In a recent article by Jamie Gumbrecht, titled "Guns, guards, and posses: Schools try new security strategies," Gumbrecht explains to readers about some new ways that different schools are trying to protect their students.
The article states "In Utah and Texas, some educators trained in shooting or self-defense." School shootings are tragic, and I think it's great that schools are finally trying to do something to prevent them. Educators training in shooting or self-defense seems to me like a great way for teachers to take a stand for their students.
The article also states "Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio put a 'posse' of armed volunteers around school perimeters." While I do believe that schools should do something to try and keep students safe, I'm not sure how I feel about just putting volunteers around school perimeters. Anyone could volunteer to do that, right? Anyone. To me this seems a bit too dangerous to be doing.
This article also states "It's all in reaction to the December 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, where 20 children and six staffers were killed." I'm glad that schools are finally doing something, but it's sad that it had to happen after such a tragedy. If schools would have taken action before this, it could have been prevented.
As I was reading this article, I was reminded of one of my classes in 9th grade when my teacher was telling the class about the Jonesboro shooting in 1998. There were two boys, Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden. One of them pulled the fire alarm so that everyone would go outside, and they started shooting at people as soon as they started filing out of the building, killing five people. I don't understand why anyone, especially kids, would so something so violent.
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