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We can do things that the school, but we need to do things outside of schools too. We have to work to stop kids from bringing guns to school in the first place.
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Polycarbonate is bullet proof and not very expensive.
Sure there is. Extend the buildings until they intersect. We could give every school in the US $1 million to make these changes for less than $200 billion.Also to think that someone will shoot at a kid but not shoot a lock or door seems a little silly to me. If that is the case then all kids should wear a lock around their neck while at school.
Sure there is. Extend the buildings until they intersect. We could give every school in the US $1 million to make these changes for less than $200 billion.
Drop in the bucket.
I don't see why not use polycarbonate on all windows... it's not new technology. No bars necessary. It'll take longer to shoot through polycarbonate than it would take the police to arrive (assuming police were interested in doing their job). And if there were an armed member on staff it would be a non-starter.Are we going to use that on all the windows too in the whole school? Are going to put bars up?
Door locks at schools aren't easy to just shoot out... They are shrouded in steel from all angles. You'd have to have armor piercing rounds (which are srictly regulated) and it would still take forever... And you wouldn't catch anybody by surprise. It would be noisy as hell.You don't think if someone really wanted to get in and shoot, they wouldn't think of shooting the door/lock/window?
Absolutely agree. 100%We can do things that the school, but we need to do things outside of schools too. We have to work to stop kids from bringing guns to school in the first place.
Door locks at schools aren't easy to just shoot out... They are shrouded in steel from all angles. You'd have to have armor piercing rounds (which are srictly regulated) and it would still take forever... And you wouldn't catch anybody by surprise. It would be noisy as hell.
Door locks at schools aren't easy to just shoot out... They are shrouded in steel from all angles. You'd have to have armor piercing rounds (which are srictly regulated) and it would still take forever... And you wouldn't catch anybody by surprise. It would be noisy as hell.
I would love to see before and after stats for any gun control that has ever reduced violent crime and murder rates by 1/3. When considering the same rates over the same time frame of similar states, countries, counties, etc...This is why nothing gets done. Every proposal, all we hear is it's not perfect so don't do it. Nothing is fucking perfect, not seat belts, vaccines, birth control. But all a lot better than nothing.
If a measure could reduce gun killing by, say, 1/3, that's thousands of lives. Would you just sit back and say don't bother because 2/3 of killing would still happen?
Maybe because we don’t get to do real gun control, due to the NRA and Republicans making anything of substance actionable. We pussy foot around instead of dropping the hammer. Because we are afraid of the NRA money loss.I would love to see before and after stats for any gun control that has ever reduced violent crime and murder rates by 1/3. When considering the same rates over the same time frame of similar states, countries, counties, etc...
I can't find anything close.
Maybe because we don’t get to do real gun control, due to the NRA and Republicans making anything of substance actionable. We pussy foot around instead of dropping the hammer. Because we are afraid of the NRA money loss.
Unless you're hunting innocent children.Because they are underpowered for hunting
This is why nothing gets done. Every proposal, all we hear is it's not perfect so don't do it. Nothing is fucking perfect, not seat belts, vaccines, birth control. But all a lot better than nothing.
If a measure could reduce gun killing by, say, 1/3, that's thousands of lives. Would you just sit back and say don't bother because 2/3 of killing would still happen?
When the most popular gun becomes the civilian version of the new XM5 the Army is switching to you'll understand what I mean, and why outlawing the AR makes no sense.Unless you're hunting innocent children.
Welp, there goes that argument.
No. School doors only lock from the outside. You can open any school door from inside.Would not door locks in schools be a safety hazard if something happens inside and everyone needs out quickly? Like a school fire?
The NRA only spends about $5 million per year in lobbying... I don't think it's the financial force people think it is. That's a drop in the bucket.Maybe because we don’t get to do real gun control, due to the NRA and Republicans making anything of substance actionable. We pussy foot around instead of dropping the hammer. Because we are afraid of the NRA money loss.
Would not door locks in schools be a safety hazard if something happens inside and everyone needs out quickly? Like a school fire?
The NRA only spends about $5 million per year in lobbying... I don't think it's the financial force people think it is. That's a drop in the bucket.
What measure would reduce gun killings by 1/3?
Ahhh thanks for the clarification. You must be a parent. Or student?No. School doors only lock from the outside. You can open any school door from inside.
The NRA only spends about $5 million per year in lobbying... I don't think it's the financial force people think it is. That's a drop in the bucket.
Ahhh thanks for the clarification. You must be a parent. Or student?
And a teacher
I have the solution. All schools should be held in an abandoned steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. Highly defensible.
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