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Thinking outside the government-sanctioned box is only "irrational" to those enclosed within that box. There's an old saying, which claims:
Perhaps I will be surprised if some things I expect to happen do not happen in the near future... but, I believe that - based upon history - in the end, it will be a much greater surprise for you. Please accept my deepest sympathies for your inability to escape that box.
I don't see good people running about with a gun drawn because of sounds, even apparent gun fire. Determine the cause and any need for action first. Lethal force is a last result.
Nope... not part of that "old saying". But you can make it say whatever you wish, if that's what it takes to make you feel secure inside your government-sanctioned thought box.
The"immediately" part is a bit misleading - it should have read immediately after they arrive on-scene. Unless the school has a "resource officer" on the premises, chances are that it will be a matter of at least a few minutes before they arrive (perhaps several minutes), are given instructions by the senior officer on-scene, and "immediately charge to the area of the shooting". A lot of destruction can take place in even 3-4 minutes - whereas an armed faculty member (or two, or three), who is already on-scene, may have the necessary capability to minimize or eliminate the threat... IF they have an predetermined emergency plan (so that teachers aren't shooting one another by mistake).
Pax...
The"immediately" part is a bit misleading - it should have read immediately after they arrive on-scene. Unless the school has a "resource officer" on the premises, chances are that it will be a matter of at least a few minutes before they arrive (perhaps several minutes), are given instructions by the senior officer on-scene, and "immediately charge to the area of the shooting". A lot of destruction can take place in even 3-4 minutes - whereas an armed faculty member (or two, or three), who is already on-scene, may have the necessary capability to minimize or eliminate the threat... IF they have an predetermined emergency plan (so that teachers aren't shooting one another by mistake).
When I was living in Las Vegas (about 25 years ago), "School Cops" is pretty-much what they were called. The "School Police Force" was a semi-autonomous department under the Clark County Sheriff's Office (as I recall). On the first day of school, something in the neighborhood of 35 "assorted weapons" were confiscated from students as they entered just ONE school, according to one of the TV stations. Pax...
