I've met and been speaking to one of our school board members. I'm very careful to present snippets of information so as not to make myself into some sort of a zealot. Recently she brought up my school safety concerns and said that when I first mentioned firearms in the school, she was firmly against it. To her credit, she did listen to me, particularly when I talked about multiple layers of security like unique keyboard sequences on on the school's computers that could automatically trigger an alarm at the PD. I believe talking to her about that convinced her that my agenda was really the kid's safety and not just adding guns to the schoolsVoiceofReason wrote: I don’t know how I feel about it.
Andy have the schools updated with solid doors that can be locked from inside the school room?
Without that it seems to me they would just be providing bunches of captive targets for the shooter. On the other hand if they tried to evacuate, the halls would be so full, the shooter couldn’t miss.
Does anyone know if, during “lockdown”, someone is stationed at each door to allow only law enforcement in?
I don’t think I am going to be able to arrive at any sensible opinion on this.
I had a chance to talk to her about the recent CO shooting and how that was stopped because the shooter met resistance. She now understands that most of the shooters are cowards and that a gun fight is far less likely than a capitulation by the shooter. I also have her convinced that advertizing gun free zones in the schools is the wrong approach.
I mention all of this in the context your comments. The school board has hired a security consultant who is doing a building by building assessment of security and will come up with specific recommendations. The consultant believes and she and I agree, the it is very much a case by case basis. Evacuating my granddaughter's smaller, single story elementary school building with fire exits very close to most of the rooms is far different than evacuating the much larger multi-story secondary buildings. One size cannot fit all in this matter
The unfortunate part is that the plans really have to change, based on what is happening. A security breach in the office area probably needs a different response than if a shooter came through the end of our granddaughter's wing, the furthermost part of the building from the office. I find it appalling that they spend so much money on other things and that the office doesn't have security cameras to monitor those entrances. None of the classroom doors are lockable from the inside (key lock in the outside knob only) and the doors would not stop anyone determined to get in.
My school board member has offered me a chance to meet the security consultant. I'd really like to find out what his take on CHL carry on the schools is. It would not surprise me to learn that he is strongly against it.
Back to the ads. While the pro-gun one is more appealing to me, I'm not sure what impact it would have on the population. There seem to be too many people who simply wring their hands at the mear thought of guns. Too many people are simply in denial that evil exists or might visit them.