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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."
Source: US school shootings: Have drills gone too far?
(Score: 1, Troll) by Alfred on Monday April 01 2019, @03:45PM (4 children)
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)
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)
(Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Tuesday April 02 2019, @10:57AM (1 child)
> 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