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Originally Posted by suesiegel
Some YOU,suggest teachers should be armed.
I DON'T KNOW but were it to be implemented. What would that teach the kids. Some people posting on this thread would object to it. Even if it was put into effect, would a teacher be prepared to pull the trigger or would they assume if they pull out a gun the perpetrator would after shooting some people, some kids, simply give up.
For that matter, in what just happened. Does anyone believe the shooter would not have grabbed a kid and used him as a shield?.
As stated, a simple solution does not exist.
I expect the defense will argue the shooter is insane. He is 19. We will need to keep him in prison for as long as 80 years at a current cost of ????? 100,000 a year.
Can we, can I, accept that a sane person is capable of this unfathomable act?
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What it teaches the kids is that we have to be responsible for protecting ourselves. It also shows that the teachers care enough about them to be willing to protect them. There is an armed officer assigned to Parkland High School but was on the other side of the school when this event took place. It's likely that this shooter knew where the officer would be.
I would actually make it a requirement of the job that teachers and administrators be trained, licensed and armed when on school property. What that would do is discourage most people who have any idea of shooting up a school from actually acting on that idea. It would also minimize the damage should someone try.
Yes, it's possible that the shooter could grab a kid and use him as a shield. Would that be any worse than what happened? Nothing is perfect, but we see what happens in gun free zones when a person decides to kill people. At least with armed school employees, there would be a chance.
You can talk about banning guns all you want. It'snot going to happen. You can talk about changing the culture, good luck with that. You can have all the drills you want, but they're not going to prevent anyone from doing what this guy did. You can encourage "if you see something, say something" all day long. It's not a bad thing, but as we saw Wednesday, a lot of people saw something and said something and nothing was done about it.
We have armed police protecting our citizens. We have armed guards protecting our money. We have armed secret service agents protecting our politicians, but evidently, for some people, our children are not important enough to have armed people protecting.
I doubt that the perpetrator will use the insanity defense. His lawyer already said that he knew what he was doing and is remorseful. In order to prove insanity, it has to be demonstrated that the defendant was not aware of the results of his actions or that he didn't know right from wrong. This guy knew what he was doing and hopefully will get a needle in the arm soon. I understand that he plans to plead guilty in order to avoid the death penalty. If I were the prosecutor, I wouldn't accpet that deal.