So, let’s talk about this, and why it’s an idiotic idea. I know guns. I’ve done a lot of shooting. I shoot very well, in both low AND high stress situations. Do you know how many thousands of rounds it takes to get to that point? A LOT. Security guards would get security guard pay. Security guards getting security guard pay, are not going to be people who have the shooting skills required to take out a killer wielding a high capacity rifle. When your adrenaline kicks in, your fingers feel like a fat salami. Your heart is pounding so loud you hear it in your ears. Your field of vision narrows so much that someone could approach you from the periphery…and you’d never see them coming. Your body does everything it possibly can, to prepare to survive…and almost ALL of it….erodes every aspect of your ability to shoot accurately. That’s what happens to people who haven’t trained in high stress conditions and fired thousands of rounds in training. Did you know that police officers miss 85% of the shots they take at 15-21 feet? (Because even police officers often lack the kind of training they need to shoot well under stress.) All an armed security guard at schools is likely to accomplish, is a false sense of security, and being the person the shooter plans to shoot and kill first, adding yet another person to the body count. And that, my friends….is why Rick Grenell…is talking out of his ass….AGAIN.
@thejackhopkins Crimes have been stopped by people with conceal carry permits who do not have 1% of the training you suggest is required.
@thejackhopkins I'm not a gun owner nor have I been trained to use one. But it strikes as pure fantasy that anyone who hasn't received intense training & constant practice would have the necessary skills & situational awareness to be able to properly react to an active shooter event.
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@thejackhopkins I'm so glad I found your account.
@thejackhopkins Uvalde. 376 LEOs. None of them stopped ONE shooter. They all likely had high-power weapons. Training (much more than any security guard would get). So many armchair soldiers are sure 1 security guard is the answer. Armed teachers. How about better gun laws?
@thejackhopkins I'm thinking you missed the point that a shooter is unlikely to hit a target that has armed guards. Unless they're specifically targeting an individual or an institution, armed guards will deter most bad actors.
@thejackhopkins Agree 100% - Implementing armed security guards with limited training and experience in high-pressure situations is a stupid idea, as it merely creates an illusion of safety while potentially adding to the number of victims in a crisis.
@thejackhopkins @sweeper53 Kids surrounded by guns will normalize guns. Kids will grow up thinking the only way to be safe is to have a f-ing gun.