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John R. Lott, Jr: Uniformed School Resource Officers Aren't the Solution to Stop Mass Public Shootings - Armed Teachers Are
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Why not both? Armed SRO's and armed teachers...
If the news media did not give 24 hr breathless coverage of the incidents, I am certain there would be far fewer of them. People are very very suggestible if they are blasted with images and hysterics over and over, how else would you explain the endless interest in Kardashians?
I would argue that a local crime should not be national news, ever. It comes out of a voyeuristic itch that the media is happy to scratch. There can be statistics published and professionals can try and analyze them, but the very process of glamorizing a random killing as newsworthy is extremely harmful. Unstable people will imitate what they see. Suicide epidemic - Wikipedia.Maybe, but many of the stories fade fairly rapidly.
Others are genuinely newsworthy: Uvalde should be front and center every day until the police pay for their failure.
A leftist teacher would probably arm up, a liberal you’d be right. It would be “opening the door to violent energies” or somethingFoldable handgun carbines like the S&W FPC in like a secure access wall type thing are the way to go.. put in the office and at entry way points for quick access... and virtually tamper proof... weapons retention and carrying a gun all day in most public schools as a teacher won't fly.. as a good majority of educators are leftist.
Have to market it is "emergency fire arm".. aka break glass for gun in the case on the wall style deployment for an emergency
I would argue that a local crime should not be national news, ever. It comes out of a voyeuristic itch that the media is happy to scratch. There can be statistics published and professionals can try and analyze them, but the very process of glamorizing a random killing as newsworthy is extremely harmful. Unstable people will imitate what they see. Suicide epidemic - Wikipedia.
If you're referring to Uvalde, I disagree. I think that Uvalde was far, far more than a "local crime." It was relevant to every teacher, student, and parent in the country who ponder school shootings and are told, over and over again, "Don't worry. The police will come as soon as they get there."
That kind of failure, given decades of post-Columbine training and education all over the country, needs coverage. It needs discussion. It needs retraining. None of that happens if it's not reported and followed up.
You are correct, IMO. Unfortunately, because of the 24-hour news cycle and the internet/social media, we crossed that bridge and burned it down behind us. Not to mention gun grabbers want to use these incidents for political purposes...I would argue that a local crime should not be national news, ever. It comes out of a voyeuristic itch that the media is happy to scratch. There can be statistics published and professionals can try and analyze them, but the very process of glamorizing a random killing as newsworthy is extremely harmful. Unstable people will imitate what they see. Suicide epidemic - Wikipedia.