Gov. Greg Abbott signs new law mandating armed security at all Texas schools
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> unfathomable to me that a large portion of the populace is okay with [...] direct and terminal negative impact on children's lives.
That's because those two things aren't true. It's a lie told by statistics.
Firearm violence in that demographic is largely from places like LA and Chicago where gangs are the problem and firearms are already illegal.
If you're scared for your child's life every day they go to school, you have been brainwashed by media FUD.
Why is it wrong to have a heightened fear that it could happen at your school? That doesn't need to mean that it is your primary fear, or that you're overwhelmed with fear, only that the concern is higher now than it was X years ago.
What are we doing differently than every other country that makes us have so many more shootings in schools?
0. https://www.k12dive.com/news/2022-worst-year-for-school-shoo...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzer...
Nobody who has visited both Switzerland and the US can fail to notice the huge cultural differences, and how they relate to interpersonal violence. In the United States, hyperaggressive encounters between individuals (mostly not involving guns) happen at a rate that would be unimaginable in most European countries.
I'm aware that there are other factors at play (such as most Swiss gunowners having military training, open carry being generally prohibited etc.), but the way people deal with each other is so starkly different that I strongly suspect it to be the main cause.
I've been told, even on HN, that this is just what freedom, free speech and "the world's greatest democracy" looks like, and other countries can 'shove it', for lack of a better term.
I'm trying to figure out what point you are making.
You're right. They're probably less trained than city police, therefore less likely to follow protocols or make wise choices in the heat of the moment. That's certainly true of the rent-a-cops that schools can afford, and even more true of all-too-eager volunteers.
The question is whether Abbott is more motivated by that, by gun fetishism, or by the outrage (and national exposure) it's likely to generate. Probably about equal parts of all three IMO. A real trifecta of malfeasance.
Armed security is theater at best.
The latter really scares me as a teacher. Imagine what the security guy could do with some planning time and full access to all locked doors as well as the camera and alarm systems.
Never mind stealing, armed guards sometimes just forget and leave their weapons in the bathroom. A list: <https://giffords.org/lawcenter/report/every-incident-of-mish...>
Maybe we should give all the kids guns, too? Is that where he's trying to go?
Nowadays: literal war zone!