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Les:
Take the initiative. http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/off-duty-police-should-be-allowed-to-carry-guns-at/article_18e20c08-b420-590b-998c-24db780a5670.html
GreggL:
Off duty police officers being able to carry on school grounds is a step in the right direction. I'ld like to see teachers who have their concealed carry permit also be able to defend themselves and their students.
depserv:
Hopefully any police officer protecting school kids will not be like the coward who failed to do his duty in the Florida shooting. Because that possibility always exists, more than one guard is probably a good idea.
I'd like to see some committee, maybe at the federal or state level, come up with a training course and tests, and of course screening criteria, that citizens could take, probably given by the sheriff's department, and once they pass the tests and are screened they are considered qualified to be armed guards in the schools. The course would have training and tests that are more or less specific to that task. I like and respect the police, but I do not think there is something magical about being a police officer that makes them the only ones capable of defending schools from a mass killer.
I think there are many men who could do it and have enough spare time to be in the schools as armed guards, and they would probably not even need to be paid, or maybe paid some small amount. I'd think parents and grandparents of the school kids especially would be more than willing to pay for the course and guard the schools.
Teachers and other adults working at schools could take the same course and then be qualified to carry. I think it makes sense to have a dedicated guard whose only job is being a guard, but teachers, principals, coaches, and others like them would be very valuable as a backup to the guard (or guards).
This kind of thing is workable and would do much to alleviate this plague of mass school shootings we are experiencing. And for that reason liberal bigots will be strongly against it. But those who care about the safety of our kids should support the idea.
Kendahl:
It's absurd that cops aren't allowed to carry on school property at any time. Although their shift may have ended, they are never 100% "off duty". About a year ago, an FBI agent dropped his kid off at the kid's school in one of Omaha's bedroom suburbs. Someone noticed that he was armed and complained. A sensible reaction would have been, "An FBI agent? Wonderful! Couldn't you have persuaded him to stay all day?"
In my opinion, the educational establishment's antipathy toward firearms is secondary. Their primary objection is to fighting back against violent criminals. Tell an anti-gunner that you don't need a gun as long as you can crack a home invader's skull with your baseball bat. Their reaction will show you their real motivation.
Our governor has also annoyed Democrats by inviting the NRA to hold its convention here if Dallas pulls in the welcome mat. It would be nice if they came to Omaha. I would like to attend once out of curiosity but don't want to make a major trip out of it with hundreds of dollars spent on travel, hotel and meals.
Mntnman:
--- Quote from: depserv on February 25, 2018, 08:40:28 AM ---Hopefully any police officer protecting school kids will not be like the coward who failed to do his duty in the Florida shooting. Because that possibility always exists, more than one guard is probably a good idea.
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We weren't there. Was he supposed to run in blind and get killed like a hero? Would that have been prudent with a handgun against a rifle and possible armor? Does the SWAT team jump out and run in unprepared when they arrive or do they assess the situation?
I am not ready to call him a coward as I am sure I don't know the whole story. I do know that if I was at a mall as an armed civilian and a shooting incident happened, my number one job is to go home to my family, not be a hero.
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