15 rifles for school resource officers to use in the event of an active shooter.
Sheriff Harwood said the safes where the AR-15s will be kept will also hold ammunition and breaching tools for barricaded doors.
“We’ll have those tools to be able to breach that door if needed. I do not want to have to run back out to the car to grab an AR, because that’s time lost. Hopefully we’ll never need it, but I want my guys to be as prepared as prepared can be,” he said.
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North Carolina sheriff stocking schools with AR-15 rifles in wake of Uvalde shooting
Spurred by the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead in May, school officials and Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood have placed one of the semiautomatic rifles in each of the county’s six schools.www.nbcnews.com
I like this idea. This is just another resource for an officer to get to if they find themselves inside the school as an incident occurs.
As opposed to the shooter coming in and everyone sayingSo a shooter comes into a school and they tell him, 'Oh wait just a second before you start firing while we run to the gun safe and get our ARs.'
Not much of a solution.
A very bad idea, bordering on truly stupid.
It would just give the school shooter(s) a bigger arsenal from which to draw upon. Let those who actually know how to use the appropriate weapon bring them with them. The AR-15 is not always the appropriate weapon. So stocking up on them makes no sense. The police are adequately armed and do not require a stockpile of munitions to be kept at schools.
I would agree that is not an arsenal in any reasonable interpretation of the definition. however if you look up the definition and do some creative splicing of interpretations it is possible to come away with any place weapons are stored is an arsenal. So with that watered down definition that would make a kitchen knife drawer technically an arsenal this school safe would also qualify.I myself don't know it's a particularly useful idea. A single gun or even two, resting in a gun safe doesn't constitute an arsenal, though.
Is your hyperbole your impression of a gun control zealot?
Bear spray. Every teacher should have it. Older responsible kids too. They just need some training, they are not sheep, always fight back.So a shooter comes into a school and they tell him, 'Oh wait just a second before you start firing while we run to the gun safe and get our ARs.'
Not much of a solution.
Why would they need them? They already have the AR-15s, and even better sniper rifles, like the M24. However, most of the time they are going to be indoors, where rifles are a handicap. So they are more likely to use their sidearm in such situations. In either case, the police will already have all the weapons they require, they would have no need to stockpile ordinance in schools.Most school shootings are committed with handguns, and those guns are in the control of gang members, for the most part.
These rifles are under the control of the police, who will have to access them from an locked safe.
In any case, I'm sure that a sheriff in North Carolina couldn't give a rat's ass what some British expat in Georgia feels.
Give every teacher a taser. Not only could it potentially be used to stop a school shooter, but it could also bring order to an unruly classroom.Bear spray. Every teacher should have it. Older responsible kids too. They just need some training, they are not sheep, always fight back.
One or two guns in a gun safe doesn't sound practical or cost effective either. Why bother? Who were you expecting to use them? The police are already armed, remember?I myself don't know it's a particularly useful idea. A single gun or even two, resting in a gun safe doesn't constitute an arsenal, though.
Is your hyperbole your impression of a gun control zealot?
A taser takes some skill and it is a single shot and expensive. Bear spray gel has class room range and easy to aim because you can correct the spay. And innocents in the way will recover.Give every teacher a taser. Not only could it potentially be used to stop a school shooter, but it could also bring order to an unruly classroom.
By the way, never use bear spray against an aggressive bear, unless you have a death wish.
So a shooter comes into a school and they tell him, 'Oh wait just a second before you start firing while we run to the gun safe and get our ARs.'
Not much of a solution.
Any practical suggestions?An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Americans understand this, except gun owners when it comes to gun control.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Americans understand this, except gun owners when it comes to gun control.
Any practical suggestions?
How is that working out? and when?Gun control ?
How is that working out? and when?
So what. That will not happen here in the foreseeable future. What can we do now?Works pretty well in Japan and the UK.
So what. That will not happen here in the foreseeable future. What can we do now?