Who has their phone on anything but silent anymore? I couldn’t tell you the last time I’ve heard a cell phone ring. None of my high school or young adult kids have had their ringer on for years, if ever.
In Ohio, teachers are allowed to have guns in the classroom after 24 hours of training.
100% agree. Schools need TSA level security measures. This has to be stopped, we have had enough!
That is an excellent question. I am so disgusted with our government, kids are our most precious resource, and all the pols ever do is pontificate in front of the cameras. Invest our tax dollars where it counts, for a change. We have the technology, but not the guts to implement it.
In a earlier post, I believed the shooter used an aK-47, I believe now that I was mistaken, if it was an AR 15. Either way, an automatic rifle can fire multiple rounds per minute, causing many casualties before someone can intervene.
IME previous working in school administration…when/if schools try to enact no phones policies, parents throw a fit and get very vocal. Phones are a very hot button especially after shootings (parents want them to communicate in an emergency).
In an emergency like this case I think it's best for students to listen to instructions given by teachers and school staff on what to do or not do.
I'm passionate about saving lives so a last message would be totally unnecessary. JMO.
I'm torn on this one. In a perfect world, no one, not student or adult, would go into a school and start shooting innocent children.
This would be a very big concern for me too.
And what's to stop a kid grabbing a gun from an armed staff member? People try it on cops all the time.
Right. There is a MAJOR difference between a semi automatic and automatic. Because certain semi automatics look a lot like an automatic, people don't realize they are NOT the same, are not intended to be used for the same things. IMO, an automatic has one purpose: to shoot as many rounds in whatever direction it is pointing as fast as it will allow. Mainly to kill as many armed people coming at you as possible or shoot up/destroy something. Not target shooting, not single animal hunting, only self defense if you expect to be attacked by a gang of armed people intent on killing you. Not what I would call a "sportsman" gun. I say this because there are a lot of reasons a person might own a semi automatic. Very few reasons to need an automatic in every day life, though I could understand keeping one "just in case". In my world, it would be locked up unless needed. But unless you are shooting against an automatic, a semi is all you would ever need.
