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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 06:48 PM Feb 2018

What Happens W/Armed Teachers When SWAT Responds?

In the chaos of a shooting incident, if you have a bunch of armed teachers in the area what is going to happen? How is an officer going to separate the good guys from the bad guys. Will the good guys be wearing beanies or some kind of uniform. Armed teachers are going to be mixed in with scared kids.

Armed teachers or good guys with guns in any shooting situation has to be chaos on steroids. There is not enough time to adequately separate who is not hostile. The first inclination is to shoot first and ask questions later. Plus I remember that one shooting where an officer drew down on the shooter at close range. In the end the officer missed and got shot.

And we must remember schools are just the one place where shootings happen. Every public venue in the country is a soft target. And even being on the street is a soft target. So I guess we would fortify schools but leave the rest of our public places as soft targets.

ADDENDUM BTW When I was in Vietnam we had a hard time separating the friendlies for the enemy during firefights at times. We even had trouble with friendlies operating in the same area. There were a lot of friendly fire incidents.



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What Happens W/Armed Teachers When SWAT Responds? (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Feb 2018 OP
There was a recent thread about a shooting in Texas. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #1
I Saw That Report. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2018 #2
If they don't get shot by the intruder, they get shot by SWAT. TheSmarterDog Feb 2018 #3
Gun Nutters & NRA Probably Claim It Is Not Relevant. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2018 #4
Just have to remember,these SWAT Teams are Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #5
"So I guess we would fortify schools but leave the rest of our public places as soft targets. " pangaia Feb 2018 #6

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. There was a recent thread about a shooting in Texas.
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 06:50 PM
Feb 2018

A shooter was subdued, a bystander grabbed the gun, and the bystander was shot when police arrived.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Just have to remember,these SWAT Teams are
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 07:15 PM
Feb 2018

totally a Jacked-up bunch once they go Tactical . Do remember a Tact Team Leader bragging about collateral damage in a active shooter situation. He really got his rocks off if they got a call in a predominate African American Neighborhood.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
6. "So I guess we would fortify schools but leave the rest of our public places as soft targets. "
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 07:17 PM
Feb 2018

Of course not.

EVERYBODY should be 'armed. That's the whole point. (Guess I better use the sarcasm thingy. for some folks here)



Plus, I have come to think that that LaPierre guy and other NRA types are NOT just about guns.

It is an entire right-wing, authoritarian, fascist, violent movement. The nra is just the tip of the iceburg.

And WHAT A TIP, eh...

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