re: Stoneman Douglas school resource officer stayed outside as shooting unfolded

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While what he did was certainly wrong and he should be dismissed it is also easy to sit behind a keyboard and call him a pussy when no one in this thread was standing in his shoes. All claiming they would charge the suspect really don’t know truly if they would.

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I know what I would do, because I’ve been in that situation; and I fought WITHOUT a gun.

I've been really pleased with every SRo that i met over the years at my kids' schools in Rapides Parish. So far, no gunfights, but they really interact well with the kids, and provide a positive view of law enforcement.

This guy froze, and now will endure a lifetime of hazing and criticism. I like to think i would have gone in, but you never know until faced with that exact situation, which is why i find the good guy with a gun argument ridiculous.

But people on this board want to arm teachers and think they'll do better.

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...being a responsible man

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I know I would have killed Cruz or died trying. Period.

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I know

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You don't know unless you've been in that situation. Anything else is what you expect of yourself.

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It's literally his job and he trains specifically to do it.

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do you think police are racists and police brutality is a problem?

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If he failed, why do we expect a teacher with some quick firearms training is going to do better?

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a teacher died protecting students with his body

yes, i think he could do better than the police officer who was too cowardly to engage a 19 year old with no training

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We're expecting too much out of the people who already complain that they have the hardest job when they get off a quarter of the year.

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i don't think anyone says we should force teachers to CC if they don't want to

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You don’t know...

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Yes. I do. Sure as the turning of the earth. Period.

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We named our security guard Radio after the movie character

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That's a quality nickname there. Simple and insulting.

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But people on this board want to arm teachers and think they'll do better.

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I'm not in the arm the teachers camp but I think plenty are capable of doing better. Short of shooting bystanders, I can't think of many scenarios where they could do any worse. Especially considering all the teachers that have performed heroically over the years.

My main concern with arming teachers is that considering the relative rarity of mass school shootings, I wonder if introducing thousands of additional weapons will lead to more incidents than will actually be prevented.

One thing that should be mentioned in the era where police shoot first and ask questions later.

In the last 5-7-10 years, if you asked a police officer what his or her number one job was, they would say,"To go home at the end of my shift." "Protecting and serving" has fallen to a distant 2nd.

This guy went home at the end of his shift.