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Originally Posted by AdultPornMasta
It is now abundantly clear that armed guards in shcools will not stop school killings.
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Not so quick.
I made it pretty clear that I wasn't too excited about having armed guards protecting my kid. I surely don't want teachers to be armed, but I am starting to see the benefit of having armed guards in school.
An armed guard will never be able to prevent a shooting - by the time the shooting has started it's already too late. however, an armed guard can surely increase the response time and hopefully prevent more kids from behind shot.
At the same time it depends on the motive of the shooter. If the shooter is a twenty year old man armed with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds, the armed guard will be out gunned. But if it's a single 14 kid who pulled out a firearm during a fight with the intention of shooting one person, that's a different story.
What a damn shame... Our local high school - which my kid will be attending in two years - is considering ending all sports and after school stuff - football, basketball, band, choir, everything... Because they can't afford it. And now they have to figure out how to have armed guards. This is what our society has become?