Somebody did their fucking job https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/...way-at-St-Marys-Co-High-School-477374093.html The gunman entered Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, at the beginning of the school day and shot a female student in a hallway, Sheriff Tim Cameron said live on News4. A male student also was hit by a bullet. The shooter exchanged fire with a school resource officer, trained, armed deputy sheriff, Cameron said. The shooter was wounded; the officer was not. I hope the Cowards of Broward see this and kill themselves today
Well... It worked We have armed guards in Banks and sports stadiums. Let's secure our kids at least as well as we secure our money
What's exceptional is that he actually shot what he was aiming at. At any rate, an incident like this in no way validates the insanity of arming school employees in response to what is at worst a miniscule threat.
Why? Why would anyone use this as an example of why it would be a good idea to arm teachers? The resource officer is a Sheriff's Deputy.
This is the way it should happen, except for the two kids he managed to shoot before being taken down. Like I said I've been convinced against arming teachers, but cops or private security is a way to go.
Who said anything about arming all the teachers Tell that to the dipshits in Florida who dont even want that.
You know what works even better? Wait for it... Just a little longer... NO GIVING EVERY PSYCHOPATH ACCESS TO GUNS would.
I don't know, but I sure as hell didn't. I was responding to Dayton's post. I didn't know those types of dipshits existed.
When your solution to the problem is to have armoured, reinforced doors and/or bring armed officers into schools, you've got way bigger fucking problems. But don't expect to have sane discussion about it. You can't reason with the insane.
Then take the locks off banks and fire the security guards Rip out the metal detectors in the NFL Shut down the tsa and get rid of the bomb sniffing dogs in airports I don't get why the left doesn't actually want to protect the children. Wait yes I do.. because dead kids means political activism
So? You think cops are these "master marksman" as they are often portrayed in television and the movies. ? You can't be serious.
No I don't. Not even close. I guess I'm kind of surprised that you oppose even having armed, on duty LEOs on school grounds.
"Won't you think of the children?" "Okay, let's put police officers in schools and possibly arm some teachers." "Nope, we must ban guns, that's the only way." "I don't think that's going to work." "I don't care, my agenda was never about protecting kids, I just want to ban guns. The children will be useful pawns though."
Why don't we just put electrified fences around every city block and post armed guards on every street corner? 'Cause that's the logical end-game to where you fucking idiots are going.
You think the average law enforcement officer has the skills to engage an active shooter with their weapon already drawn and a hundred kids running and screaming across the lines of fire without a high risk of hitting and killing innocents? A member of a SWAT team or specialized hostage rescue team maybe. But not an average cop who spends what? A couple of hours at the range firing at paper targets once a month to keep their weapons certification.
I'm not sure what "...with their weapon already drawn..." has to do with anything, but this guy managed to pull it off. I'm not sure if he's one of their more "average" LEO or some sort of high speed/low drag "operator".
Actually I read elsewhere that he was a member of the SWAT team. When I said "with their weapon drawn" anyone who knows anything about guns (or has talked to someone who does) will tell you that despite what they show in movies and television it is all but impossible to shoot first against someone whose gun is already out, aimed, and they have the will to fire. It is simply a matter of physics and geometry.
Here's a hint. When you need to invent the other side's arguments because you can't deal with their actual points, that's a sure sign you're kidding yourself.
Oh really? I didn't know they'd even released his name yet. Actually, that's not always true. It's also a matter of reaction time. google "21 foot rule". But it's also an unlikely scenario in this case. There is no indication that I'm aware of that the shooter "had the drop on" the resource officer. He was probably paying too much attention to his intended victims to notice the resource officer until it was too late. Remember...the officer moved to engage the shooter. I'm about 99.9% sure he had his gun drawn before he encountered the shooter.