RangerRay
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Journeyman said:Interesting term, which you used twice. :rofl:
"I'm afraid he's not just normal, but extremely normal....." rly:
I guess I was looking for a term to describe people who aren't your usual rent-a-mob activist, but are "radicalised" by events. Kind of like what I see in the wake of the latest massacre. I see people fed up with the inaction provided by their political "leaders".
An opinion on the solution being proposed by these so-called "leaders":
https://www.charlottefive.com/arming-teachers/
I’ve been shot in combat. And as a veteran, I’m telling you: allowing teachers to be armed is an asinine idea
By Matt Martin -
February 20, 2018
Regardless of training, you don’t know how people will respond in life and death situations until the moment comes. You don’t know how people will react when they hear gunshots. You don’t know how people will react when the person next to them is shot. You don’t know how a person will respond when their task is shooting someone they know or taught. You just don’t know.
And now we are expecting teachers, even with training, to perfectly handle this situation. I say perfectly because anything less could mean even more tragedy and death. This isn’t a movie where bullets always miss the hero. These teachers aren’t action stars. These are average people, who more likely than not, have never come close to experiencing anything like this.
Few people actually run towards gunfire. Most search for cover. Some can’t function. Fight or flight. Adrenaline floods your body. Time doesn’t exist. Your heart beats outside of your chest. Fine motor skills stop working. People urinate and defecate themselves. Good luck holding steady aim at a moving target. Even the simplest of tasks, such as reloading can become difficult. Your hands shake for hours afterward. It’s chaotic on a level that is beyond comprehension until you experience it.
This what I want you to consider when the discussion moves toward Rep. Pittman’s assumption that allowing teachers to arm themselves is the proper action to take.
“There is barely enough time in the school year to train teachers on basic lesson planning and data use,” a friend who currently works for CMS told me. “So adding weaponry is just so absurd.”