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Old 04-17-2007, 05:30 PM  
pocketkangaroo
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Originally Posted by CDSmith View Post
I realize that. Maybe it's time to change that rule to allow those with proper documentation and credentials to carry on campus?

Or have armed security posing as students like they do on airplanes with the air marshals posing as passengers. :D
It's an idea, but I still don't think it's needed. Thousands more college students will die from alcohol poisoning this year. While it makes headlines, school shootings are still very rare.

I do think armed security would help, and better training is necessary. Most colleges have their own security force, but most aren't allowed to carry more than a flashlight. I also think the cops need to be trained better. Watching that one tape, you hear 15 shots go off and the cops sit around a van waiting. I'm not expecting anyone to go Jack Bauer in the building, but a cop should try his best to save some of the kids.
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