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TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 01:01 AM Mar 2013

School District Arms Some Employees, One of Whom Gets Shot During Training Session

The East Texas school district for the town of Van watches the news (Fox, we're guessing sure) and they know that it's time to arm themselves against the hordes of shooters trying to attack schools everywhere.

So the school board voted last month to arm some employees, such as janitors, so they could go all Dirty Harry and nip any crazed shooter's actions in the bud.

"By approving this policy, the board addressed concerns about effective and timely response to emergency situations at schools including invasion of the schools by an armed outsider, hostage situations, students who are armed and posing a direct threat
of physical harm to themselves or others, and similar circumstances," the district said in a prepared statement.

<<<snip>>>

At one of the first training sessions designed for specific employees to get a concealed handgun license, an accident happened and an employee got shot in the leg.

More at http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2013/02/van_isd_gun_chl_accident.php .



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School District Arms Some Employees, One of Whom Gets Shot During Training Session (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2013 OP
I said it's a bad idea. Now it IS a bad idea, demonstrably. mbperrin Mar 2013 #1
Multiply this incident by the 1,200 school districts in the state, TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #2
But think of all the new employment opportunities TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #5
I'm surprised that the insurance companies Ilsa Mar 2013 #3
Workers compensation insurance TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #4

mbperrin

(7,672 posts)
1. I said it's a bad idea. Now it IS a bad idea, demonstrably.
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 02:58 AM
Mar 2013

Teachers are not police officers, nor should they attempt to be.

TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
2. Multiply this incident by the 1,200 school districts in the state,
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 04:10 AM
Mar 2013

factor in the stress of dealing with hormone-raged students and belligerent administrators to get a recipe for even more massacres.

If this becomes the norm, then trial lawyers won't have to chase ambulances anymore. They'll know that the ambulances will be lined up in queue near campus similar to how taxicabs are lined up at airports. Very disturbing.

TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
5. But think of all the new employment opportunities
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:45 AM
Mar 2013

for lawyers, morticians, medical examiners, and the entire medical field.

The irony is that it may be safer to work in a prison than in a school.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
3. I'm surprised that the insurance companies
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:06 AM
Mar 2013

that provide the medical and liability insurance to the district haven't issued some sort of cease-and-desist-this-hairbrained-activity, we aren't going to pay for you shooting each other.

TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
4. Workers compensation insurance
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:37 AM
Mar 2013

already includes a premium endorsement for foreign terrorism risk and domestic terrorism based upon the payroll for the risk. If there is a significant change in losses, then an adjustment will occur that will affect the policy premium--in other words, it is already built in rating the policy from an actuarial perspective.

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