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Originally Posted by dobbles
It seems to me there is no room for nuance whenever the actions of the officer are brought up. Defenders of his action posit that the only other alternative to his actions was go in guns blazing and die. Is there not room for tactical advancement? I can't imagine there was much information gathering if he was stationary and outside. Additionally, even just drawing the attention of the shooter may be enough to rattle him and cause the shooting to end earlier?
I know we certainly don't have all the facts, but so far it seems having an armed officer on campus is totally useless. To me, that's a scary thing to learn.
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The only thing an armed cop or teacher can do in a school shooting is become a target themselves for a few seconds, that in itself might allow a kid to escape but in a school which is effectively a series of long hallways with no cover made of plasterboard walls that offer no protection at all around the few corners that could be used against a gunman with a semi auto rifle wearing a bullet proof vest we are talking about asking a cop or teacher to willingly commit suicide, there are no alternatives to that.