I absolutely love hearing the left argue against armed guards in schools based on what it would cost taxpayers...it's truly amazing.
ARM THE TEACHERS ? ? ?
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I absolutely love hearing the left argue against armed guards in schools based on what it would cost taxpayers...it's truly amazing.
Yeah its funny when the same people claim that tax is theft and "Guvmint is too darn big".
We Know How to Stop School Shootings
You were saying?
It's conceivable that it could be done at the local level by concerned volunteer citizens for zero cost on taxpayers. If standing outside the school in body armor and heavily armed for 4 hours/week ensured my kid never gets shot by some crazy emo loser that decides shooting others > cutting self, I'd sign up immediately, and so would most of my neighbors. Kind of a moot point up here tho, when 8/10 trucks have a (at least one) rifle in the back window and the rest are concealed carriers, starting shit with guns in public just doesn't happen. Deterrents FTW.
I don't see putting armed guards in schools making schools any safer than enhanced TSA security measures have made flying any safer.
The type of guys who crash schools with guns blazing are mentally unstable and almost always commit suicide at the end of their rampage. The risk of getting killed buy a guard will not be a deterrent as they want to die anyway. Also, the guard won't be able to cover all entrances at all times, so the shooter will easily be able to find an easy entry point. Finally, considering how rare these shootings really are, most guards will get complacent after a few months/years and become less effective.
The additional cost of armed guards at schools could put a lot of financial pressure on schools that are already cash-strapped, for little to no real benefit.
Not only that, the first time a guard accidentally kills a student while trying to protect the school, or the first time a guard is overcome and his weapon is used against the school children, or the first time a guard cannot prevent killings, the whole concept of guards in schools will be axed as a costly failure.
The idea of armed guards in schools is nothing more than a poorly thought out knee-jerk reaction of the right. Just like banning guns is nothing more than a poorly thought out knee-jerk reaction of the left.
There is no single reason why these shootings happen, so there will be no single solution to stop them.
The type of guys who crash schools with guns blazing are mentally unstable and almost always commit suicide at the end of their rampage. The risk of getting killed buy a guard will not be a deterrent as they want to die anyway. Also, the guard won't be able to cover all entrances at all times, so the shooter will easily be able to find an easy entry point. Finally, considering how rare these shootings really are, most guards will get complacent after a few months/years and become less effective.
The additional cost of armed guards at schools could put a lot of financial pressure on schools that are already cash-strapped, for little to no real benefit.
Not only that, the first time a guard accidentally kills a student while trying to protect the school, or the first time a guard is overcome and his weapon is used against the school children, or the first time a guard cannot prevent killings, the whole concept of guards in schools will be axed as a costly failure.
The idea of armed guards in schools is nothing more than a poorly thought out knee-jerk reaction of the right. Just like banning guns is nothing more than a poorly thought out knee-jerk reaction of the left.
There is no single reason why these shootings happen, so there will be no single solution to stop them.
While I am not necessarily an advocate of school gaurds The US spends over $820B on education currently. Your $8B is a drop in the bucket, far less than standard annual increases even.
Automatics are banned. If you ban a semi-automatic, I can grab a revolver or pump action, etc. I guess Lanza could have just brought molotov cocktails, or improvised bombs, homemade plastic explosives, etc. You really think you can stop the crazy person? How hard is it to make an IED?
Right now most people seem to be just talking about banning "black rifles" and 30 round magazines. How quickly everyone forgets that the Virginia Tech shooting was done buy a guy with two handguns. It's just because this particular recent shooting involved an AR-15 that everyone's all yelling "ban assault rifles", like that's going to stop mass shootings or somehow make them less deadly.
