02-23-2018, 02:27 PM
(02-23-2018, 02:11 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Personally, I would like to see something similar here. But realistically, I don't think it is possible in the current political climate.
As an aside, I heard a little bit more about what the Texas school district is doing with teachers and guns and I'm starting to like their approach better. They aren't requiring all or any teachers to arm themselves. They are allowing teachers to voluntarily do this, but with certain guidelines such as a mental health screening and a police-like firearms course. But the most important thing is concealed carry permits and strict secrecy over which teachers would have guns. No one would know how many teachers or which teachers in a particular school were armed. The point is not so much to have a feasible "reaction force" to a school shooter. The point is to try to deter a potential shooter from starting a spree in the first place with the fore-knowledge that all or some (or even one) of the teachers in the school have guns too.
I'm not 100% sold on the idea. But I do like some of the ways they are approaching it.
I agree it's a "solution" but like you I'm not sold on the idea. However I also agree that given the political climate, Australia's solution may not be acceptable here. One thing that bugs me about this country is the ideology that if it (whatever that "it" is) isn't American, it's crap or unacceptable. We could do so much better following other models in education, healthcare and IMO same with gun control.
