Two masked men storm into school guns blazing.

[SheHateMe]

What did they expect the teachers to do?

Quit?

 

[highland145]

Quit?

Heh, going out on disability for PTSD would learn 'em.

 

[Spungo]

Obviously a ploy put on my gun-control activists.

They wanted nothing more than for someone to defend themselves so they can point out how dangerous guns are.

And, hoodies.

Sad.

Actually schools are gun free zones so technically this would prove how dangerous gun free zones are. The teachers had no way to fight back so most or all of them would die if the drill were real.

 

[Jodell88]

This has got to be the best idea I've ever heard!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ban hoodies!

I figured this was yet another school shooting till I read the whole thing, pretty funny and they're definitely lucky one of the teachers did not fire back.

 

[GundamW]

Halfway, population 288, is the eastern Oregon ranching town...

Do the charter school for a town of 288 run into a lot of gunfire?

..The city council changed Halfway's name to Half.com in return for $73,000 from a Philadelphia-based Internet bazaar of the same name that sold books, CDs, movies and the like on-line at half price.

So how much did they receive from the NRA to stage this little stunt?

 

[ManBearPig]

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[techs]

What did they expect the teachers to do?

I would grab a fat one and put her between the shooters and myself.
But that's just me.

 

[Exterous]

Craziness - I would be pissed if I worked there

Btw, how many people know that the worst mass killing in a school in the U.S. took place in Bath, MI ... in 1927?

Using a knife IIRC

 

[JamesV]

Honestly, how does something like this help you prepare?

Two masked gunmen rush into the room where you are all sitting and open fire - what kind of 'plan' helps at all? Do they rush for the SWAT ballistic shields standing against all walls in the school or something?

 

[DrPizza]

Surprisingly, the drill made Beck aware that she would not have recognized the sounds of gunfire. "I would have blown it off as kids' sounds in the hall," she said.

Seriously?! I'd think that two shooters in a room, a large number of shots fired, you'd be thinking, "I wonder if my hearing is damaged."

Our school did a similar drill; a handful of the faculty and about 50 students volunteered to take part during our spring break. The difference - WE staged the active shooting scene (the make-up... there were a couple of places that looked far more realistic than anything I've seen on CSI, Criminal Minds, or any of that sort of show. Police from agencies all over the area entered the school in teams. They knew it was an active shooting drill, but the goal was to make it so realistic as to really freak them out & put them into that frame of thinking. (And, some were visibly startled at several turns; caught many completely off guard.) Great learning experience for the police, and great community service activity for the students to take part.

Major difference: Police cars were double and triple checked for real ammunition and firearms (they were using dummies). Police officers double and triple checked for real ammunition and/or firearms. Then, checked again as they stormed into the building. It was very interesting to watch the whole thing all day. (Team enters, finds the shooter, takes down the shooter, reset, time for the next team.)


(And, I hope if I'm ever pulled over for something, any of the dozens upon dozens of police will recognize me and let me go for being such a good volunteer.)

 

[Jodell88]

Using a knife IIRC

If explosives are knives then sure...

 

[Markbnj]

Craziness - I would be pissed if I worked there



Using a knife IIRC

My recollection is that it was a bomb, and that it was a disgruntled school official.

Yep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

 

[pontifex]

Do the charter school for a town of 288 run into a lot of gunfire?

Tell this to the people of West Nickel Mines School. A 1 room Amish schoolhouse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish_school_shooting


Also curious if this school has a no guns/zero tolerance policy on guns?

 

[anthero]

I'm sure the kids now know which of their teachers are cowards.

 

[dennilfloss]

Heart attack central.

Horrible idea.

And blanks can still be dangerous at close range.

 

[waggy]

Heh, going out on disability for PTSD would learn 'em.

this.

whoever ok'd this should be fired. At least they did it on a day that there was no students.

 

[Mide]

not the greatest idea

 

[SphinxnihpS]

And blanks can still be dangerous at close range.

Jon-Erik Hexum
Brandon Lee

 

[Spungo]

this.

whoever ok'd this should be fired. At least they did it on a day that there was no students.

It would be awesome if one of the teachers was on cocaine or something and decided to rush the gunmen with a pen or something. Did you ever see that scene in Casino where the little guy stabs the business jerk in the neck with a pen?

 

[AdamantC]

It's a crying shame one of the teachers wasn't carrying. The people who pulled this deserve a solid platinum Darwin Award.

 

[shortylickens]

Do the charter school for a town of 288 run into a lot of gunfire?





So how much did they receive from the NRA to stage this little stunt?

I dont know about rural schools, but keep in mind the last few shootings have been at upper middle class suburban joints.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Yeah... that wasn't too bright an idea.

 

[OutHouse]

Heh, going out on disability for PTSD would learn 'em.

i would. fuck that shit.

 

[OutHouse]

I'm sure the kids now know which of their teachers are cowards.

all of them?