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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
Most teachers are averse to carrying LETHAL firearms. A flare gun or a rubber bullet shot at an armed intruder could delay his killing of children long enough for some of them to escape and/or the Police show up or a Principal or school guard to get there with a LETHAL lead firing pistol or rifle.
Rubber bullets and flare pistols are NOT a joke - they are better than NOTHING, which most teachers say that they will be carrying ......nothing.
.......And I have talked to a few Police Officers that said that a separate gun loaded with rubber bullets MIGHT be good in certain situations. They were open to the idea. Many Officers are NOT thrilled with a foot chase with a suspected perpetrator and then the decision to shoot them in the back, or not.
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Yes, rubber bullets and a flare gun really IS a joke. Rubber bullets are only used in NON-lethal situations such as riot control. NOT/NOT/NOT in mass murder situations. Get it? A flare gun? I really thought you were kidding. Seriously??? A flare gun is worse than a shotgun in a classroom. Do you want the school to burn down? Do you know how hot flares are? Do you even know off hand what chemicals are in the flare? Go ahead and Google it. NO law enforcement officer will tell you that a school teacher should confront a mental case possessing a firearm, with the teacher aiming a gun with a rubber bullet. Wow! If a teacher is willing to defend the children with a gun loaded with rubber bullets, then he/she is willing to fire a REAL firearm with lethal bullets. A teacher is willing to throw themselves down in front of a child to protect them like he/she was one of their own, so I know they would use whatever is available. I am not saying that they should even use a weapon, unless they were comfortable with firearms and trained to carry one legally. I would rather that the school was fortified so that the bad guy could not get in, in the first place. Worrying about the kids after the bad guy is in, is the same as worrying about the horses after the barn is on fire.