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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, the best guidance now is that if you can evacuate quickly with your class then you should.  This makes a lot more sense to me than the old plan of hunkering down and waiting for a gunman to try to access your classroom.  Having lived through an evacuation on 9/11 and other circumstances, I would much rather be proactive about getting my students to safety if I can and that means NOT being locked in a room waiting for a gunman trying to shoot his way in.[/quote]

So then we go back to the 90s style school shootings where the gun man pulled the fire alarm and sat outside to pick people off as they came out the doors.

How about we get rid of guns?[/quote]

Um, I am the FP and I'm not saying that we shouldn't have gun control.  It isn't one or the other and you're either being extremely disingenuous or incredibly shortsighted if you think it is.

I think you should read the first-hand accounts of the children at Virginia Tech or Columbine and the parent accounts of the children in Newtown.  In all of those incidents, usually the children who had the best outcomes were the children who acted with immediacy by fleeing or by controlling or by other avoidance tactics.  Now, not all of the children had the same opportunities because of where they were when the incident began but those who did take action rather than wait around certainly had better survival rates.

I know the OP is being snarky with the "every man for themselves plan" title but the emerging best practices are for the individuals being threated to be aware and ready to act in their own best interests.  And, frankly, if you read of any other tragedies like the Titanic or 9/11 or other such occurrences, the people with the best outcomes usually were the people who immediately took action to help themselves.  In some cases, death is a foregone conclusion (like being on the floor the planes hit) but in other cases being assertive and proactive helped people save their own lives.

Being prepared doesn't negate the importance of implementing legislation to help mentally ill people get the services they need and to limit/prohibit their access to weapons.  We need to change our practices in the US if we want to stop the tragedies.  That means getting help for the mentally ill and doing everything we can to keep weapons out of their hands.  But we also need to be prepared in case the worst does happen at our schools.[/quote]

Blah blah blah yes, get rid of the guns. [/quote]

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