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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @05:29PM
The point of locking the doors and sheltering in place is to slow the killing spree down and to reduce the likelihood of armed officers shooting innocent people in the process.
Of course, locks can be shot off and an intruder can break into a room, but doing so is a lot harder than just engaging in a turkey shoot of students and faculty fleeing for their lives.
Once you have an active shooter, there are no good solutions left.