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bucolic_frolic

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6. The good guys with guns failed

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2022, 07:54 PM

May 2022

So that idea's out the window.

As for arming teachers .... They won't be experts, they won't stop the initial carnage. An hour later maybe one of them could have done something.

As for security officers at schools at all times ... How long can even the best of LE sit alert, trigger ready? What type of vigilance can you buy for the salaries school districts can afford to pay?

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TX Police Lt. Says Cops Were Reluctant to Engage Gunman Because 'They Could've Been Shot' [View all] Nevilledog May 2022 OP

Better the kids than the cops, eh? Gawd this makes me sick n/t Blaukraut May 2022 #1

I don't think that was the right answer. honest.abe May 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #3

Next we're gonna find out some of the kids were killed by law enforcement Nevilledog May 2022 #7

There's no way they would ever release that info. ecstatic May 2022 #9

Ballistics Nevilledog May 2022 #10

Oh, god. You're probably right. Why else would they even bring it up? *sigh* crickets May 2022 #25

Wow. Damn. Solly Mack May 2022 #28

They don't have a duty to protect. Scalia said so, and six justices agreed. rsdsharp May 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #13

Don't forget the opportunity to kill unarmed people & qualified immunity Nevilledog May 2022 #16

Don't forget highway robbery--er, I mean civil forfeiture. tblue37 May 2022 #20

Don't forget to shoot unarmed people tulipsandroses May 2022 #21

+1, some how unarmed black folk get shot too frequently because they fear for their lives ... uponit7771 May 2022 #26

Yes of course, much better to let 2nd graders and teachers get shot. Irish_Dem May 2022 #4

Fucking cowards DenaliDemocrat May 2022 #5

The good guys with guns failed bucolic_frolic May 2022 #6

The weird thing is how unaware the spokespeople in that town ecstatic May 2022 #8

I think even more horrifying for the parents than knowing their child was killed, brer cat May 2022 #11

Why didn't they talk to the people in the school who had cell phones. njhoneybadger May 2022 #14

The good guys with the guns were scared shitless dalton99a May 2022 #15

This article says there were 7 cops inside and 150 cops outside Nevilledog May 2022 #24

"To protect and to serve... ourselves!" IngridsLittleAngel May 2022 #17

Post removed Post removed May 2022 #18

I can see it all now: Disaffected May 2022 #19

not going to work today cuz I might be shot. do I still get paid? nt msongs May 2022 #22

Remember their god-king trump would have rushed right in unarmed captain queeg May 2022 #23

omg, what are the police for? RussBLib May 2022 #27

I would never imagine that a police spokesman would say/admit that. keithbvadu2 May 2022 #29