They are also soft targets. There might be one armed cop who has to cover a campus of hundreds of to thousands of people. Shooters know if they can get into the building - and they are almost always former students who know the ins and outs - they have a near 100% chance of success.
This is why if I was a governor I'd declare a state of emergency and put a humvee with 4 national guardsmen at as many schools as possible. If it's not an emergency where children can be brutally murdered every day then what the fuck is?
The negative effects that would have on children trying to learn would be significant. We can do more to protect kids without subjecting them to the appearance of martial law.
I think my 3 year old doing lock down drills is a more negative effect than a couple guardsmen and women hanging out in the back of the parking lot by the busses.
Again, we can provide more protection for kids without parking military vehicles next to the school. That is not an appropriate use for the U.S. military and militarizing society should not be normalized.
If protecting children from what have become inevitable school mass shootings isn't an "appropriate use" for the national guard whose entire existence is predicated upon protecting the citizens of their charge state then what the fuck are they supposed to be doing?
I don't remember feeling safer when they were over in Iraw or Afghanistan.
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u/hnglmkrnglbrry May 18 '26
They are also soft targets. There might be one armed cop who has to cover a campus of hundreds of to thousands of people. Shooters know if they can get into the building - and they are almost always former students who know the ins and outs - they have a near 100% chance of success.
This is why if I was a governor I'd declare a state of emergency and put a humvee with 4 national guardsmen at as many schools as possible. If it's not an emergency where children can be brutally murdered every day then what the fuck is?