Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire School Safety - Any merit for this idea?

Thought about this a little bit, and have a gut feeling the idea of a teacher or school officials having a 'Taser' appeals to me for some reason. Might not be a bad idea for playground monitors. You know, that 'bullying' thing progressives are so worried about these days.

Yeah I know my view leans a bit to the 'cynical/sarcastic' side. But, enough is enough, and when the current progressive attitude does not work, then it is time for for an "attitude adjustment', instead of hiding behind other people and/or objects. Obama wants drones, I want tasers, I think. Oh, yeah those Kevlar blankets might have some merit also.

The other ideas presented by this SEAL may also have some merit. No plan can possibly be a 'fail safe' solution for preventing the act of 'mass' violence. Mostly because sociopath individuals are not dumb, and many are very adept too manipulate and deceive others too achieve their irrational 'goal'.
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Link to the SEAL ideas and text below:
(blue highlight is mine)

http://washingtonexaminer.com/ex-se...an/article/2516780?utm_campaign=obinsite

Whether you agree that guns like those used in the Sandy Hook Elementary killings should be banned, or the NRA's suggestion that more police are needed at schools, there is an growing acceptance that neither will stop the next madman.

But there is hope. Enter Dale McClellan, a former Navy SEAL and president of Special Tactical Services in Virginia Beach, which trains elite police and military units on how to stop attacks, including those like the Sandy Hook school.

Arming teachers with pistols, or eliminating assault weapons isn't the answer, he told Secrets. And putting police in every school room is unrealistic, he adds. But there is an easy, though initially pricey, answer that schools can adopt fast.

"You have to create a first line of defense," he said. That, he said, should include training teachers and school officials how to react to an attack. Then schools should install ballistic doors with magnetic locks, put Kevlar blankets in every school room and even put Kevlar sheeting on desks for kids and teachers to hide behind.

You want to have a way to let teachers and principals buy time for the cops to arrive and deal with the active shooter," he said.

Also, teachers should receive a TASER, with training, to shock an attacker. "It's easy to use and very effective," said McClellan.

His is an idea that is catching fire, though he said the heated debate over gun control is stealing time and attention away from effective prevention measures for schools. Jed Babbin, a columnist for the American Spectator and a friend of McClellan, wrote that the SEAL school defense plan would have been effective at Sandy Hook.

"Newtown school principal Dawn Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Sherlach confronted shooter Adam Lanza, and were killed trying to stop him. Had they a TASER, perhaps the killing would have ended, and without their lives being taken," he wrote.

McClellan told Secrets that he plans to make a mock school shooting scene to prove his idea works and hopes school officials from around the nation come see it. "You have to do something yourselves," he said.

"Arming teachers with pistols, or eliminating assault weapons isn't the answer"

I disagree with this expert. Israel has had armed teachers for over 40 years and there have been no school shootings since they started allowing the teachers to be armed.

What's the effective range of a taser, especially compared to a .45 ACP?

Not having a gun never helped anybody survive being attacked.

The SEAL is not speaking towards 'elimination of firearms, armed guards or school officials', he is speaking to a 'first' line of defense. The idea of a first 'line' of defense is usually aimed toward being adequate enough in scope to activate your entire defensive 'response', hopefully too negate the attack, or prevent as much violence as possible.

There always should be a back-up plan. Even SEALS have to deal with SHTF situations, as would a SWAT Team, a negotiator, or an armed school official. There is 'no fail safe' looking into the 'mind' of another person, That is evident in some of the posts on the 'fire here.

A deranged mind is even more difficult and volatile to deal with and neutralize.

I agree with the SEAL about initial high expense, but in the long run think it would be less expense. The idea is negate as much collateral violent damage as possible, allowing highly trained unit time too arrive and control or eliminate the violence.

"Also, teachers should receive a TASER, with training, to shock an attacker. "It's easy to use and very effective," said McClellan."

Lol!..