Shooting in Connecticut

[GregWeld]

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I think that's why many here are calling for more "hardening" of these soft targets. Schools and malls and theaters (to name the most recent soft spots) are easy targets for attackers... simply because they're assured that nobody is going to fight back.

I'm not sure if staffing every school door with an armed guard would end all school attacks - but it would probably help. My sense is though - that the attack would simply occur somewhere else. I just find it hard to believe in my heart of hearts that we can protect everyone everywhere with more laws and more guns. Should we have an armed guard on every bus? At every mall entrance - at every movie entrance...

I spent 4 hours at a class on Saturday - watching video of various scenarios of armed robbery etc -- and I can tell you that even if there was an armed guard on station - most of the time he would not have been able to have a clean shot without being a perfect marksman. There's so much movement - the attacker already has a gun - he's not a sitting duck - and there's so many other people "around". It's easy to "think" you'd just draw and fire - but that's just not reality. One round misses and goes through the wall into a classroom and then what?

You know people still choose to rob armored cars? Go figure...

[WSSix]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I'm not sure if staffing every school door with an armed guard would end all school attacks - but it would probably help. My sense is though - that the attack would simply occur somewhere else. I just find it hard to believe in my heart of hearts that we can protect everyone everywhere with more laws and more guns. Should we have an armed guard on every bus? At every mall entrance - at every movie entrance...

That's exactly why I think people need to have it instilled in them that their life is in their hands and fighting for it is perfectly fine. Otherwise, we're headed for a police state that won't be any safer.