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1. I will be sharing this with my child (15). We have a small school with about 400 students in grades 6 – 12. The school was built for more and is half empty. But when she travels and we visit more crowded places – the tips presented here still apply.

   I Think of all state music concert. We were in a strange school with students from all over the state. Large audience.

   Students funneled through a few doors. Many visitors in the unfamiliar auditorium.

   Good points to keep in mind.

2. My wife is a teacher, n in the last 2 years, the drills include blocking the doors n throwing things at the shooter. In other words, teachers n students are trained to be more aggressive.

   1. I’m glad to hear that. I wish that more schools would do this.

3. Number 1, get your kids out of public school!

   Number 2, when some of mine were in public school, they had my standing orders to disobey teachers’ instructions to hunker down, instead to throw a chair through a window if needed and run for the woods.

   1. Amen. Do not give government schools access to your children. The two greatest gifts that parents can give their children are Jesus Christ and schooling at home.

4. There is an irony here. Active shootings at school are terrible and kill a very small number of children each year. It is one of those subjects that our MSM has no fear of discussing. But deaths caused by illegal immigrants bringing in diseases kills even more of our children and is typically transmitted by those children in our public schools. But you cannot say this out loud or in print. The MSM would never touch this subject. But yet illegal immigration still continues and still allows sick immigrants to bring diseases to America. So do we really care about student safety?

5. I fully agree with having armed guards. Unfortunately in the liberal public schools that will most likely never be a reality so having the children prepared is crucial.

6. Your article provides many good tips for all students and staff. There are however many districts which do lockdown, lockout, and ALICE drills. ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. This is active shooter training for our staff and students designed to empower them to do more than hide in a corner. It is a travesty that schools must engage in this type of training however just like a fire drill, we are making these drills part of what we do throughout the year.

7. There is no true way to teach a 15 year old to act tactically in situations in which he has no control. He is told he has 3 minutes between classes, what areas he is allowed, where his locker is located, and exact times to eat and use the restroom. None of which are feasible to maneuver in a protective way. Honestly, it is prison like. The only way to win is not to play the game. Please home school! It is easier to manipulate your own life than that of your childs. Through God’s grace alone, it can be done and will change and protect your child. I also loved doing it!

8. One tool that is overlooked in the school environment is the Fire Extinguisher. I recommend fire extinguisher training for all school teachers. Here in California, this seems to be to only way not to generate ire from parents and politicians to protect the children.
   This tool when discharged into the face of a shooter will affect their sight and respiration. They usually have a good 20-30 foot range. The advantage it that they are strategically placed within the school.

9. 1 Peter 5:8King James Version (KJV)

   8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

10. My main fear is a Beslan School type of attack. Hit an elementary school where we are the most vulnerable with no resistance. This is the terrorist method of cowardice.

11. Read William Forstchen’s “Day of Wrath” and get a real shake up.

12. It takes and armed citizen to stop an armed attacker. The teachers should have the option to be armed! and there should not be any Gun Free Schools! Armed citizens should be encouraged to visit any school(s) at any time.

13. Most states will not allow private, armed security. This is due to pressure by the school boards and parents. It is hard enough just to forbid the use of I-Phones. The high school I worked at in Kootenai County had one city police officer as SRO. This officer told me about anticipating an active shooter in that it is not a matter of if, but when. The district hired a retired cop as a Teachers Aid and then fired him months later after they discovered he had been carrying concealed. Even though he was HR218 qualified and trained monthly, it did not matter. And, even though Idaho is a Constitutional Carry State, their laws do not permit ANYONE to carry on campus unless they are an active, sworn Idaho police officer. I believe this is a clear case of cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. It will eventually be their undoing.
    This fired cop told me he was glad to be out of there as most of the teachers and staff are extremely politically correct and spend most of the time just babysitting the students who are addicted to all of their electronic pacifiers. This is why it is so important to get your children/grandchildren OUT of public schools.

14. All well and good, until you’re in one. I have a 14 year old daughter. I kept telling her, “Run, hide, fight.” Talked about protection all the time. And of course, in a rural school district of total 800 K-12 it will never happen. Freeman HS, Rockford, Washington. Sep 13 2017. 1 dead, 3 wounded. My daughter was on the floor just below the shooter sitting on the floor waiting for 1st period. She didn’t move until after the shooting, then ran out of the school. The kids on the shooters floor ran into any room open. Teachers locked their doors as fast as possible. The janitor tackled the shooter, a 16 year old. His AR 15 fired once into the ceiling, then jammed. He shot his friend with a 32, killing him. 3 girls were also shot. Armed resource officer arrived within 2 minutes. EMT on scene within 4 minutes, local fire station within 3 miles. Want a visual? Look a pictures of Sandy Hook. Everything was done right, and the shooting still happened.

15. In New Jersey, a liberal state, they just created a new class of police officer specifically for the schools. Its only open to retired NJ police officers who are very well trained by national standards. They are armed and in uniform and the focus is on protection of the students. If it can be implemented in NJ it can happen in even the most liberal of states. Because retired officers already have a pension, this is an economical way to provide protection for the students and should be looked at as a national model.

16. Student Safety in an active demonic firey dart shooter situation. Short answer, homeschool. If you’re Orthodox or Catholic, holy water and blessed salt, and some minor exorcsims.

    Lets see, they will be told evolution is true so they are just evolved primates, transgenderism is a thing, if they are Christian and White they have privilige, and if boys, are evil rapists and too active so need to take Ritalin. Oh and have to accept being pincushions by the vaccinator mob that insists on every trivial or sexually transmitted infection be innoculated for.

    Please shoot them. I’d rather parents learn the Schools are not safe by destroying their children’s bodies before their souls are destroyed.

    OTOH, if you have a private school, the advice is also in error, you need to teach the adults and children how to fight back (think Red Dawn, the original). They should teach gun safety and marksmanship.

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