USMCRanchGirl":hzp2wj4v said:Crazy is as crazy does.
I look at it this way. If you were be nice bent on going off the deep end, wouldn't you be less likely to walk into a room and start firing away if you knew everybody else in the room was armed, too?? Just a perspective.
Alice":ynity8bw said:The thing is...how can we possibly second guess this situation from what we gather from the media.
USMCRanchGirl":1re888d5 said:Alice":1re888d5 said:The thing is...how can we possibly second guess this situation from what we gather from the media.
I actually wasn't referring to the specific situation in W.V. I'm no Monday morning quarterback; I was just making a statement in general.
As far as the email thing ... you're right. Give me a break!! I'm sure someone will pay the price for that one. Unfortunately, people don't always react logically in situations like that. You'd think after the number of incidents we've had across the country over the past years, each educational establishment would have a reaction plan in place for things like this. Sad that we have to do that, but seems to be a necessity now.
Alice":3pqu8cg1 said:I'm sorry...for some dumb reason I thought I was responding to you on a different thread when I specified the W.V. incident. My bad...![]()
Bama":1z2t8pum said:For the most part these things happen where guns are in a place where there are not supposed to be any. Talk, radios, fountain pens, or folders don't solve them. They are only solved by more guns brought into the situation to solve them. If some of the staff had been armed it would not have gotten as far as it did. For those that ask "what keeps a armed teacher from going berserk." - more armed teachers. Police officers are armed, if one of them goes on a shooting spree we don't take the guns away form all of them. Responseable, trained people with guns can put a stop to some of this. Yes, people do get killed by "friendly" fire. But far more are killed by "unfriendly" fire. I have a daughter fixin to enter a major college, I would feel more secure knowing there were armed staff around to protect her and others.