Guns save Lives
The Gainesville, GA Board of Education has finally concluded a nearly year long debate with a final vote.
The school has decided that the three schools in its districts will have Colt 6920 AR-15 rifles on campus.
The rifles will be accessible to the school resource officer only and will be kept in a biometric safe.
However, at least one board member, Willie Mitchell, opposed the idea.
“For some reason or another, I just can’t buy into guns in school,” he said. “I’m not sure that’s the best way to (take care) of the situation. “I understand with some things in life … things make headlines,” Mitchell added.
“We respond. To me it’s like putting Band-Aids on a cancer. Yeah, we need to study ways to keep bad people out of our school system but a gun in a cabinet, away from where probably the scene would happen, isn't going to stop any damage.”
School resource officers are cops. They're already armed. This isn't much of a change.
ReplyDeleteNo difference between a pistol and an AR-15?
DeleteIt depends on what context you mean, but in terms of how a police officer would use either, this is not a significant difference.
DeleteThese guys are right, you a lying gun loon
DeleteAnother idiot comment from the sit idiot, an AR-15 is the same as a pistol. HA HA HA HA Thanks for the laugh.
DeleteAn AR-15 is standard equipment for a lot of police forces. I never expected you to understand the point.
DeleteGreg is correct. The department in my small town has on in their squad.
DeleteLying criminal cowards.
DeleteThe point was not, that police keep AR-13's.
The point was that you said there was no difference between an AR-15 and a pistol.
Lying cowards ALWAYS change the subject/question.
Thanks for proving once again, you guys are nothing but liars.
“For some reason or another, I just can’t buy into guns in school,” he said. “I’m not sure that’s the best way to (take care) of the situation."
ReplyDeleteThis is really no different than what is done in some buildings for fire safety. Many buildings will have fire hose outlets, and even at times fire hoses in wall cabinets for use by responding fire-fighters. The only difference is that the rifles will be better secured than the hoses.
Officers often keep these rifles in the trunk of their squad car, since that is sort of where a patrol officer's "office" is for the duty day. This just enables the officer to shorten the response time needed to react to an active shooter situation. As was demonstrated by the shooting recently in Colorado, seconds count.
No difference between a fire hose and an AR-15?
DeleteAnon, a handgun is a defensive firearm and part of its usefulness is that its always there. Its a reactive tool, which means that the person you're defending yourself from has the initiative.
DeleteIf someone enters a school with a long arm, it seems obvious that a police officer having a similar weapon would be a good thing.
Does he sit there waiting for a gunman to enter? Can he get to the gun when he needs it? The biggest problem with schools, is theft. Can't wait to here the news report how a kid stole the gun from school and ended up killing someone.
DeleteThere's a huge difference between stealing from a student's locker and stealing from the police substation.
Delete"Can't wait to here the news report how a kid stole the gun from school and ended up killing someone."
Delete"The rifles will be accessible to the school resource officer only and will be kept in a biometric safe."
Anon, Please refer to the article that Mike posted regarding the biometric safe.
So you are saying there is no possible way that safe can be broken into?
DeleteNo response from the cowardly liars.
Delete"The rifle is more of a precision shot in that they're able to respond quickly and the accuracy is a whole lot better than the sidearm that we carry on our hip," said Cpl. Joe Britte."
Delete"It will be stored in a biometrics safe. The officers will have access to it at all times. When the officer leaves the building, they then take it home with them. So it will not be left alone at any time," said Britte."
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/24245236/gainesville-police-officers-will-soon-have-rifles-on-campus
Anon, in this case I'd have to leave the decision up to the school board and law enforcement. If there were a concern about the security of the firearm, then I'm sure it would have been brought up.
Sure, any safe can be broken into given enough time and the right equipment. But since the firearm wont be left there, there will always be a policeman nearby to intervene.
"If there were a concern about the security of the firearm, then I'm sure it would have been brought up."
DeleteAs Mike has proven many times, the security of guns is lacking in these decisions. Your stand that this gun could never be stolen, is ridiculous, guns are stolen by the thousands every week.
SROs aren't on scene 24hrs a day. Will there be a clearing barrel at the school?
ReplyDeleteNeither are students at the school twenty-four hours a day. And there are easier ways to unload a rifle than firing it.
DeleteGene, A clearing barrel is something used to help safely unload a firearm. I don't know who first adopted it, but its in frequent use in the military. I don't believe that police officers normally unload their weapons before entering a school.
DeleteMy guess is that the rifle being stored, wont be loaded, but will have magazines there. Possibly with one in the rifle, but with the chamber clear.
Greg,
DeleteAt least in the military, a clearing barrel is only meant to be a safe place to point the weapon when you unload. And if you do fire into it, for whatever reason, its considered a negligent discharge and gets the requisite negative feedback.
Sarge, that's a new term on me, though I'd expect that most of the time, the rifle would be locked in a safe, unloaded.
DeleteThey originally were put at the entrance to the FOBs when they decided to require soldiers to unload when entering. Then I imagine some numbnuts had an ND inside the FOB and then they started sprouting up everywhere.
DeleteThe problem with their prevelance inside the FOB is that often they aren't taken seriously and the people clearing don't pay attention when clearing. For example, Proper procedure is to remove magazine, clear and inspect chamber, then pull trigger.
The biggest issue I've seen is someone forgetting to remove the magazine, then when the bolt goes forward, you get the ND. My unit solved this issue by requiring the first line leader to supervise the unloading. And if there was an ND, he would be standing there next to the one who had it.
" but a gun in a cabinet, away from where probably the scene would happen, isn't going to stop any damage.”
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the argument for actually carrying a firearm on one's person, everywhere they go???
Keep posting Mikeb, you do us more good than harm.