Yes, three armed people tried to stop the shooter in Uvalde but they couldn't compete with assault rifles and body armor. Same in Buffalo -- the security officer couldn't stop the shooter. Good guys with a gun are not the answer. Background checks are the first step in the answer. Regulate gun ownership at least equal to a driver's license (tests) and car ownership (insurance).

Anonymous wrote:We don’t want them. We want actual gun laws. We want full-time social workers. We want more counselors.

—ES principal

THANK YOU

Anonymous wrote:We don’t want them. We want actual gun laws. We want full-time social workers. We want more counselors.

—ES principal

+1- Elementary teacher

The SROs in Texas and Parkland weren’t able to do jack to stop the killers. FCPS has good physical security (locked doors, instruction alarms, etc.) at elementary schools that will be more likely to precent such a tragedy

We don’t want them. We want actual gun laws. We want full-time social workers. We want more counselors.

—ES principal

Anonymous wrote:The school officer in Uvalde could not stop the armed shooter from entering the school and slaughtering a classroom of children. SROs are not the answer here.

Parkland’s SRO ran away. Two of the three worst school shootings had SROs and they made no difference at all

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school officer in Uvalde could not stop the armed shooter from entering the school and slaughtering a classroom of children. SROs are not the answer here.

+1 (this has also been true at other schools)

+2. The Good Guy With A Gun Who Saves The Day is a Right Wing myth.

Anonymous wrote:The school officer in Uvalde could not stop the armed shooter from entering the school and slaughtering a classroom of children. SROs are not the answer here.

+1 (this has also been true at other schools)

The school officer in Uvalde could not stop the armed shooter from entering the school and slaughtering a classroom of children. SROs are not the answer here.

Anonymous wrote:False information, OP. FCPS has SROs.

My error -- I missed the ES part. Yes, maybe we should add them but, sheesh, who would have thought they were necessary.

False information, OP. FCPS has SROs.

No way. SROs are there to deal with the kids in schools. They are not there as armed guards against intruders primarily

Are SROs at middle and high school in FCPS armed? I have no idea.

Didn't most of the northern virginia schools districts decide to rid their schools of reaource officers last year because of "equity"?

I just noticed this fact in the email from FCPS today.
Elementary schools are easy targets. FCPS should assign SRO to every elementary school.