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MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 01:38 PM Feb 2018

Teachers with Guns Will Be Targets of Police - Guaranteed [View all]

Here's a likely scenario:

A lone gunman rushes into a school with his AR-15 and a satchel of magazines. He starts shooting the place up. A call from school officials immediately goes out to local police, who rush to the scene and arrive about 5-10 minutes later.

Meanwhile, one of Trump's armed schoolteachers, an Army vet, still in his late 20s, thinks on his feet, retrieves his weapon, steps into the hallway and fires at the shooter, wounding him and sending him to the floor. The teacher yells at the shooter not to move, and covers him with his weapon. The shooter, in shock from being shot, complies.

Suddenly, the door bursts open and cops stream into the hallway. They're armed with their own AR-15s and are wearing protective gear, including face masks and ballistic vests. What do they see? A man with a gun pointed at someone on the floor. The teacher turns toward them to tell the cops that he has disabled the shooter by shooting him. The second cop who came through the door fires immediately at the armed teacher before he can say a word, killing him.

The teacher is dead. The shooter is wounded. Ambulances come and the scene is secured. Then, post-incident training reviews why there is this dead, armed teacher. It's all very sad.

This is what will happen. There will be no communication. The armed teacher is the most likely person to be shot by the police. People will feel really bad afterward, and they'll laud the teacher as a hero. That will be small comfort to his family.

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This will happen (n/t) PJMcK Feb 2018 #1
It's guaranteed to happen if teachers are armed. MineralMan Feb 2018 #2
Many thoughts and prayers, too PJMcK Feb 2018 #49
Most likely if the teacher is black. pangaia Feb 2018 #3
It won't matter. Really, it won't. MineralMan Feb 2018 #5
A bulletproof vest with the word 'TEACHER' emblazoned on both sides dalton99a Feb 2018 #4
Sure. It should be kept locked up with the teacher's gun, so the teacher can MineralMan Feb 2018 #6
Unless its a teacher that flips out. But, that would never happen, Luz Feb 2018 #10
Shooter steal "TEACHER" vest... Louis1895 Feb 2018 #16
There will have to be some established procedures in place, if this path is chosen. Hangingon Feb 2018 #18
How about we put a SWAT officer in the back of every classroom, MineralMan Feb 2018 #21
Is that how we handle Air Marshals? B2G Feb 2018 #22
I've seen Air Marshals on flights I've been on. MineralMan Feb 2018 #24
How do you know they aren't business people? B2G Feb 2018 #25
Well, actually, one time, I knew, because I had seen them bypass MineralMan Feb 2018 #26
Right. bullsnarfle Feb 2018 #57
Okay. You convinced me Hangingon Feb 2018 #62
Which the shooter may mark on his bulletproof vest...not that it will matter to either. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #52
I am more concerned about. Blue_true Feb 2018 #7
That's another scenario, and also a likely one. MineralMan Feb 2018 #8
Ideal like arming teachers becoming public policy. Blue_true Feb 2018 #14
Yeah throwing more guns onto a gun problem isn't going to solve a gun problem. Initech Feb 2018 #9
Also-- MichMary Feb 2018 #11
Students that appear threatening will be targets of armed teachers Renew Deal Feb 2018 #12
Or just catch a stray bullet or two. MineralMan Feb 2018 #20
You're making it far more complicated than it needs to be. Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #13
Those things, too, yes. MineralMan Feb 2018 #15
+++++++++++ HAB911 Feb 2018 #17
Thats actually a problem easily mitigated Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #19
Sure. No problem. Let's see: MineralMan Feb 2018 #23
Well actually Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #27
So, you support arming teachers? MineralMan Feb 2018 #30
Finger print activated safes, special colored hats. Who's paying for all this in every school? TeamPooka Feb 2018 #34
See, here's the thing: The odds of a particular teacher ever having MineralMan Feb 2018 #37
David Hogg said as much today. The scenarios just go south from there. ffr Feb 2018 #28
True, Mineral Man. This scene comes to mind... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2018 #29
That's pretty funny. Really. MineralMan Feb 2018 #31
Unless you're the black guy of course. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2018 #61
Another scenario, though somewhat less likely, is a shootout with multiple armed teachers shooting lutherj Feb 2018 #32
There are lots of potentially disastrous scenarios. MineralMan Feb 2018 #40
Agreed. The idea of arming teachers is absurd. Its a sign of how divorced from reality lutherj Feb 2018 #46
yup 100% TeamPooka Feb 2018 #33
Im very curious how many black students get murdered by their teacher... Lucky Luciano Feb 2018 #35
That's hard to estimate. I have no idea. MineralMan Feb 2018 #41
I doubt they have these conversations in other countries IronLionZion Feb 2018 #36
You are absolutely correct. MineralMan Feb 2018 #42
That's sadly enough a best case scenario. lark Feb 2018 #38
It's just one scenario. It's easy to imagine others that MineralMan Feb 2018 #43
Exactly. lark Feb 2018 #45
Easy Solution Turbineguy Feb 2018 #39
I thought... TwistOneUp Feb 2018 #44
In no time, kill off teachers, shut down public schools. The only ones left: private preps, since ancianita Feb 2018 #47
You are absolutely correct Moral Compass Feb 2018 #48
I think it will be worse than that.... ewagner Feb 2018 #50
uga uga. So clear it could happen. so easily. riversedge Feb 2018 #51
Yep, this is the next tragedy waiting to happen FakeNoose Feb 2018 #53
Yes, just one of the many scenarios Heartstrings Feb 2018 #54
Drones. Armed Drones. BBG Feb 2018 #55
You're right MM, but that's only one of the many, many things that could go wrong. Nitram Feb 2018 #56
Or teachers will unintentionally kill lots of innocent students BamaRefugee Feb 2018 #58
Lottsa talk about the pros and cons nykym Feb 2018 #59
right! and not just armed teachers--all teachers renate Feb 2018 #60
or worse n/t librechik Feb 2018 #63
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