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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How, if  in Texas everyone is ok with just buying an assault rifle at a local sporting goods store, do police not have a supply of them to bring to such a situation?  Don’t they have those armored vehicles we bought them?
And couldn’t they have just gone to the same sporting goods store and picked up the same gun and rounds of ammunition as they leisurely drove to the school?

I am sure the truth of what happened is even worse than what the police are sharing, though it strains me to imagine how that could be at this point.
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They had the weaponry. The did not have the tactical equipment to protect themselves.  They still should have gone in[/quote]

[twitter]https://twitter.com/thrasherxy/status/1529666660327620608[/twitter]

Why do we have a militarized police force that is [b]too scared [/b]or unprepared to actually protect people when they need it.[/quote]

Between these gutsy bad-ass heroes (pictured above) and, [i]get this,[/i]   :lol:  :lol:  :lol: "a proper perimeter fence" locked doors and "signs posted saying that adults on premise were armed and ready to engage"  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  and we're all set!

Oh, wait...[/quote]

There were no locked doors, nor a proper perimeter fence aimed at deterrence. Nor signs. There was no equipment at the scene. And yes, their actions were a problem. I’m more concerned that the gunman had such easy access in this day and age. Was he known to law enforcement. He did pass a background check so that didn’t work. [/quote]

Schools aren't built like prisons.  In general, they don't have proper perimeter fences, since students walk in from the neighborhood.  Some schools lock doors but not all - upper schools with open campuses cannot lock doors.  Locally, in the DMV, nearly all elementary schools lock doors but nearly all also have trailers that are unsecured.

The solution is not to put up higher fences.  Think outside of your box.  [/quote]

Out west, a lot of schools either have classrooms that open to the outside, or they’re a series of small buildings with multiple entrances. It’s not like there’s only one way in and out. The layout at Robb sounds a lot like my kids’ elementary school in CA. It’s a long building with a main hall, classrooms on both sides, and a door to each class that leads to the hallway, and a door to each class that opens to the outside. The common room/cafeteria and library each have one entrance from the hallway and 2 or 3 doors to the outside. All the classrooms and offices have lots of windows because natural light is so good for everyone.

The point is, it’s not like schools back east where you have a main entrance and have to be inside the school to access classrooms. They can’t be secured the same way or have a guard posted at every entrance. Their elementary school probably has 30 entrances. [/quote]

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