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Nothing will ever truly end the debate, but we can greatly reduce or end its justification. Joel Send a noteboard - 22/12/2012 08:03:39 PM
cost would be the main one. I don't know how many schools there are in the US, but having at least one armed police officer at every one? You're talking billions at the very least.

Another case where the level of justified public debate about gun violence strongly suggests the cost would be more than worth it.

The evidence based on events like Columbine suggests it wouldn't, if it doesn't then that's quite a waste of 10% of your education budget.

As I noted in response to Novo, the novel appearance of armed police in US high schools coincided suspiciously well with Columbine. So, no, armed police in high schools did not prevent Columbine for the very simple reason armed police were virtually non-existent in US high schools prior to Columbine. They became ubiquitous promptly thereafter, which may be part of why the Newtown shooter attacked an elementary rather than junior or high school.

It is difficult to imagine armed police at schools would not dramatically reduce the incidence of school shootings. The only question is whether the current frequency and mortality of school shootings justifies the expense of greatly reducing or completely preventing them. I believe we are past the point of debating that.
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the NRA shows it is an asylum overrun by lunatics - 22/12/2012 04:40:26 PM 1201 Views
I do not see why calling for armed cops at schools is an unreasonable response. - 22/12/2012 04:53:06 PM 722 Views
I can think of two reasons off the top of my head - 22/12/2012 05:38:19 PM 752 Views
OK... - 22/12/2012 06:58:42 PM 719 Views
If someone is shooting at you having a gun to shoot back seems like a good idea - 26/12/2012 06:10:07 PM 568 Views
The effectiveness issue aside - 22/12/2012 06:13:30 PM 618 Views
Re: The effectiveness issue aside - 22/12/2012 06:59:36 PM 708 Views
If you think it would solve the debate then probably - 22/12/2012 07:09:42 PM 665 Views
Nothing will ever truly end the debate, but we can greatly reduce or end its justification. - 22/12/2012 08:03:39 PM 630 Views
If it's shown to work - 23/12/2012 12:25:38 AM 710 Views
columbine had two armed guards on the day of the shooting. they were both immediately fired upon... - 23/12/2012 12:49:30 AM 604 Views
I have never seen any mention of them among the injured or dead (or at all.) - 23/12/2012 01:09:38 AM 749 Views
A fuller account of Gardner - 23/12/2012 10:27:24 AM 809 Views
Nice link. - 23/12/2012 02:27:30 PM 603 Views
Re: Nice link. - 23/12/2012 03:15:24 PM 581 Views
at last count, over 99,000 schools in the US - 23/12/2012 12:45:30 AM 662 Views
What is public safety worth to you? - 23/12/2012 12:54:04 AM 582 Views
it's not entirely a matter of cost, although that factors into it. - 23/12/2012 01:01:50 AM 518 Views
There are many cases where armed cops ended mass shootings. - 23/12/2012 01:28:25 AM 525 Views
there are none where an armed guard placed there *before* the shooting had any effect - 23/12/2012 01:36:42 AM 652 Views
Kind of a Catch-22; if they PREVENT shootings, shootings can only occur in their absence. - 23/12/2012 01:52:03 AM 715 Views
ok, here is my last word on the subject - 23/12/2012 02:06:49 AM 638 Views
9 people injured vs. 20 people dead. - 23/12/2012 02:34:00 AM 570 Views
it is still "more guns makes us safer" which has yet to prevent a single massacre in this country - 23/12/2012 02:41:56 PM 691 Views
Peter Odighizuwa comes to mind, that's also horrible logic - 23/12/2012 08:27:46 PM 578 Views
[citation needed] - 25/12/2012 04:54:14 PM 575 Views
Fair enough - 25/12/2012 09:06:43 PM 930 Views
It doesn't have to be a full time gaurd standing looking dangerous. - 26/12/2012 06:12:14 PM 671 Views
People die from all sort of causes - 22/12/2012 07:27:53 PM 638 Views
Cars require training, certification and licensing, too; why should guns not? - 22/12/2012 08:25:43 PM 775 Views
Do bombs require certification? - 22/12/2012 09:21:25 PM 863 Views
i say this with all due respect -- eat a bag of dicks - 23/12/2012 01:04:08 AM 659 Views
That was pretty damn respectful under the circumstances. - 23/12/2012 01:10:04 AM 620 Views
The lack of intellect displayed here is to be expected - 23/12/2012 04:01:32 AM 629 Views
so according to you we should just make life illegal since everyone is going to die from something.. - 23/12/2012 07:25:05 AM 555 Views
Obviously you didn't put pay attention - 23/12/2012 01:40:17 PM 585 Views
no, you said "fuck it because people die anyway". there is a big difference - 23/12/2012 02:46:46 PM 574 Views
As usual, you are wrong on so many fronts... - 27/12/2012 10:39:04 PM 887 Views
Dicks and stones - 23/12/2012 03:54:25 AM 765 Views
FYI - I gave moondog a 30-day time-out via the ignore function. - 23/12/2012 05:48:13 AM 510 Views
FYI -- you didn't post to this board for 30+ days - 23/12/2012 07:21:44 AM 515 Views
I'm not sure it's about guns. - 23/12/2012 06:08:50 PM 590 Views

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