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Permalink Reply by Lewal on December 22, 2012 at 11:46am

I... you mean like stun guns?

Permalink Reply by Unseen on December 22, 2012 at 11:52am

Any cop will tell you that stun guns (and pepper spray) fail to work quite frequently. They both also require one to get fairly close to a guy. If the guy is actively shooting...not thanks, I'm sure.

Permalink Reply by Lewal on December 22, 2012 at 12:07pm

More cops hanging out at schools with stun guns (go ahead and ignore the immediate, more minor "Don't taze me bro!" repercussions of that). Security professionals tend to take their job very seriously and are well-trained and on-point enough to see a gun before it gets used.

More to that point, more metal detectors. Put the TSA in schools. Those schools shootings will be replaced by moaning and groaning about having to go through security in no time. My memories of the TSA are not fond. My memories of my kid getting a gaping chest wound would, I imagine, be... less fond.

Permalink Reply by Unseen on December 22, 2012 at 12:40pm

The TSA? In today's budget atmosphere? I don't think so. Do you have ANY idea how many schools there are in the country vs. how many airports there are?

I'd be in favor of better security in schools, but it will have to be paid for locally, and thus probably won't happen.

Permalink Reply by Lewal on December 22, 2012 at 1:51pm

Let's see, where could we make cuts...? Consequently, I'd pay a little to make sure a bunch of kids didn't get killed, wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?

Well not with that attitude it won't, mister.

Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on December 22, 2012 at 11:17pm

RE: "Do you have ANY idea how many schools there are in the country" - why yes, I do, 93,000+, just as I said in my much, much earlier comment, in which I said almost exactly that which you now seem to be echoing --

Permalink Reply by Unseen on December 23, 2012 at 11:23am

Nearly 100,000 according to this site. And that's just public schools, not charter schools and other private schools. 

Permalink Reply by James Cox on December 23, 2012 at 12:34pm

So if we want to install a Uniformed protection racket, we have to be a corporation filed with the SEC, and start asking for investor moneys ASAP?

Permalink Reply by Unseen on December 24, 2012 at 9:11am

I'm not for uniformed guards. The uniform makes them the first target. I think the defender(s) should be in stealth mode.

Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on December 24, 2012 at 10:55am

Are you saying they should be - (gasp!) - UNSEEN?!!

Permalink Reply by Strega on December 24, 2012 at 1:26pm

Stealth mode at the shopping mall...

Permalink Reply by Unseen on December 24, 2012 at 11:41pm

Precisely!

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