Texas shooting.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 01:43 last edited by
A local candidate for school board dropped by today and I helped him with part of his platform...We were kicking the security stuff around and he told me something I didn't know. This school district was among the first, if not the very first, to put resource officer in every school - elementary, middle and high school.
Poor as we are, everybody should be able to do that.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 02:07 last edited by
We have had them for a long time here. My daughter graduated in 2011 and they were common then.
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Who is suggesting high security checkpoints? All I’m saying is once the school day starts and the kids are in, lock it down with one secure point of ingress where any visitor must be seen and ask for entry.
wrote on 29 May 2022, 02:39 last edited by@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
Who is suggesting high security checkpoints? All I’m saying is once the school day starts and the kids are in, lock it down with one secure point of ingress where any visitor must be seen and ask for entry.
Donald Trump is suggesting fortified single points of entry, metal detectors, and at least one armed officer on every campus.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 02:45 last edited by
Minus the metal detector we have that already.
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@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
Who is suggesting high security checkpoints? All I’m saying is once the school day starts and the kids are in, lock it down with one secure point of ingress where any visitor must be seen and ask for entry.
Donald Trump is suggesting fortified single points of entry, metal detectors, and at least one armed officer on every campus.
wrote on 29 May 2022, 02:56 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Texas shooting.:
@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
Who is suggesting high security checkpoints? All I’m saying is once the school day starts and the kids are in, lock it down with one secure point of ingress where any visitor must be seen and ask for entry.
Donald Trump is suggesting fortified single points of entry, metal detectors, and at least one armed officer on every campus.
I don’t expect arguments against these sorts of measures to survive another shooting.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 04:00 last edited by
Exactly. This will continue to happen. They are beyond tragic, but also ridiculously rare. Work to require enhanced licensure for AR-15s (like a CDL to drive a big rig) and other similar ideas, but locking down schools further I can’t imagine will have any real impact. Wait, it’ll have an impact….not what you’d think, though.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 13:44 last edited by
@Jolly said in Texas shooting.:
40 miles.
So he took a bullet to the head that would have been a kill shot if the bad guy had twitched differently.
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@Axtremus said in Texas shooting.:
@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
The author points out rather trivial objections and situations that might make this an imperfect solution in some cases. My belief is it is the low hanging fruit and should be taken seriously. It works quite well in our district and can be done without the time and effort involved in firearm legislation.
I wouldn't characterize all the objections as trivial. Indeed similar design concepts are being evaluated by/for schools here as well. Given the sizes of the school buildings and student populations here, though, actual proposals are more along the line of "multiple entrances, open just around school opening times to let students in quickly, then locked down all but one entrance during class hours." During class hours, the school may have select entrances opened to accommodate specific field/PE traffic, but otherwise will effectively have only one usable entrance that has other security design features to screen all comers.
Even that sort of design concept costs a good sum to implement, and that's reflected in bond proposals and property tax discussions. Wanna guess who are the ones most likely to argue/vote against school bond proposals and against raising property taxes to fund these things? Yeah, the same folks most likely to vote/argue against stricter gun control regulations. It's like the rest of the population has to bear the non-trivial extra cost of "hardening school security" to accommodate the feelings of the pro-gun/anti-tax crowd, just to keep everyone's children safe.
Like the author, your approach is assuming defeat at the hand of some imagined enemy simply because you won’t agree to anything but impossible gun control laws.
wrote on 29 May 2022, 16:39 last edited by@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
@Axtremus said in Texas shooting.:
@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
The author points out rather trivial objections and situations that might make this an imperfect solution in some cases. My belief is it is the low hanging fruit and should be taken seriously. It works quite well in our district and can be done without the time and effort involved in firearm legislation.
I wouldn't characterize all the objections as trivial. Indeed similar design concepts are being evaluated by/for schools here as well. Given the sizes of the school buildings and student populations here, though, actual proposals are more along the line of "multiple entrances, open just around school opening times to let students in quickly, then locked down all but one entrance during class hours." During class hours, the school may have select entrances opened to accommodate specific field/PE traffic, but otherwise will effectively have only one usable entrance that has other security design features to screen all comers.
Even that sort of design concept costs a good sum to implement, and that's reflected in bond proposals and property tax discussions. Wanna guess who are the ones most likely to argue/vote against school bond proposals and against raising property taxes to fund these things? Yeah, the same folks most likely to vote/argue against stricter gun control regulations. It's like the rest of the population has to bear the non-trivial extra cost of "hardening school security" to accommodate the feelings of the pro-gun/anti-tax crowd, just to keep everyone's children safe.
Like the author, your approach is assuming defeat at the hand of some imagined enemy simply because you won’t agree to anything but impossible gun control laws.
Not at all, I quite support securing the schools and support funding such measures, with attendant school bonds and property tax consequences. It’s the pro-gun yet at the same time anti-tax crowd who oftentimes stand in the way of actually funding the measures to beef up school security.
You seem to be a bit “head in the sand” where you appear unwilling to acknowledge the real limitations to beefing up school security, and keep thinking that doing so will always be cheap and simple. Perhaps a little reexaminations of your assumptions wouldn’t hurt?
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 16:44 last edited by
Ax what the hell is wrong with you, man.
