Good lord look at the overhead map I posted (see #2 in the photo):
That #2 corresponds to this door on Google Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/n9UXfREWzp2mYEKe9 Are you dumb or intentionally obtuse? |
| The doors also lock automatically when pulled closed. |
It's the same door:
"A back door at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman entered through to get into a classroom in last week's shooting, is seen in the distance in Uvalde, Texas, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-texas-a55b3ccc5a32dce916e7d0a10d7c546e |
If she pulled that door closed, it was not unlocked. Are you deliberately obtuse? The doors are designed to lock automatically to the outside when closed. Can that be defeated? I would imagine, yes, if a staff member decided she didn’t want it to lock automatically anymore. |
Even IF the teacher DID pull the door closed after she came in, the door remained unlocked which means it would have to have been deliberately defeated as they are designed to lock automatically when closed. That’s also code. If someone is going to prop open a door with a rock not meant to be propped open, they probably also defeated the locking system. |
The door is wider when open than the vestibule. Look at the fire extinguisher for perspective. |
So your galaxy brain theory is that the teacher that had propped the door open then went to close the door and she did close it but deliberately defeated the lock? Makes perfect sense. |
Nope. I'm saying that the lock was defeated prior to the door being propped open so if it closed, a staff member would not be locked out. Otherwise it would have locked itself as designed. If she actually closed the door. |
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One required safety feature that I have not seen mentioned is the need for exterior doors to have alarms. I moved my DD out of her college dorm recently and the door to her section of the building has a built-in alarm. If the door is propped open, an alarm will sound and security should come immediately to investigate. We were able to move things out of the dorm, but had to make sure not to leave the door open. It was a little bit of a pain at the time, but an important safety feature to have.
Another important consideration - schools should lock down when there is a crime involving a firearm in the area. For instance, when DD was in her MCPS high school, a local McDonald's was robbed at gunpoint about 1/2 mile from the school. The HS went into lockdown, at least a "soft" lockdown. PE classes came inside. Exterior doors were checked. Classroom doors were locked, but classes could continue until police gave the "all clear." This should have happened in Uvalde as soon as the grandmother's shooting was reported to the police. |
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OMG who cares about the door? And the police response, while seemingly the wrong decision, which was made with good intentions? They are mistakes that made a bad situation worse, but are not reasons to be furious. These are smokescreens that gun nuts are putting up because they want crazed 18 year olds to be able to buy weapons of war!
This guy had a high powered killing machine and tons of ammo. If he didn’t find an open door he could get through a window or other means. And he could have killed everyone in those rooms before the first officer ever even showed up as in Newtown. We can’t expect everyone to be perfect. We can expect people to use guns for their intended purpose - to shoot and kill people. Get rid of the guns. |
Maybe not. Let's talk about DOOR and also Chicago, Oregon, and ANITFA. And if that doesn't keep them confused, talk about doors again. |
Yes, beautifully said, spot on, and please consider running for office. I'm serious. You've stated this in a way that it's hard to imagine anyone taking issue with. |
Whelp, the door is how he got inside in the first place, so it's kind important. You have NO idea what he would have done. That part is simply made up. Why go through a door at all - just bang your way in any old way. Why bother looking for an unlocked door? How did he know THAT door was unlocked? |
Not really. You're forgetting that she saw the gunman and had called 911. Those doors often have a slow or delayed close mechanism. If you want it to close fast then you need to pull it hard. My guess is that Councilman Chief Pete tried to pin it on the teacher and that's why he stopped cooperating on Sunday. |