Democrats are using underage mules to advance their disarmament agenda which will only get more kids killed but then, that’s all any Democrat gun-ban policy does. Get people killed. Or mugged, assaulted, raped, or robbed.
The only “safety” in progressive public safety policy is their safety from regular Americans when those policies fail.
We know they fail. Ninety-Eight percent of mass-shootings occur in gun-free zones, and the left’s answer is to make more of them by passing laws no criminal will ever follow. That’s why you need deterrence. Public knowledge that force can and will be met with force immediately and until the threat is neutralized.
Israel took the defense of their school kids seriously 40-years ago and it worked. So instead of marching children out to regurgitate political rhetoric that will result in more blood and bodies, American policymakers should stop trying to infringe on our constitutional rights and take notes.
If children are precious, then protect them at least as well as the average douche-bag gun-grabbing politician or political event.
The security circles that we can do something about begin at any school’s entrance, says Goldstein. America wants action. This is action that can be taken right now. “There should only be one entrance and exit into any school property. Fences, security cameras, and a constant check that these areas have not been compromised is essential. At that one entrance, a guard must know exactly who it is that is entering the school property at all times. The guard should have the right to search all vehicles and bags.”
A guard or resource office at the point of ingress, another inside, and then,
The next security circle is on school grounds. Besides the roaming guards, Goldstein says that having a certain number of armed teachers makes perfect sense. That doesn’t mean that they should be open–carrying on campus, although in certain circumstances, such as with military veterans and gun owners with lifetime experience, it makes sense.
Having some unknown number of trained teachers carrying concealed is also essential. Students should not know who and the teachers who volunteer and are trained can alternate who carries when and where. Goldstein also notes that guards have nothing to do with run-of-the-mill school discipline. They are there to address security threats and should not be distracted by duties outside that area of influence.
Students should participate in active shooter drills, barricade drills, and how –if necessary–to use objects at hand as weapons. And yes, even rocks, if you happen to have a bucket handy.
The final security circle is the students themselves. “It’s time America toughened up its kids. There is been a long-running political agenda in the United States which is been so detrimental to children. Nobody wants to unnecessarily scare kids. We all want to be protective parents. But the best protection a kid can have is to know how to defend himself,” Goldstein argues.
“Right now, students are sitting ducks in classrooms. They need to be trained, should a shooter actually get in, to throw everything at him: books, computers, chairs, whatever it takes.”
Barricaded students distracting a gunman from multiple directions give security more time to respond, but ideally, it never comes to that because 98% of all mass shootings occur in gun-free zones and a few fundamental changes to school security policy make them gun-free no longer.
No marches, no chest-pounding, no emotional speeches, just common sense, security and public awareness about the changes. It has worked in Israel for decades which is under constant threat from its enemies.
I know this won’t advance the left’s disarmament agenda, but it will save lives. Or is that not the point?
