guns and schools
 

make no mistake this is a real tragedy for sure... when my daughter was in HS there was a metal detector and guards, and all the Jewish schools I've seen around here in LA have an armed guard at the gate... maybe it's time for all schools to armed guards?

we can all wish it was one way or the other, but it's not... so I guess it's time.

Armed guard(s). Metal detectors. HD security cameras with a monitor room.

And just for shits and giggles, an autonomous gunfire-detecting turret mounted in each room.

Evil spreads like cancer. Soon you will have armed guards shooting kids. :2 cents:

Every soldier has to know the right maneuver. Trust the General and guards to make the right decisions. They know the battle is maybe not over, yet.

Holy shit, Fatfoo!

I don't see any options for schools. I just don't.

Guards: You put a guard on the front door, but that's not going to change anything. Anyone with intentions of attacking the school will know about the guard, and he will be the first target. The guy in CT just killed 26 people; If the school had a guard the guard would have been the first killed.

Metal Detectors: Worthless. Kids have intimate of the schools and will be able to sneak anything in, and even parents are well aware of the alarm systems and security systems.

Fences: Worthless. My kid's school has a huge fence around it. Great. But I know where the openings are and when they are open - for example, the track is not protected by this fence and when the kids in PE go out the track everything in the back of the school is wide open. If not, I could just pull my truck up to this fence, hop on top of the truck, and over the fence. On top of this, in the even of an attack it will only prevent kids from leaving the school.

Short of locking down the school completely and having multiple armed guards, I don't see many options. Schools can barely afford teachers so I doubt any of them would be able or willing to hire armed guards. Even then, what to do you get as an "armed guard" - a sixty year old retired man working part time? That's not going to stop anyone.

But then schools are only a part of the problem. We need to protect schools, government offices, malls, theatres, private businesses.

Fucking insane.