Unarmed schools invite armed fools
“Unarmed schools invite armed fools!” -Cap Black, The Hood Conservative
December 14th, 2012 is a date sure to life in infamy. Twenty elementary school children were killed by a suspect not much more than a child himself.
Twenty six people were murdered today at an elementary school. Its magnitude was such that I first thought the report was about an overseas tragedy.
Voices pro and con regarding gun control shriek, while a recession-weary populace numbly hugs its children, thanking God this didn’t happen to them.
There may be an organic solution to this appalling vulnerability,
After September 11th, select airline crew men were trained as ” Federal Flight Deck Officers “, authorized to carry firearms whose ammunition is designed not to de-pressurize aircraft.
They are the last line of defense in occasionally unfriendly skies. Should all else fail, they will defend the aircraft with lethal force if needed.
After today, hardening America’s soft under belly of gun free school systems ( assailants exempted ) may require a radical thought for some:
Arming select teachers and/or support staff.
Let it sink in before you react.
There are only so many school resource officers and private ones to go around. When budgets tighten, security is the first thing eliminated or severely cut.
Our ally Israel arms school support personnel ( including designated parents ) while on campus. Critics may say, ” but they have a terrorism problem ” as grounds for such action.
Active shooters facing unarmed students, faculty and staff is more than enough terrorism for average Americans.
Chronically unsafe inner city neighborhoods could use this option since armed criminals and psychotics happen there more often.
Today’s tragedy in Connecticut reminds us that disarming the law abiding means attackers can press lethal advantages long before law enforcement arrives.
If airline crews are armed as an airborne last line of defense, why are school’s first line of defense, teachers, left too often with their bodies as the only protection when children are attacked?
Save the children: arm faculty.
Make criminals and crazies think twice.
Cap Black, The Hood Conservative, says,
” Be your OWN Superhero!”
Saber
My thoughts and opinions around this shooting will seem fragmented because whenever I read updates about it, see news clips or even think of it… tears start pouring out… and simply typing those words is making my vision blurry with tears welling up.
The elementary school shooting is an astronomical tragedy. Columbine didn’t effect me like this. No other shooting EVER has effected me like this. These were TINY KIDS. I have a major soft spot in my heart for little children, and there have been times when volunteering with children felt like all I had to live for.
Arming school staff… perhaps. Maybe having 2 or 3 VERY VERY secure boxes (more like vaults built into the building) would be acceptable with a very complex method of opening it. Sure that complexity would make it take longer to get it in an emergency… but it would be a necessary precaution in my opinion… and at least they would be available, whereas even this wasn’t available to the staff involved in this shooting.
That scenario is kind of an IF they will arm staff, how they should do it. SHOULD they arm teachers/staff… I have mixed emotions.
There is a massive amount of people petitioning for better gun control and/or outlawing guns, the way some countries have. I don’t feel either of those options would have prevented this, or many other tragedies. If you outlaw guns… criminals will still get them… and good people will not have them for self defense.