After the Ma'alot school massacre in Israel in 1974, policies were changed and armed individuals, whether administrators, teachers, or parent volunteers, became prepared to ensure future potential murderers were stopped in their tracks. Armed resistance saves lives. Experts say an active shooter can take an average of one life every 15 seconds. Even with a five minute police response time, that's twenty lives lost. An armed guard is better than nothing, but is likely to be taken by surprise as the first casualty. An armed administrator or teacher remains anonymous and can quickly respond to an active shooting and begin to save lives.
What a novel idea. Now that's change we can believe in.
Note: Digg again wouldn't let me link to this article in the normal way. I am trying something new. I wonder if liberal bloggers have the same trouble?
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