Amid an epidemic of school shootings, some teachers are being trained to shoot back

[lovedforaday]

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WEST PLAINS, Mo. - From a hilltop west of this Ozarks town, trees stretch to the end of the world and only the low rumble of far-off thunder breaks the morning quiet.

That is about to change.

“On the command of ‘gun’!” the chief instructor calls out. “Two steps to the left, three shots on target! One standing, one kneeling, one standing

Comments

[ladycyndra]

*headdesking forever*

[nerwende]

The whole thing is just so incomprehensible to me. I'd be pretty scared/stressed trying to study day to day knowing there's a gun in the class room.
Between this and the "bullet proof blankets" I'm wondering if parents feel like they're sending their kids to the front lines every morning instead of school. Like I would understand if this was happening in a country where there's war but...

[deadsong]

Wow.

No.

Just no.

I can't even find words for what a horrifying idea this is.

[moonshaz]

[lafinjack]

[lovedforaday]

as bad as cops can be, i'd rather have them than a couple of armed teachers who got some slipshod weekend SWAT training.