re: There was no school resource officer at the school; gunman entered through unlocked door.

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What caliber do you think most AR-15s are? What caliber do you think most hunting rifles are?

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He has no idea.

Someone with reasonable experience, like they grew up hunting, could take your basic hunting rifle and kill 21 people in 10 minutes very easily. Something like a lever action 30-30 that's been around for over 50 years can be very deadly in this sort of situation.

An AR can make the situation worse without a doubt, but blaming it on an AR is ignorant.

The question I want answered is why did this ahole choose to go to the elementary school instead of the high school where he was “picked on” ? I bet a million the high school has an armed sro and the media is holding that back because it changes the narrative.

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semi-automatic rifle that is too powerful to hunt with and has been used in most mass shootings

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not true and not even close

The tales of dysfunction about this police force will start coming out soon. The force looks like a bunch of fat slobs probably boning the fat female cops in the squad and having a good old time.

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buy a military grade machine gun as easy as buying a gallon of milk

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How did he get in the classroom?

Classroom doors should be closed and always locked. SRO is ineffective. If you have a big campus and he is on the other side of it the intruder still comes in front easily and takes him out if he encounters him. Only to prevent is to fence off with tall fencing with barb wire on top and locked gate at front.

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That’s what I have been wondering if this version of events holds.

The door to building being unlocked was first problem, and one I think an older multi building campus is more likely to have and even more so when it has end of year ceremonies like Robb did earlier that day. Too many buildings and doors for SRO or anyone to check all quickly if not 100% complaint at all times without exception. Should not be able to leave unlocked from outside anyway which makes me go back to honor roll ceremonies and school making it easier for parents of various grades to attend and then forgot about it. Also not sure why killer left bag of ammo right outside building door unless he saw someone coming to lock it and dropped bag to get in quickly with gun ready.

But the door to classroom should have been easy to shut & lock with 2 teachers. At first I was thinking he shot through it or something similar, but with reports Border team needed to get key that doesn’t seem likely. If doors sturdy (and seemed to be part of newer building) than wonder what happened for them to open them or not shut them. I think one of teachers’ husband was a cop who helped with active shooter trainings which would make door being open even more strange.

Reports are raw and all over the place still. Some on kid who hid are talking about them watching a movie before lunch right before killer got in classroom, but others are saying school was put on lockdown after 911 call about shooting in area which would have been several minutes before he even entered the building.

Government School Government Locks Government rules Lack of Government but yet everyone is yelling for more laws enforced by the same inept Government. What are the expected outcomes????

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Do most elementary schools have SRO? In a town with population of 15k

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My town population is 20k and we have at least one SRO at all three public elementary school, the middle school, and high school. All outer doors are locked and it is a PITA to get into my daughter's school if you have to pick something up. Sadly, they also do "wildlife" drills in the event a deer gets into the building.

That being said, I live in an OT rich town and we are 40 minutes away from Sandy Hook. Our town has the resources to hire as many people we want or ask the parents to cover the cost. Sadly, some towns just don't have the resources for the security expenses.

ETA: we have 5 public schools and it looks like our overall budget is $95M and we spend $400k for security at the schools. I have no reference on how that compares to other communities.