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@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
@Axtremus said in Texas shooting.:
@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
The author points out rather trivial objections and situations that might make this an imperfect solution in some cases. My belief is it is the low hanging fruit and should be taken seriously. It works quite well in our district and can be done without the time and effort involved in firearm legislation.
I wouldn't characterize all the objections as trivial. Indeed similar design concepts are being evaluated by/for schools here as well. Given the sizes of the school buildings and student populations here, though, actual proposals are more along the line of "multiple entrances, open just around school opening times to let students in quickly, then locked down all but one entrance during class hours." During class hours, the school may have select entrances opened to accommodate specific field/PE traffic, but otherwise will effectively have only one usable entrance that has other security design features to screen all comers.
Even that sort of design concept costs a good sum to implement, and that's reflected in bond proposals and property tax discussions. Wanna guess who are the ones most likely to argue/vote against school bond proposals and against raising property taxes to fund these things? Yeah, the same folks most likely to vote/argue against stricter gun control regulations. It's like the rest of the population has to bear the non-trivial extra cost of "hardening school security" to accommodate the feelings of the pro-gun/anti-tax crowd, just to keep everyone's children safe.
Like the author, your approach is assuming defeat at the hand of some imagined enemy simply because you won’t agree to anything but impossible gun control laws.
Not at all, I quite support securing the schools and support funding such measures, with attendant school bonds and property tax consequences. It’s the pro-gun yet at the same time anti-tax crowd who oftentimes stand in the way of actually funding the measures to beef up school security.
You seem to be a bit “head in the sand” where you appear unwilling to acknowledge the real limitations to beefing up school security, and keep thinking that doing so will always be cheap and simple. Perhaps a little reexaminations of your assumptions wouldn’t hurt?
wrote on 29 May 2022, 16:49 last edited by@Axtremus said in Texas shooting.:
@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
@Axtremus said in Texas shooting.:
@Mik said in Texas shooting.:
The author points out rather trivial objections and situations that might make this an imperfect solution in some cases. My belief is it is the low hanging fruit and should be taken seriously. It works quite well in our district and can be done without the time and effort involved in firearm legislation.
I wouldn't characterize all the objections as trivial. Indeed similar design concepts are being evaluated by/for schools here as well. Given the sizes of the school buildings and student populations here, though, actual proposals are more along the line of "multiple entrances, open just around school opening times to let students in quickly, then locked down all but one entrance during class hours." During class hours, the school may have select entrances opened to accommodate specific field/PE traffic, but otherwise will effectively have only one usable entrance that has other security design features to screen all comers.
Even that sort of design concept costs a good sum to implement, and that's reflected in bond proposals and property tax discussions. Wanna guess who are the ones most likely to argue/vote against school bond proposals and against raising property taxes to fund these things? Yeah, the same folks most likely to vote/argue against stricter gun control regulations. It's like the rest of the population has to bear the non-trivial extra cost of "hardening school security" to accommodate the feelings of the pro-gun/anti-tax crowd, just to keep everyone's children safe.
Like the author, your approach is assuming defeat at the hand of some imagined enemy simply because you won’t agree to anything but impossible gun control laws.
Not at all, I quite support securing the schools and support funding such measures, with attendant school bonds and property tax consequences. It’s the pro-gun yet at the same time anti-tax crowd who oftentimes stand in the way of actually funding the measures to beef up school security.
You seem to be a bit “head in the sand” where you appear unwilling to acknowledge the real limitations to beefing up school security, and keep thinking that doing so will always be cheap and simple. Perhaps a little reexaminations of your assumptions wouldn’t hurt?
I never said any of that. You assumed it. Hence my assertion.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 17:15 last edited by
Anybody who thinks we can't increase security without tax increases, must assume that the security is of less value than everything else we're spending current tax money on. Ax, is that what you believe? That security is important, just not more important than what we're already spending money on?
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 17:34 last edited by
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 19:45 last edited by
Interesting. Both John Nance Garner (one of FDR’s VPs) and Matthew McConaughey are from Olvide.
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Interesting. Both John Nance Garner (one of FDR’s VPs) and Matthew McConaughey are from Olvide.
wrote on 29 May 2022, 21:08 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Texas shooting.:
Matthew McConaughey are from Olvide.
He made an appearance a day or so ago.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 21:11 last edited by
BTW, since 1966...
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20130124/mental-health-and-firearms
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wrote on 30 May 2022, 00:38 last edited by
@Jolly said in Texas shooting.:
40 miles.
See, this is a good example of how NOT to publish the shooter's name. Bravo.
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 12:09 last edited by
How long until Alex Jones starts terrorizing the parents?
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wrote on 31 May 2022, 12:47 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Texas shooting.:
How long until Alex Jones starts terrorizing the parents?
Apparently because he wouldn't be doing so in my living room, it doesn't matter if he does or not.
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@jon-nyc said in Texas shooting.:
How long until Alex Jones starts terrorizing the parents?
Apparently because he wouldn't be doing so in my living room, it doesn't matter if he does or not.
wrote on 31 May 2022, 14:02 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Texas shooting.:
@jon-nyc said in Texas shooting.:
How long until Alex Jones starts terrorizing the parents?
Apparently because he wouldn't be doing so in my living room, it doesn't matter if he does or not.
It doesn't impact you, that is correct.