"As far as I'm concerned, teachers were trained to educate my children — not carry a gun. Even police officers need years of training in hostage situations," said Traci McKay, whose three children are among the 110 students in the red-brick Harrold school. "I don't want my child looking over her shoulder wondering who's carrying a gun."If you think about it, it's the first time for the shooter, too. Still, maybe the school could come up with some sort of waiver for Traci to sign--in case of an armed attack, her children are not to be saved except by responding "Only Ones"...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
A Student Waiver
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"I don't want my child looking over her shoulder wondering who's carrying a gun." - Traci McKay
Yeah... her CHILD might be paranoid... right.
Even police officers need years of training in hostage situations . . .
Does she think the police have "years of training" for dealing with hostage situations?
Every public school should have a safe firearms handling class, mandatory for all. This would reduce 'accidental' firearm deaths and injuries, and educate the children to the real dangers of misusing firearms.
Hold it this way. Release safety, if there is one, point at threat, focus on front sight, line up rear sight, press here at least twice. Repeat Step 6 as needed.
There. You're trained.
As for negotiations: Don't point a gun at innocent people and we won't freaking kill you. Any questions?
so is she relating her kid going to class with a hostage situation? i mean i can't disagree, if we're talking public schools.
I always like that old standby, "we can't allow guns in X because then we don't know who will be carrying a gun". They somehow never respond to the logic that people who go to X are ALREADY carrying guns and other weapons.
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They somehow never respond to the logic that people who go to X are ALREADY carrying guns and other weapons.
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And they already don't know who has them or why.
Passing "laws" to make sure the people you DO trust are prohibited from having any self defense tool certainly doesn't change that in the least.
But I agree that in a government "school" this is a side issue. Why would anyone who values the life and education of their child trust a government school for anything?
Sometimes, as a mental exercise, I look around and wonder who is carrying a gun. Not out of paranoia, but to sharpen my observational skills. You can often tell the confident and prepared from the oblivious and sheared. I certainly don't fret and worry about it though.
Seems to me that if I have a gun and someone tries to take me hostage and I shoot them, it's not really a hostage situation at all.
Can we dispense with the word "toting" forever and ever already? I think it went out of style around 1890..... gag
mamby-pamby bullshit makes me sick
Years of training??? While I was still an active police officer I went through an FBI crisis/hostage negotiations school. If I remember correctly, it took all of four days).
The brady bunch needs to read Texas law again, if they ever did the first time. Nothing in the Texas Penal code, or any other Texas law, requires a person carrying a firearm onto school property, with permission of the administration, to be a police officer.
I would presume the complainers have not considered alternative outcomes of a school shooting. In the event of a Columbine type incident unarmed teachers could easily result in dead children, dead teachers, and dead parents as well. Oh what a shame! How could this have been prevented?
She's seen too many movies. Little is done re hostage situations. Some get a modicum of training.
My son should be carrying. His skills are better than some cops.
Even without guns we have worked out an 'emergency' plan. He's not a sheep to be slaughtered.
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