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MikeF72:
huskergun - I have to agree with you on arming some school personnel. My concern is that over the next few days this is going to be used as another example of why "guns are bad." I was on the road in the Omaha area today listening to 1290 AM on the radio and on the national stories at the top of the hour the lead story was "There were three shooting in the U.S. today. One at a high school in Omaha, one at a church in . . . [I forget the State], and one at a shopping mall in Arizona." What they won't cover is that it is extremely unlikely anyone carrying legally would have been involved in any of these since in at least 2 of the 3 locations (probably all 3) it was illegal to have a handgun [the church and school in particular, and most likely the mall as well]. They also won't mention the fact that since these locations are "posted" or "illegal" they make themselves a natural target for someone seeking to do this type of carnage. Very seldom do we read a story of some stupid punk with a gun walking into a gun store and opening fire. These type of people pick their location based on the likelihood that people there won't be shooting back. The only way to defeat this mentality is to make them question whether they stand a chance of getting away with it - or not. If they think they will get shot back at they are likely to either not do it or find an easier target.
my 2 cents anyway . . .
Greybeard:
I worked in the Omaha Public Schools from March 1992 to 30 September 1996 as a school security officer. Most of the security officers at that time were retired law enforcement or retired military. These officers already have the training and responsibility for protecting the facility, faculty and students. I believe that they should be armed and allowed to do the job that they are being paid to do.
FarmerRick:
It's allowed in churches, why not schools? ???
Cathy1911:
The "school security officer" hid behind his desk until the shooter left the building. If this was an unarmed school employee, it reiterates that unarmed security is no security at all especially in the total absence of combat mindset. If this was their assigned armed resource officer, words just fail me.
shaggy853:
Wow, that is absolutely unacceptable.
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