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US School Shootings: Have Drills Gone too Far?

posted by mrpg on Monday April 01 2019, @12:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the yes dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

A school in Indiana has been criticised for apparently shooting teachers "execution style" with pellets as part of an "active-shooter drill". The case has reignited conversations about the usefulness of drills and the methods used to prepare schools for shootings.

[...] Many experts agree that discussing and practising how to respond to a dangerous situation will help protect students who find themselves faced with the real thing. Fire drills, for example, are well established tools to teach children how to behave in a potentially life-threatening situation.

[...] While more realistic and stressful situations may be appropriate here, he says "large-scale, prolonged, realistic drills are not ideal" for children.

[...] "Children being asked to pose as victims on the floor covered in fake blood is just pointless and can be traumatising, I can't see why that's necessary."

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by RamiK on Monday April 01 2019, @01:34PM (5 children)

    by RamiK (1813) on Monday April 01 2019, @01:34PM (#823058)

    The extra theatrics are unnecessary and actually harmful to the kids. So why are they there? To harm the kids from the inside and screw them up for life.

    Like in the cold war, they're there to indoctrinate the kids to know, fear and hate the enemy. Presently, their own peers.

    How else would you incite the middle and lower classes to fight each-other instead of the upper class now that racism is getting a bad rap?

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Alfred on Monday April 01 2019, @03:45PM (4 children)

    by Alfred (4006) on Monday April 01 2019, @03:45PM (#823111) Journal
    Exactly. When those kids are adults they will be willing to think there is a random killer around every corner (much more imminent and ominous than communists on the other side of the globe) and that gun control laws will some how protect them from law breakers.

    Oh jeez, this is just a step in weakening us before they make us slaves.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @06:14PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @06:14PM (#823180)

      Or it is teaching them to think that they need to have guns because of those random killers and gun control laws are bad.
      The firearms market is much more lucrative when people think their guns will be taken away. Every time there is talk of a weapons ban, ammo and gun sales shoot up to the point of shortages. If the kiddos are indoctrinated to believe they need to have a gun at all times to be safe and that ownership is under constant threat by those "evil" lefties...

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday April 02 2019, @03:34AM (2 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 02 2019, @03:34AM (#823417) Journal
        The difference is that the market corrects that case. You panic every time you hear gun grabbers are after your toys? Eventually, you'll get so much ammo and guns, that you'll have enough or in the really bad cases, you run out of money. It solves the problem, such as it is, either way.

        • (Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Tuesday April 02 2019, @10:57AM (1 child)

          by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 02 2019, @10:57AM (#823552)

          > Eventually, you'll get so much ammo and guns, that you'll have enough or in the really bad cases, you run out of money.
          Ahh... see, you can never get enough *protection*, it's all about defense! Arm themselves, stuff the house but what about the all-out zombie apocalypse stash in the forest? So it's really only the latter option to put these individuals to a halt -- cannot afford.

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday April 02 2019, @12:58PM

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 02 2019, @12:58PM (#823584) Journal
            Point is, it's a solved problem. You don't have to care about the gun/ammo hoarder any more than you have to care about any other kind of hoarder. They collect too much for their resources, then they run out of resources. If they don't collect too much, then um, ok.