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66. Your side is going to need excuses a lot more than mine will. And you know it. (nt)

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Arkansas School Posts Sign Warning That Teachers Are Armed, Gunmen Will Be �Met With Deadly Force� [View all] kpete Aug 2013 OP

Good for them ! nt clarice Aug 2013 #1

Idiocy compounded. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #2

Or pick a different school... Bazinga Aug 2013 #29

You can't give guns to teachers. They can't to be trusted to act responsibly around our children!!! Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #51

It's what Jesus wants! sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #3

He that lives by the sword, shall die by the sword. denverbill Aug 2013 #7

I was just trying to figure out which cult runs the school Capt. Obvious Aug 2013 #4

There's no indication of an affliation. Founded by Perry Black. sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #8

Some kind of Pentecostals. LeftyMom Aug 2013 #68

The Cult Of The Gun. Iggo Aug 2013 #71

This is the equivalent of Bush's "BRING 'EM ON!" exhortation to the terrorists. bullwinkle428 Aug 2013 #5

That's not a warning, that's an invitation. (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #6

kinda what i thought -- a true psychopath might just read that as a challenge 0rganism Aug 2013 #37

Precisely. (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #49

Yeah, that's gonna stop someone who was already thinking of committing a mass shooting. winter is coming Aug 2013 #9

Actually, it likely will Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #11

Precisely. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2013 #12

They want notoriety, even if they don't live to see it. They might well still choose winter is coming Aug 2013 #13

Maybe Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #14

I couldn't even tell you the name of "successful" shooters. n/t winter is coming Aug 2013 #19

As purely a practical matter, does this even make sense? CTyankee Aug 2013 #34

If I was advising them Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #36

I think we should concenrate on making it super difficult for unauthorized visitors to get in, in CTyankee Aug 2013 #40

Of course- the best security is multi-layered. Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #46

but don't you even wonder why it is necessary, in the first place? I mean, really? CTyankee Aug 2013 #48

More evidence of the decay of a civilized society IMO ... Road to "Idiocracy!" n/t RKP5637 Aug 2013 #59

Probably depends on the capabilities of the individuals involved... Synthesize Aug 2013 #53

I don't know if 40 something G.I.s returning from WW2 to resume teaching even considered that. CTyankee Aug 2013 #54

Likely not... Synthesize Aug 2013 #62

Also people didn't really have a need for such weaponry. I grew up in the late 40s and 50s and CTyankee Aug 2013 #69

Foolish, foolish analysis. louis-t Aug 2013 #27

Ok, of all the mass shootings of the last 2-3 years Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #39

It can't be any less effective than a sign that says " this school is a gun-free zone." Bazinga Aug 2013 #30

Oh look, a teachable moment. rrneck Aug 2013 #10

Isn't that what "gunmen" are looking FOR? EC Aug 2013 #15

No, see my above explanation of the profile of most Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #16

I still think you EC Aug 2013 #18

That's simply not consistent with the profile Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #20

Got 'em all figured out, do you? Think that sign will do the job? Paladin Aug 2013 #21

No, but I have been to classes about it Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #22

In all of that training of yours, were signs like this one ever advocated as a preventative? (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #24

Not signs directly Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #25

Interesting. (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #28

And when do they choose to commit suicide? Bazinga Aug 2013 #32

I think they meant to off themselves EC Aug 2013 #33

like school shootings happen because the shooters know they will always gets away with it? Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #17

I agree that sarisataka Aug 2013 #23

Hmmm, that is sort of like wearing a bright red sign that says "kick me" on your behind. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #26

A staff member with a firearm is much more of a match than one without! Bazinga Aug 2013 #31

There was an armed guard at the Columbine school, but he was on "coffee break" when the CTyankee Aug 2013 #41

So effectively, there wasn't an officer there Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #45

well, of course, this is hindsight. We didn't have all these highprofile school shootings back then. CTyankee Aug 2013 #47

I don't always rec a kpete thread pintobean Aug 2013 #35

How is warning someone with a gun that you also have a gun helpful apples and oranges Aug 2013 #38

How many will take this as a challenge? Why the fucking macho shit? n-t Logical Aug 2013 #42

Yup, the sign will just give the real nutcases ideas. gulliver Aug 2013 #67

If that's what they choose to do rl6214 Aug 2013 #43

I can't heaven05 Aug 2013 #44

I know. Unbelievable that so many folks don't realize that this is treating our schools like they CTyankee Aug 2013 #50

It is absolute insanity etherealtruth Aug 2013 #52

We should all save this thread geomon666 Aug 2013 #55

The Gun Enthusiasts will have an excuse ready, when it happens. Paladin Aug 2013 #60

and when it does not Duckhunter935 Aug 2013 #61

Your side is going to need excuses a lot more than mine will. And you know it. (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #66

There are about 55,000,000 students in the U.S. schools grade K-12. ladjf Aug 2013 #56

how many Duckhunter935 Aug 2013 #57

I read that the average was about 55,000,000 in grades K - 12. nt ladjf Aug 2013 #72

... RKP5637 Aug 2013 #58

I wonder how long until the first accidental shooting BlueToTheBone Aug 2013 #63

that will never happen, no way steve2470 Aug 2013 #64

Right. My bad. BlueToTheBone Aug 2013 #65

What would Jesus do???? madinmaryland Aug 2013 #70