Active shooter and School Shooter Situations
With a rise in active shooter and school shooter situations something should be done in the schools. Though a lot of the kids who are the individuals who shoot up the schools or shoot up a business do suffer from some sort of mental illness. I am not saying that we should not limit them the purchase of guns. We should have better training for the people who sale guns to be able to pick up on signs of someone who is psychologically not stable. What if the sale of the gun happens who should be held liable? If the purchaser commits a criminal act or shoots up the school and has a known diagnosis of a mental illness should the seller of the gun be held to some sort of punishment. Again I am not saying that people with any mental illness should not own a gun. I am saying the ones with a server mental illness or having suicidal thoughts, or thoughts of mass shootings should not be able to purchase guns. Now what about teachers. Teachers should be offered more training to pick up on signs of kids who are thinking about shooting up the school or even suicide. This is because teachers are focused on just teaching and some times forget that the students are human as well. They should be able to do more about bullying and make all the kids feel safe at school. In todays society bullying is hardly ever face to face but taken into the internet where it last forever. When a individual goes and shoots up a school it is often planned out not just random. They show signs of it before the actual event happens. Teachers and parents are at the forefront of noticing the signs. Another type of training teachers should have is how to eliminate the threat in order to limit the amount of deaths and injuries in the school. Either how to properly block doors and windows, how to put the kids in safe places, how to eliminate the threat should be taught to teachers. Now should teachers carry guns in schools? With proper training and if they are responsible enough some should. Now should every teacher carry no. Though every teacher should be trained how to eliminate a threat in case of a active shooter situation. Also a majority of schools when they are allowed funds for remodeled should look at the best possibilities for in a event of a shooter how they can protect them selves the best. In the end if someone with a mental illness want to go and shoot up a business or a school and they are denied a gun sale they will find a gun somewhere else. There should be better diagnosis and better training on picking up the precursors before a attack happens. What are other things we can do to be better prepared for events like this? Why do we only start to change things after a event happens? Why can we not be ahead of the events when they happen? These are just a few questions I pose. I believe strongly in the second amendment but I do think that some people should not own guns for their safety and societies safety.
James Badrak